Charlie wore her new spooky Halloween dress to church today. Yes, there is a witch on it, but at least she is a friendly witch….

We also practiced some “assisted” walking. Emilyn’s Mommy told me that one day Emilyn just decided she was ready, and that was that….Hmmm. I have to admit, I’m getting a little skeptical that she’ll be walking anytime soon. What I can say is that Charlie is a lot more willing to do this these days, so maybe she’s thinking about it….

One last little thing. Tonight as we were getting Charlie ready for bed she was playing with the plastic bottle that came with her newborn Cabbage Patch kid. She was trying to feed it to me, which was cute enough on it’s own…but then when we set Virginia Emilia, the CPK (or Virg, as she will now be called) in front of her….well, the rest is cuteness history. How is it that a 13 1/2 month old child knows instinctively how to feed a “baby”?? That, and she’s also learning how to give kisses, to adults and cats alike. She will look up at you with what can only be called “the stare” and nod her head towards you. Once you touch foreheads, she gives a little giggle. And she’ll do this over and over. Tonight, I actually witnessed her do this with Virg, and when she pulled away, her lips made a little smacking sound. Her first real kiss!! One for the books.