Happy Halloween!

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We love Halloween! Last night we carved pumpkins with Evie for the first time. She wasn't so sure about the whole getting dirty part... but she did like sitting by us to "help" by watching. Actually she would have liked to have just drawn all over the pumpkins with the marker the best!

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Then we took our pumpkins outside to see them lit up- she loved this part!


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Got the yard decorated for the holiday... It is gorgeous here today!

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Tonight after we take her trick-or-treating, we'll have our 6th annual Halloween Bonfire w/ our friends- so looking forward to that!

My sweet little family

We took advantage of a gorgeous October day to take some family pics at a local park. I LOVE the colors this year- so much more vibrant than in the last few years. It has just been gorgeous around here.

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Kitty says "Meow", Bear says "Rahhr", Doctor says "No, no, no"- what?

In the last few weeks Evie has had to go to the doctor for minor things. I hadn't noticed she picked up a new trick before heading there. The doctor walks in and I tell her to say hi to the doctor, she shakes her finger and says "no, no, no." Um... slightly embarrassing! Then about two weeks later we're at a different doctor and after he leaves I tell her "Wasn't that doctor nice?" and she replies with the finger shaking again and saying "No, no, no!" What?? I cannot believe she came up with this on her own! So then I start asking everyone if they've taught her this... no one knows anything! Hmmm... weird.
Last night we sat down to read books before bed, she picked one of her favorites for the night: "Five Little Monkeys". As we're reading I suddenly realize where she learned this "no, no, no" thing at- ME! The last phrase on every page is "Momma called the doctor and the doctor said, No more monkeys jumping on the bed!" and as I say this each time I shake my finger and she always mimics me! Silly girl!!! I couldn't believe she absorbed that and associated it later with the real doctors! At least I know now there isn't anyone (besides me) teaching her bad tricks!

My first laugh

No time like the present to start this off... been meaning to do a personal blog for a while now since I already have my "professional" one up and running. I take way too many pictures to just let them sit on my hard-drive and this is the perfect place to share them with you all (since most of you who will be reading this will be in the pictures! LOL!)
So welcome...

To get things started- here's a bit of the fun we've been having this fall!

Evie on the family hayride


Gabe and Evie playing hard in the backyard on one of our last nice fall nights


Walking in the forest- she loved the crunchy leaves underfoot