The Lion Sleeps Tonight

I was so excited for Halloween this year! Mallory looked so cute in her lion costume and I couldn't wait to take her to the mall to do a little trick or treating. She didn't have trick or treat down in her ever growing vocabulary, but who needs to say that when you looked as cute as she did, right? Before the mall, we went to visit an old friend of ours in a nursing home. As we walked in the door, there was a sweet old lady sitting here with her little devil horns and a bag full of candy. Mallory wasn't too sure about this woman, but as soon as she saw what the lady wanted to give her, please (peas) was all she could say! After we completed our visit, off to the mall we headed. Mallory fell asleep on the way there. This is her when we first arrived.
This is her half way through the mall. I took her out of her stroller at this point and tried to wake her. I tickled her, blew in her face, anything to get her to wake up. So much for that!
And this is her as we were leaving. Notice a pattern.
Okay, so maybe I got a little too excited about Halloween this year, but next year we are going door to door!! As for the next year's cuteness, you will just have to wait and see!

Mallory's New Favorite Spot

After carving pumpkins, Mallory decided that Fenway's kennel is her new favorite place to hang out. They both fit in there quite nicely, but I don't think that Fenway likes to share. This isn't just a one night deal. If we don't close up the kennel, you can find Mallory in there. She like to close the door and open it. Sometimes if we don't catch her in time, we will find her playing in his water. Crazy little girl she is!

Mallory decided to move in a little bit farther and Fenway decided to get on out. She was crowding his space!

Carving Pumpkins

Last year around Halloween, Brent was sick, so Mallory and I went to a pumpkin carving party at a friend's house. Since we have been married, last year was the first year I have thought about carving a pumpkin. Then this year, we went to the pumpkin patch and decided we would carve our pumpkins together. Mallory got a chance to get a little hands on this year.

Here are our guts:
Mallory playing with them (don't worry, the orange on her face is dinner, not pumpkin):
And our finished product!
Looking forward to what will come next year!

The Adventures of Mal

So these are just a few pictures of Mallory doing what she does best, playing with anything that isn't a toy. Here she is sitting on a pair of my shoes, trying to put on her boots. Oh, how she loves her boots!

Checking out the boots:
Trying to get them on:
And these pictures are from a day when Mallory tried to use our sub as her new chair. Well, she slid back just a little too far and fell. Being the mom, I went to see what was wrong, laughed because it was pretty funny, grabbed the camera because again, that's what a mom does and documented the wedge between the wall and the sub. She doesn't look happy here, but she did giggle when I did then got mad! I still think these are pretty funny!