Almost December already?!

I can't believe it's almost December. November seems to have flown by, and I feel like before we know it, it will be March. OK, maybe not that fast (I'll be singing a different tune when it's been 30 degrees below zero for 10 days in a row...). Maybe it's because we are at work so much that I lose track of time. Whatever the reason, time is flying by, and little baby Charlotte is growing up so much. Yesterday she said something in the car, and when I told Matt "she doesn't even know what that means," Charlotte piped up in the back seat "Yes I do!!!" I couldn't stop laughing. Where does she pick up this stuff?
Other funny stuff she is doing these days:
The first thing on her mind every morning is breakfast. On the weekends when we sleep in a little bit, she wanders into our room and climbs in bed with us. After a minute or two of snuggles, she announces "Time to eat 'beckfas!' Get up Mama!" Today we didn't comply right away, so she got herself some breakfast. Lesson in parenting: if your toddler is on the loose, and you hear the fridge door open, you might want to drag yourself out of bed and investigate. She told us it was yummy and good for her. We couldn't quite understand what she said she got out of the fridge, and we were trying to guess, based on what leftovers we knew were within her reach. Finally Matt got up to see what was going on, and all was crystal clear (and very sticky!). She had gotten a sucker out of a bag of leftover Halloween candy in the fridge! She had been calling it a popsicle, but we didn't understand her, nor did we remember the bag of candy. Lesson learned...don't let your toddler find her own breakfast.
Here are some pictures from the last month or so, starting with Halloween.

Our little bumble bee

I made an upside down apple cake, recipe courtesy of my sister-in-law Olivia. It was delicious!

Our friends Casey and Alyssa came to visit with their daughter Melia, who is about 6 months younger than Charlotte. They love to play together, but there are a lot of tears when favorite dollies and puppies are involved.

Holding hands

A few pictures of our house for my sister Laura who keeps requesting them. This is our living room when you first walk in the front door.

This is just another view of the living room

The dining room. Small, but cozy and just the right size for us.

The kitchen (part of it, anyway). Charlotte likes to help wash dishes, but her clothes always get wet. Here is one solution to that problem.

Laura, I'll post some more pictures of the house soon. Today was too gray and cloudy to have good lighting to take pictures of the rest of our house.