Just try to be grumpy while you look at this!

Playing outside was never so fun

JOY! Can you get over this kid???!!! She is too precious!!!

Battles

Tonight Piper decided it was as good a time as any to refuse to remove her winter hat.


Can you tell who's winning the power struggles at our house?

All things Piper

A friend recently suggested that - because Piper dislikes transition - we take a photo of each of her daily activities so that we can show her, ahead of time, what's about to happen next. This has resulted in a rather fun review of Piper's typical day.


She might, for instance, go on a car ride.


She might go with her mom to Starbucks.


She might stroll through her neighborhood.


She might go to the park.


She might have dinner.


She might take a bath. Goofball!


She might chill in her monkey beanbag.

She might read a story and drink some milk.

She might also go to bed, but we find that with that one a sneak attack with little to no warning tends to work best :)

Trick-or-Treat

It was a big day for Piper. She had her first outing as a full fledged trick-or-treater. We only visited a couple neighboring houses, but she ended up with a decent haul.

Grandma and Grandpa brought over a jack-o-lantern pizza to mark the special day.

Moxie

I have to add a little bit from the Mommy side of things, and that is to say I love this kid's moxie! She's adaptable, and eventually she rolls with the punches. But I admire the fact that at first, she wasn't willing to just roll over and play dead. She fought for her bottle. She lost, and it makes me sad that in some ways I'm so happy to have crushed her will (for nutritional considerations only!!!!!). I hope Piper has many more 'strikes' in her future, just to remind us that she's her own person and she won't be so easily corralled!

Fetch

Of the many things Piper has learned from Hero, Fetch is her new favorite. She delivers her ball to us, goes running away, squeals as soon as the ball is thrown, and gleefully brings it back to start the game over again.

For Piper and for us, it never gets old.