{halloween 2011}

It's a theme this year...each and every big event becomes small in comparison to some other unexpected event. What? Let me back up a bit. We carved pumpkins on Saturday. I thought it would be fun to roast some pumpkin seeds since neither of the girls had ever had any. Easy enough. Fast forward to the next morning...the girls tried the roasted pumpkin seeds before breakfast (they hadn't finished roasting by the time they went to bed) - Emily didn't like them, Paige LOVED them. Paige loved them so much that I think she may have over indulged.....I got a call from school this afternoon. She got sick TWICE in the classroom. LOVELY. I figured she was going to be out of commission for trick or treating. Not to mention that I missed Emily's costume parade at school. Later on in the day, Paige was BOUNCING off the walls, and saying that she was all better and wanted to go trick or treating.

She lasted two whole houses before she lost all her excitement. She was done. But, oh, she was cute.









But my sweet Emily had a very great day. And doesn't she look so very pretty in her home-made skirt?









Hope your Halloween was SWEET!

{frosty}

Is it wrong that when I woke up this morning and saw that it was frosty outside, I rushed my girls to get ready quickly so that I could snap a few pictures?

I didn't think so.







The leaves on our maple tree are falling at quite the rapid pace this morning....so fast that it will probably be completely bare by Halloween.....

{pumpkins and another trip to the Osprey Trail}

{she is...}

slightly out of focus. but that's because she's just too darn busy to stop for one nano-second and be photographed. I took this picture last week after she got a much needed haircut. But she was too preoccupied to stop for photography. she ran for class representative a couple weeks ago. i was so proud. i for sure thought that she would decide not to do it once I read that she would have to give a speech in front of her whole class. but, she didn't even hesitate. she was full on excited. we helped her with her speech, made a poster and sent her off to washington...i mean, school. of course, i told her that student council elections are basically a popularity contest, and to not be too disappointed if she didn't win. and she didn't. and of course, she was a bit disappointed. but she is totally excited about trying again next year! she currently has straight a's - and is very proud of it - as is her momma. she is pretty much done with fall softball - she does have a rain make-up, which will be played idon'tknowwhen. she is going to be a 50's girl for halloween - but her costume is yet to be made. she is still my silly, silly Emily.




she is loving school. she loves her teacher, loves her classmates, and loves it when she has homework. she wants to do it the minute we get home. she loves coloring, playing with her stuffed animals, playing with her big sister, and dancing. we recently had to re-instate the booster chair at the dinner table because she is just way too squirrel-ly and took HOURS to eat her meals. literally HOURS. she is big time into spelling words, and talking about numbers. and I was so worried about her academically....she is the definition of CUTE. but she does have some very un-cute moments too. she is always ready for a hug, a kiss, or an "i love you". she is a day brightener for sure.

{celebrate!}

No, she didn't really watch the game last night - that beautiful, wonderful, stressful, nail-biting, stomach churning, watch while hiding behind your hands baseball game. That game where the Tigers beat those dang Yankees. Barely. But they did it. She didn't get to see those back to back home runs in the first inning. Nor did she get to see Valverde's dance at the end of the ninth. And, oh what a dance it was. She didn't get to see the champagne celebration that drenched the Yankee visitor clubhouse. She slept through it all. But when I told her this morning that the Tigers won and now they get to go play Texas, she asked if it was okay if she wore her Tiger shirt today. She may not yet understand the game - but the girl knows how to celebrate!

Two celebrations down, two to go.....GO TIGERS!!!!