monsters, inc.

Everyone could use one of these little guys!

Ada rides the pony at her school's Fall Festival.

New found freedom on two feet.

Love.

Fancy hair!

i woke up last night (well, 3am) to hear loud crashes and bangs coming from somewhere close to our room. terrified i flew out of bed to find out what was going on. that is when i saw it. ada, lights on, chucking each and every one of her toys out of her room and into the hallway. toys meaning two large piggy banks filled with change, an alarm clock, a small drum set, her camera, even her beloved jewelry box! i calmly asked her what she could possibly be doing and she told me all of her toys turn into monsters when her lights are off and she needs them out of her room. so, i gathered all of her toys and made heaps in the hallway and living room and tucked her back in. and she actually went back to sleep.

did i mention that reza did not hear any of this. it must be nice to be in dreamland.

ada has been keeping me on my toes lately. call it "being three" but she is testy, and testing me. i won't say any more about it. she is increasingly more independent though, which can be a good thing. she spends up to an hour a day making her hair super gorgeous by decorating it with every barrette she owns. she has also stopped biting her fingernails and claims to have stopped picking her nose too! princesses do not do these things. when i asked her yesterday to take her fingers out of her nose she replied "mommy, i don't pick my nose anymore, i just get the boogers out. look at this one."

elias kind of gets the shaft in these posts. he has finally decided that walking is just as fast as crawling and is now walking everywhere. he has now mastered going down stairs too! he loves to chase his sister and to chase birdies. he smiles the entire time he is on two feet. i can't believe he is almost eleven months! here are some fairly uneventful clips of mr. lias this week.