Who are you?

Eila decided on being a character from Totoro for her school parade and party and a cowgirl for the neighborhood Halloween party Friday. We'll see what whim there is this evening. At 3 years old, it is all her decision. She is not intimidated by having to explain who Totoro is to everyone...and by the way, we do recommend watching My Neighbor Totoro. It really is wonderful, even if you see it over and over again. Here are some sneak peeks for pre-Halloween.

Boo!

Eila is into getting scared (for pretend, of course...meaning when she is expecting it and asking for it). She loves to be chased and surprised and is oh so ready for Halloween. We'll see what she settles on for a costume. She is somewhere between being her favorite rock star singer Lisa (of a children's band from Baltimore no less, a very wild and crazy group called Milkshake) or the lead actress (cartoon girl) in a movie she loves called My Neighbor Totoro (and I'm supposed to be her Totoro - a huge but sweet, fuzzy gray creature that only children can see...hmmm), or a good ol' cowgirl. She is wearing her cowgirl boots around everywhere. I'm hoping for the simplest one...the cowgirl. We are loving the Autumn! We just visited a local plant nursery that had a fun Alice in Wonderland fun house and hay bale mazes which was an unexpected and fun surprise. We're looking forward to the annual visit to the pumpkin patch next weekend...and then comes Halloween! Eila is also very excited about our low budget re-do of the basement...she calls it her yoga studio.