Sylvie goes statewide!!

Sylvie made the front page of Charlie Baker's campaign website!  Now he can't lose.

Hanging out with Cousin Aya

Cousin Aya and her folks came to the parade and then spent some time at the house before joining us for lunch at the Noon Hill Grille.  Good times all around.  Sylvie especially enjoyed wrestling with/riding her Uncle Ben.  Of course she  had grilled cheese for lunch, and some of the pasta that Aya passed up.

I got a lot of cute photos of Aya and Syl.  As has been the case their whole co-lives, though, they resisted posing for a perfect shot of the two of them together...  Some of the good ones below.  More (and more of the parade) in the September Gallery.

All of this crazy excitement didn't end Sylvie's day, by the way.  She also had her very first "sleep over" (kinda).  We went to a movie (The Town - pretty good) with the O'Learys last night.  Sylvie hung out with Madeline and Jake, and her old teacher Patty, at the O'Learys' house.  When we got back, Sylvie was snoozing... in Madeline's bed!  Typical Madeline - she gave Syl her bed and took the mattress on the floor.  

Sylvie for Baker

Sylvie took to the campaign trail again yesterday, marching with Dad in the Celebrate Holliston parade along with Dad's friend Charlie Baker (the next Governor of Massachusetts, by the way).  Syl got decked out in do-it-yourself Charlie wear, assumed her position on Dad's shoulders, and enthusiastically yelled "VOTE FOR CHARLIE!" to the many parade spectators (including Mommy, Uncle Ben, Aunt Lia, and Cousin Aya).

At Celebrate Holliston Sylvie picked up a temporary tattoo (her first and last!) and some semi-permanent face paint to complement her Charlie wear.

She's pretty sure today's Boston Globe poll showing Charlie even with the incumbent for the first time is a direct result of her efforts...

Sylvie in September

Every once in a while I like to do these comparison posts.  Amazing how they grow...

September 2008

September 2009

September 2010

Thanks for the visit, Gram and Gramp!

Sylvie had a great time with Grammy and Grampy Haley, who headed home to Florida yesterday.  She's been asking for them since, particularly at bedtime when she pines for another run through Cinderella with Grammy.  A few photos below, more in the September Gallery.

Riding the bike

Showing off

Introducing Grammy to the Big Rock

At JJ McKay's (best of several tries...)

Moon-spotting

A snuggle

Pals

Always good to have the O'Learys around.  Tonight they joined us for dinner.  Syl had a great time - so much so that by bedtime she was a screeching, blubbering, flailing mess of a little two year old...

More in the September Gallery, of course...

Out and about with Grammy and Grampy

Everything is more fun with Grammy and Grampy - even a walk around the block (yeah, dad got a little artsy with these...)

Welcome to the Blue House, Grammy and Grampy!

Sylvie was very pleased to welcome Grammy and Grampy tonight - even more so when she learned they came bearing gifts: a Cinderella book, a stuffed fox, and crown!  Lots of hugs, lots of reading...

The indoctrination continues

First sushi, now her obsession with comfy leisure-wear.  Where will it stop?

Sylvie is very pleased with her new robe and slippers.  The fun part for Melissa, of course, will come tomorrow - when Syl inevitably decides she wants to wear this get-up to school...

Toddler model.

Mugging

Even snugglier than usual

Syl is very excited, by the way, to welcome Grammy and Grampy Haley for a visit in a couple of days.  Hopefully she'll kick her latest cold in time for their arrival!