The Studious Stinker

On Halloween Day, I was so excited to go to our favorite library and trick-or-treat for books! We waited til after B’s nap then loaded her up and took her down to the library and put on her costume (BTW: each time I put it on her, I re-pinned the boa so it looked a little better…by trick-or-treating, it was perfect!). Again, it was a huge hit!

“Daddy! The Storytime Room is this way!”:

 

But first she had to make a stop and pick up a pumpkin book:

She walked right over and sat down in front of me just like this and waited for me to read it to her. Brought a tear to my eye!!!

 

After Mommy picked out two book choices from the trick-or-treat bin (both Caldecott honorees…"Anasi the Spider” and “Frederick”) and let B choose her favorite. Of course, she picked the red one (that’s “Anasi the Spider”) ‘cause its her favorite color:

Showing Daddy her favorite toys:

  

And we couldn’t pass up the chance to show Daddy the duck pond:

   

What a fun afternoon…with so much more fun to come with Trick-or-Treating!

Boot-scootin’ Stinker

Bridget and I had a glorious time visiting old friends at the Carrollton Elementary Fall Carnival on Saturday. I had promised a parent that I was close with at school that I’d help out, so we brought a few contributions to the cake walk (as usual) and we helped judge the costume contest (I tried to tell them B wasn’t eligible but they made me put her in the contest…she won!!!!!!). She was seriously “on” people. It was great!

Coach Erickson got the kids pumped and out on the “dance floor”:

Bridget’s interest was peaked…

She stepped right out in the open circle and started getting down (she also scared that little girl behind her!):

The day before, Bridget had a Halloween party at her babysitter, Kathy’s, house with her friends. They wore costumes, had Halloween-themed snacks, traded treats, and practiced trick-or-treating. I couldn’t miss all the fun, so Kathy was more than willing to take pics during the day for me. I was so happy to look through them all!

Me dropping off my scrumptious skunk before work:

It’s pretty easy to see who has the cutest costume…(though Baby Brinley’s bee suit is pretty cute):

Doesn’t Lucy look just like the little girl on her shirt? What movie is she from? It’s driving me CRAZY that I can’t think of the title!!!

How cute is he???

Checking out all their goodies:

The practices with Kathy TOTALLY made a difference on Sunday night! Stay tuned for (of course) more pics…

Spooky Stinker

After completing the costume with Grammy, we headed to the pumpkin patch to meet Kim, Riley, Addie, Junell and Landry. After the patch, we zipped home…but before we ended the day I just had to run into our neighborhood Kroger (which gets 100% of my grocery budget each week) for their Halloween party I’d seen advertised. It gave B and me a chance to try out her costume in action!

There were lots of little activity stations set up around the store for kids. So adorable! The first one we saw was cookie decorating. Of course, we took part! Free cookie AND free fun :)

 

We next rolled down the candy aisle, where I set B down and obviously forgot she had on regular socks (instead of grippy)…’cause she almost did a full-on splits right in front of me:

 

So Mommy removed the socks and she was immediately on the run:

 

A sweet lady was getting some good giggles out of the show B was putting on, so she volunteered to take our pic. I love it when people indulge me!

 

B is WAY into monkeys right now and spied this one right away. I let her touch him and nearly knocked down a castle of Monopoly games. Geez, Anna!

 

Next up was Bowling with Pumpkins (well, it was a bouncy ball but looked like a pumpkin). The soda bottles were weighed down, making them too heavy for B to knock down but she still loved playing the game!

  

Lastly, we stopped at the “How Many Oreos Can You Stack?” station. I did the stacking, but B reaped the rewards :)

   

My little stinker is such a great helper at the store!

 

More Halloween skunk pics to come…:)

Pumpkin Patch #2

I’m so glad the weather was kind to me, allowing B and I to meet two lovely friends from high school and their little ones. We had a great time visiting the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch again…I can’t wait to return again next year!

Meeting Landry (my friend Junell’s son):

    

B playing with the boys on the hay pile (that’s Kim’s son, Riley, on the top):

   

Of course, there were many pumpkins to explore:

 

“Um, you want me to go WHERE???”:

      

This place ain’t so bad :) (they stayed in that jail forever! well, at least until the screaming pre-teen girl scouts ran in):

Riley and Landry got along great!

Kim’s precious little girl, Addison:

B seemed mildly interested in Addie…until…

 

She found Addie’s stroller!

The horses had gone to the corner of the pasture (sigh!), but we still got to see the pig and the huge turtle:

 

Landry LOVES Sesame Street:

 

And it seems he converted another Sesame lover:

   

Did I mention that he LOVES Sesame Street??:

  

The boys got snowcones and Landry dropped his (doesn’t Riley look so concerned?? Cute!): 

Notice how my little one stands taller than the “2” marker?? I refuse to measure her in feet! Give me inches back!

  

Our crew (L to R): ME!, Bridget, Junell, Landry, Addie, Kim and Riley…can you believe the guy that took our pic got all the kids to look at the camera?? (Addie doesn’t count because she’s tucked in a Snugglie)