Maya is only 2 1/2 years old, so carving pumpkins is a little out of her league, and I didn't think that it would be any fun for her to watch us carve a pumpkin. So, we got 2 medium sized pumpkins and I got out all of the finger paints, and we let her go wild and have fun decorating her pumpkins.
She got messy and had a really good time doing so. We all had fun watching a some of us even got to participate!
This was her first masterpiece.
She let the rest of us help her a little on this one.
Then of course the part we went there for! Picking out our pumpkins! Maya decided that she wanted to pull the wagon with the pumpkins in it, so with a little help from Daddy, she pulled them for a few minutes. After she was tired of that, she decided she'd rather ride with them.
She couldn't wait to get home to start decorating her pumpkins!
The GIANT Slide
The Carousel (Oma's favorite)
Driving the old time cars
The Safari Jungle Gym
I signed Maya up for a tap dance class to start her out. I thought that maybe since she'd be making noise with her feet - that might keep her interested in the class. So here she is on her first day of class, trying on her tap shoes for the first time. When we got to her class we found out that no one else had signed up. So I guess she is getting individual lessons for the group price. I think that she would probably do better in a group setting, but she is slowly getting the idea of following the teacher.
Making up her own dance already!
Beatrix came to visit us while spending the month of August with our grandparents. I was very excited for her to get a chance to experience the summer stay with Grandma & Grandpa because to me it was always something I enjoyed. This was her first visit with them on her own, and I really hope she enjoyed it. I use to go and spend a month, if not the whole summer with them every year since I was young. So it was nice to see that Bea would get that experience with them as well, especially since she lives so far away from them. And I'm sure that they really enjoyed that time too. It seemed that every night Bea was here she asked if Maya could spend the night with her. They really bonded well & had a good time with each other.
Finally Maya got to wear her snowsuit. I thought that I was going to need to take it back to the store. Then out of nowhere we had a snow storm. It was snowing so hard but we just had to let her go out nd play in it.
Maya came to visit me at work and took over my chair. She wanted to help answer the phone and work on my computer. Such a big helper.
Maya had a wonderful Christmas this year. She was able to tell Santa exactly what she wanted. When he asked her what she'd like, she plainly stated " a baby doll." She acted as if she had sat on Santa's lap many times. 
So here she is with her baby doll. As soon as she opened it up, she wasn't putting it down. She named the her Baby Tasha. Maya has been taking very good care of her, making sure that she eats, sleeps, & is held constantly. She is such a good mommy. She also got a stroller which just loves pushing around.
At Maw Maw and Great Grand Dad's house, Maya got a grocery cart. It came with some food, which you maybe able to see underneath Baby Tasha. She put the baby in the cart and pushed her all around the house.
I just thought it was cute that she found the pockets of her pajamas and she just stood there like that for a while. It was a very long Christmas day, but worth every minute of it. We all had a great time and were very thankful for all of the gifts we received. We hope everyone had as wonderful a day as we did!
