Caitlin's World

Last weekend we took Caitlin to see Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows Up and she absolutely LOVED it. You never know what to expect with a child her age between all the people, the loud show and very large characters but she had a ball. She only wanted her daddy and bounced and clapped during the entire show. Kelly, Walt & Addie went with us and we all had a great time living through the kids. During the intermission Amelia from Caitlin's class and her mom came by to say hi. The girls had a blast dancing and playing. They have been together since they were infants and just get along so great. Sunday we went to Stride-Rite for some new fall shoes. She was so good letting the lady measure her feet and try on her new shoes.

Today we took Caitlin to a local farm to see the pumpkins and take her on a hayride around the farm. At one point the hayride stops at a small petting zoo area and Caitlin absolutely LOVED the sheep. Her and Shawn fed them and she really enjoyed petting them and mimicking their sound. Kelly, Walt and Addie + 1 met us there and we had a great time. Caitlin couldn't stop talking about the pumpkins on the drive home. We managed to get some great pictures (although I guess if you take 200 you are bound to get a few good ones!) There were so many pallets of pumpkins, towards the end of our outing she was literally running around them laughing and giggling.

Caitlin's babsites website expires at the end of October so I am testing to waters on switching over to a blog. It was great to have her website for the last 2 years and she will be able to look back on those memories and see herself grow over the first 2 years of her life. As you all know we have captured every minute of it (gotta love digital cameras! We are heading into the world of potty training! She's almost 23 months old and we both feel she's ready. The other day she told me "diaper change" and I looked at her and said "if you can tell me that then you need to be going on the potty." Tonight she sat on the "Dora" seat we bought for the big potty upstairs twice. No success but she got a prize for trying. I am hoping to concentrate on the training this weekend. This weekend Kelly, Walt and us are taking the girls to a local pumpkin patch that does a hayride, has animals and obviously pumpkins! I can't wait to get some great pictures.