Pumpkins, Lizards, and "Poo poo"

It's so fun to watch Savannah grow up (although sometimes I wish she wouldn't do it so quickly!). Last Friday Savannah and I went with my friend Jennifer and her two girls to the Sugar Plum Arts & Crafts Festival held at the OC County Fairgrounds. We had a blast and the girls were really good. We had them harnessed up in matching monkey harnesses so they couldn't run off (strollers were not permitted at the fair). We actually were stopped at least five different times by people asking if the girls liked their harnesses, where we got them, etc. Jennifer's oldest daughter grabbed Savannah's hand at one point and I thought I was going to melt, it was so cute. On Saturday we met up with my parents and went to The Pumpkin Patch at Live Oak Canyon Christmas Tree Farm in Redlands (California), which is owned by a family in my parents' ward. There is a ton to do, from picking pumpkins, to a petting zoo, to hayrides and stuffing your face with carne asada fries (of course I would never do such a thing). :-) I think the highlights of the day for us were watching Savannah in a total state of bliss in the petting enclosure and riding in a wheel barrow with the pumpkins we picked. She had no fear around the animals and was delighted when my dad helped her to feed the goats. She LOVES pumpkins and would get excited with each pumpkin that was added to the wheelbarrow. We did have a small heartstopping moment when I noticed a black widow spider in the wheelbarrow with Savannah near her legs, but we got it out and she lived for us to tell about it.

Also on Saturday my Dad caught a small lizard for Savannah (they go lizard hunting every time we go to my parents' house, it's their tradition). She held the lizard by herself for the first time (usually she just gives the lizards kisses--no joke). In an email that my mom sent later that day to my brothers, she wrote, "She [Savannah] was quite excited. However, then we noticed some brown stuff on her wrist and thought maybe the lizard had the poop scared out of him by being held. When Savvy finally relinquished the lizard, we discovered the poor thing had been crushed to death between her eager fingers. She'd squeezed the guts right out of him (her?). Ewwww…. It's probably a good thing she can't catch lizards by herself yet."

Savannah's current obsessions, besides pumpkins, are books and shoes.

One of her favorite times of the day is sitting down with Nate and night to read books.

Savvy-ism of the week: Savannah was sitting in her highchair playing with a favorite stuffed dog the other day. She flipped the dog over so that the tail was facing her and noticed the little tag that was near the tail. She pointed to the tag and said, "Poo poo!" She's daddy's girl all right.