School Party

Friday afternoon the kid's daycare hosted a Halloween party...complete with a candy parade, treats and drinks, and a hayride.  The kids had such a great time and got LOTs of candy to eat!  It is always fun to see all the kids they play with all day.  It was chaos there for a little while, but they all enjoyed themselves!

 Hannah and a few of her friends...Ellie, Ava, Kayden, Ana, and Hannah

 Daddy was one of the caddy stations during the parade--I think this is where Hannah scored MAJOR candy!

 Mmmm...chocolate covered marshmallow!

The gang...Lilly (the little gnome) is one of Hannah's besties...all the girls are so sweet together and run and hug each other when they get there in the morning and hug when they leave in the afternoon.  Hannah's favorite 'boyfriend' is a sweet little boy named Jakie...so sweet!

 Caleb wasn't so sure about the hayride at first...but he made it around.

 Hannah had so much fun she went several times, this time with Lilly and Ava.  

 Our happy little dinosaur!

Hannah posing with the pumpkin her group carved.  We left just in time for the rain to start...it was a great celebration!

My lil' punkins...

Apple Picking...Fall is here!!

Fall has arrived...the temperatures are cooler, football games have taken over my TV and the apples are falling off the trees.  On this fallish Saturday we decided to go pick some apples, although Hannah was most excited to 'pick doughnuts'.

On the wagon ready to be dropped off at the orchard.  

 Our little big man waiting for the fun to begin.

 Caleb found some right away and spent the rest of the trip eating them.

 We've never given him an entire apple before, but he did really well with it...almost devouring the entire thing!!

 Hannah picked a few, although she enjoyed playing hide and seek with daddy in the trees the most.

 U-Pick today was Honey Gold and McIntosh...we greatly preferred the Honey Gold and have 1/2 a bushel to prove it!

 Yum,  yum, yum...aren't they absolutely beautiful!!  Apple crisps are in order for the beauties!

 Mommy and the apple of her eye :).

 And...the doughnut...Hannah picked powdered sugar and ate the entire thing and wanted more.  I was happy with my Apple Iced while Caleb had Apple Cinnamon and Sugar and daddy had a Pumpkin Iced and an Apple Iced.  Love these tasty family traditions!

 And...always time for a photo shoot!!!

 One last ride around before it's time to go home.

Tiny Dancer...

We recently started dance class at a small studio by our house.  We selected ballet to start with and thankfully Mimi outfitted Hannah in all she needed for class.  They have a special entrance into their room.

 Quite confident...almost as though she's saying...I got this mom!!

 By far her FAVORITE thing to do is check herself out in the wall of mirrors!

 Doing some moves before class starts.

 Showing sleeping beauty that she can do it too!!

 Hannah's in the same class as two of her little friends, Savannah and Sophie.

 Stretching out...the 'butterfly'.

 Practicing her foot positions on the mat...this is position # 5.

 Rocking the babies...not quite getting it.  She did much better the second week.

 And, the bye-bye parade at the end of class.

 Her first recital is in December...it should be interesting to see how she does and if she really seems to like it.  She is the cutest little ballerina I've ever seen.  Mommy's proud to be able to share this time with her tiny dancer!!

Happy Labor Day!

We had plans to go to the beach for one last sunny hooray...however, mother nature had different plans.  Since it was windy and pretty chilly (a high of 60) we went to breakfast and to the park instead.  Here we are outside Cracker Barrel showing some patriotic pride.

M I Z - Z O U!

Showing our Tiger pride...all dressed up and celebrating the win on Saturday!