nose awareness

This photo was taken in the "china" that I spoke about below. I'll probabally get in trouble from someone for such a picture... so sorry, but it was just so funny. I was taking pictures of her because she was trying to hug him but then all the sudden she started picking her nose (she is at the phase where she is figuring out she has a nose that she can stick her finger up, and there are boogies inside! ha ha)

China Baby

Millie Loves 'Mulan' For awhile she wanted to watch it everyday (which didn't happen but it didn't stop her from trying.) We got this little chineese outfit when were were in china a couple years ago and she has finally grown into it. We put on her 'Mulan cloths' and She loved it!

At the Zoo there is a "china" area, it is enclosed with some chineese architecture, and is decorated with chineese things inside... they have pandas and some other chineese animals. When we go there I tell her "we're going to the China part", and then I told her "Mulan lives in China" so then on our way home she was telling me "Mulan, china, live!" so about a week later we went over to our neighbors and our neighbor, trying to involve millie in a conversation, asked "Where's your house Millie, where do you live" and millie instantly replied "China!"

Delta Fair

We went out to the "Delta Fair" last week. Got a chance to rub shoulders with your typical southern fair go-ers..saw some good mulets and stuff. Josh and I were a little dissapointed that they had cancelled the rodeo and osterich racing, but I'm sure Millie was happy that she didn't have to sit though them!

Mill's first Merry-go-round ride.

They had a bunch of big tractors you could go sit on

The only event they hadn't cancled was this Banana Derby. These little monkeys would sit on the dogs back and they would race around the race track...

Brave Girlie. Pretty positive she'd try to pet any animal that got within her grasps

well, lets be honest. I was a little bit upset about this fair (pay $10 a ticket, then all the events are cancled, pay $3 more for all the rides, pay to see the "worlds smallest woman" who turned out to be a just a midget sitting on a little couch ha ha! I have seen the T.V. special on the real worlds smallest woman and that sure was not her!... ANYWAYS...) The shining star of the Delta fair was the deep fried goodies. Josh got himself some deep fried oreos and I chose a DEEP FRIED TWINKIE! so good. Warm, sweet, fattening, sprinkled in powdered sugar. May sound grose, but I tell you, you would love it! (they also have the deep fried candy bars but twinkie was to hard to pass up. ha ha.)

Helen Trip

Josh had a short break before beginning the next semester so we took a little trip to Helen Georgia. Helen is a small town at the base of the smokey mtns. (surrounded by state parks) it ws re-done by a german architecht (about 50 years ago) to be a old German style town. Lots of little shops, antique stores, authentic restaurants, and other cute little things to see and do.

We visited Helen's "Cabbage Patch Babyland General Hospital" and saw the birth of a Cabbage Patch! (I loved cabbage patches when I was little, so this may have been as much for me as it was for Mill. ha ha)

This is a Shop/restaurant that had it's roofs covered with grass and the goats would hang out up there during the day! (see the goat just to the R. of the 'goats on the roof' sign?)

We read about this place online and had to make a stop. Delicious boiled peanuts. Josh had been telling me about boiled peanuts for years, but this was my first real experience with them.

The highlight of the trip for Mill was this Lolly pop from "Hansel and Gretel's Candy Kitchen" to bad it was broken when we opened it up!

baby Ollie

Kelly, this is specifically for you. Millie really liked Baby Ollie's 'bob movie' from your blog. She will randomly say "baby owie; Bob" but then when I started asking her what baby Ollie said she started telling me "me-a- ha" or "boo-a-ha" and then "Bob" I have no idea what "me-a ha" is, but she uses that same word every time I ask her what baby ollie says, so it must mean something! ha ha.