Halloween!

Happy Halloween, everyone! I had a great one. A couple of months ago Olivia announced that she was going to be a jellyfish for Halloween, just like her big sister Mia was last year. I think pretty much everything Livi does is pretty awesome, so I decided I wanted to be a jellyfish, too. We were all set with that plan, but then Livi changed her mind and decided she wanted to be a ladybug... and then a witch... and every time she changed her mind, I went right along with her. One day I told Mom and Dad that Livi and I were going to be zombies! I guess I didn't really know what that was, and Mom thought maybe that wasn't the best costume for a two year old. Anyway, since Livi has two big sisters, she had plenty of old costumes to choose from and could afford to take her time with her final choice. But about two weeks ago Mom decided we needed to make a decision so that we could make sure I had a costume in time for Halloween. One morning Dad suggested that I think about what I would really want to be myself, without worrying about what Livi was going to be. He had hardly finished his sentence when I gave my answer: "A WHALE!!" I think Mom and Dad expected me to pick something from the list of options we had already discussed, but nope, I had my own idea! So Mom made me an orca whale costume, and I turned out pretty cute.




Meanwhile, Mom and Dad dressed up like spooky doctors since our house used to be a hospital. Here we are in front of our house!


Even better than the costumes, I learned about this thing called "Trick-or-Treating" where you just go around asking for candy! We just did our little block, but I filled up my little bag and had a great time. At the first house, I forgot what I was supposed to say, but from then on I figured it out.


After we finished going around the block, we sat on our porch for a while and gave out candy to a whole bunch of kids. It was so fun to see all of their costumes! Mom and Dad also let me have a few pieces of candy, but I have to save the rest. Oh well. It was a pretty fun day!

Preschool!

Mazie with a "camera smile" ready for her first day of school

Now THERE's a better smile!

I started preschool this week! I'm going to Our School, a small cooperative preschool, two mornings a week. I've gone to visit a few times with my cousin, Livi, but on Tuesday I had my first day in the class all by myself. Well, not really by myself... there are 6 other kids and two teachers, and then one parent stays for each class, too. Anyway, I had a GREAT time on Tuesday! Mom dropped me off, and I promptly changed into a swimming suit because we were going to play with the water table that day.

The teachers like us to do things by ourselves, and that works well for me -- I took off my clothes and hung them up all by myself! Mom seemed to linger around for a while... I was too busy playing with all the fun stuff to pay too much attention to her. When she finally left she gave me a hug and I said, "Bye Mom! Love you!" I had lots of fun playing with the kids, and I'm really excited to go back for my second class tomorrow!

Even though I'm just starting preschool, my days have been pretty busy and very different since we moved to Colorado. For the first two years of my life Dad was home with me all day every day, and Mom worked from home sometimes and then spent afternoons and evenings with me. I hardly ever spent time away from BOTH of my parents. When we moved to Colorado, Dad started working part time, too. This meant that I got to spend time with a bunch of other people... Aunt Jen, Aunt Michelle, Nana, Ahya, and several different babysitters. It's been a little crazy moving around so much and having a busier schedule, but I LOVE it! It's been so great to hang out with my extended family and new friends.... Fridays are "Ahya Fridays" and we have so much fun playing together. Ahya lets me do things at my own pace, which can be kind of leisurely... she took me to the zoo a while ago and we only saw a few animals since I like to take my time! But Ahya doesn't mind -- she's very patient and just enjoys letting me do my own things!

And then there's my cousin Olivia. Since Dad and Aunt Jen work together, Livi and I have gotten to spend a TON of time together, and we're not just cousins anymore... we're BEST FRIENDS! I have so much fun with her -- we play all kinds of games together, we share things, we tell each other jokes, and we rarely fight. Considering the fact that she's 3 and I'm 2, it's pretty impressive how well we get along. We'll see each other a little bit less now that I'm going to be in school on Tuesday and Thursday mornings (she goes Monday/Wednesday/Friday), but I'll still get to spend plenty of time with O-LIV-I-AAAAAAA!

All in all, I'm still a super happy kid with lots to say and lots of jokes to tell. I LOVE to tell stories and talk about my friends, many of whom Mom and Dad have never met. One friend is "Aso" -- I talk about him (or her... it varies) all the time. Today in the car I was asking Mom, "Do you know Aso?" Mom said she didn't, so I explained, "Aso is a girl who saves the day." I proceeded to list a bunch of other friends who also save the day, including Fifi and Biba. Mom asked what they were saving the day from, and I told her, "Washington." That made Mom wonder if I've been attending too many Tea Parties or something. Who knows where I get this stuff!