Fall has happened -- to us. We love this season and all there is to do during it. There has been a lot of activity around and to our house this month. Below are the highlights, summations and just some generally goofy photos we'd like to share.
Princess shoes -- third generation. Will the fad/obsession end anytime soon? The first pair (far left) now has holes in the toe area. The second pair is fading fast. To the right is the newest pair which Madelyn refuses to wear because, "they are too big." I give up. Disney, are you listening?
Mason snacking on one of Maddie's socks. Guess dinner wasn't ready yet.
Mason kneeling on the play kitchen. We can definitely see the differences between boys and girls these days. He's mischievous in a very naive way and will open/climb on/throw anything. Time to update the child locks.Pumpkin patch:
A couple of weeks ago we went to the Raleigh Southern Home show and ended up talking to one of the exhibitors who sold flowers and diverse farm grown goodies. Turns out they have a farm with pumpkin patch, hayrides, catfish pond, chicken coop and other farm related goodness. So we quickly made up our minds to pay them a visit and procure our fall decorations.
Here's Maddie in the middle of the pumpkin patch, grumpily indecisive about which pumpkin should be rescued.
Mason selects his pumpkin, matching it to his size.
Three minutes after grumpy Maddie, we have happy Maddie posing with her chosen pumpkin. I love this photo. She is happy and natural and in her element. Except I had to carry her through the pumpkin patch because she didn't want to get her princess shoes dirty. Okay, she was happy and natural though!
Trying to turn the pumpkin into a carriage with her pink wand. Carrying the wand everywhere doesn't even phase me anymore. After all, there was another little girl at the pumpkin patch with a tutu over sweatpants......
Have pumpkins, will travel.
Maddie was excited about feeding the catfish. No fish at first because it took them a while to figure out that they were being fed. Then a big splash, a squeaking Maddie and there they were, about twenty apparently well fed and accordingly humongous catfish fighting the turtles for the fish food. Maddie quickly turned into a fish feeding pro.Hangin' at home:
Just a few pics of Mason posing in his cuteness.
Skull cap: check, remote in hand: check. Ma, where's my drink??
Getting my drink on. (Don't worry, it's empty!)
Aw, Ma! Come on, it's like the paparrazi in here! Can't a guy chillax?Haircuts:
In anticipation of a family photo session we all decided it was time to get purdied up. Maddie has got to be the girliest girly girl on the planet: Hour long screaming matches about what to wear and unbridled excitement upon mention of the word "haircut".....WTH?
At any rate, the kids were taken to the local haircuttery on Saturday afternoon.
Maddie first. It's been a LONG time since her last haircut. I think it was last fall.
Bye-bye blonde! All the blonde hair from her baby days is now all gone. Sniff....
Mason's first hair cut! Apparently he was a wiggly worm during the procedure.I wasn't there, so Frank was in charge of two haircuts and photos. Go Frank! I was picking up a book for a course I'm taking and got hit by a tour bus en route. No kidding.
NO.......not choking the baby here......Frank said he had to hold his head like this almost the entire time. Mason looks concerned with the hand around his neck and sharp scissors nipping his head....but no one was injured during the process and his hair now looks less like a baby and more like a little boy. Again, sniff, sniff....
More pumpkin fever. We went to the State Farmer's Market last weekend and had to buy, you guessed it, more pumpkins.NC State Fair:
As hokey as it may be seem, we have an annual tradition of visiting the State Fair. Maddie is now old enough where she can really enjoy it and so we were looking forward to showing her around.
Maddie's first taste of cotton candy. After the cotton candy she proceeded to eat her weight in other nutritious and healthful foods such as popcorn, BBQ, and ice cream.
Mason in the backpack. He stayed awake and alert for the 3 1/2 hours we were there. I think he loved watching all the "interesting" people!
Maddie's pony ride
Comin' around the bend. Actually, these ponies are well taken care of. I got the scoop on that the last time we took her for a ride.
Outside the UNC-TV (PBS) tent, Maddie found some familiar friends.
And inside the tent, she found a tunnel.More house construction:
After the rush of getting the downstairs painted, the carpet in the living room replaced with hardwoods and the downstairs halfbath redone in time for our collective birthday party it was finally time for the big project: conversion of our deck into a screened porch. Here a few shots taken in the middle of construction. We are very happy with our contractors and the thing is turning out really nice.....much nicer in fact that we had ever expected.....nice surprise for a change. More pictures when everything is done.
And in the middle of all this it was time for our anniversary:
11th anniversary cake. Is Frank trying to tell me something??
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