Halloween 2010

Somehow Carly managed to go trick or treating 3 times between Friday and Sunday. Maggie would have been right by Carly's side if she hadn't been side tracked by a yucky sinus infection. Luckily, she had already trick or treated 2 times before Halloween night - so, I don't think she realized that she missed anything.  Below are some pics from Boo at the Zoo. These pictures need to be cropped/red eye reduced/etc...sorry! I want them to be posted before Christmas!

Maggie LOVED the eeky freaky dance party. She would have danced all night if we hadn't lured her away with candy.

The girls outfits coordinated really nicely this year.  I wish I had taken the time to get some better pictures.  I'll close with Carly's signature pose.

October



Where did October go? It seems like this month just started yesterday. Here's some pics of what we were up to the first 3 weeks of this month. Below was a group of friends who came over one Friday afternoon to watch the local highschool homecoming parade. The parade was a huge hit mainly because the amount of candy that was thrown from the floats.

We had a day off from school and decided to check out a farm about an hour away from Columbia. The farm adventure began with a tractor ride, corn maze, pumpkin patch, and then ended with a very unique playground.

I don't know what to call this playground item...it felt like a blob...it was like walking on a big bubble. You wanted to jump - but it was like that feeling in the elevator when you jump and your feet never leave the ground. We all gave it a try - even the moms.

Cow train! We all rode - even the moms.  The driver was pretending that we were on a tube in the lake - he was doing way too many figure eights and circles! The girls loved it! Our day ended with this cow train.

Walkin With Granny

Maggie has loves to take off her shoes when we are outside, but often gets stuck on rough ground. Here comes Granny to the rescue!

And then, ofcourse, Carly needed to try that mode of transportation.

Fall Dresses

We love our new cute fall dresses that Oma made!

A New Do

Carly and I have a battle every morning with her hair. It loves to tangle during the night. She claims it's torture for me to brush her hair. When you have to be at school at 7:30, every minute in the morning is precious time. We both decided that some of her hair had to go. At first she was hesitant, but when she was at the salon, she decided to take off more than I expected. We are both much happier. This is how she left the salon...it's called a spider web.

Ofcourse, we couldn't have a photo shoot without this pose.

Pirate Day

The excitement of kindergarten continues...a week or two ago was pirate day. If you dressed up, then you got to participate in a school wide parade. Hmmm....parade. Wonder if Carly was interested in participating?

I had to lighten these pictures a bunch...it's hard to take photos when you go to school in the dark!!! Luckily, Carly is getting used to our early mornings. Although it often kills me, in this case, it was a good thing she has saved all of her goody bag items from birthday parties. She was able to pull together some serious gear out of her accessory basket.

Maggie's First Day of her new Preschool

Maggie started her 3rd preschool for 2010 about 3 weeks ago. My clingy, difficult to transition child is doing fabulous! Maybe she requires lots of change in her life to keep her stable? Here's some shots of her heading out for her first day.

Her silly face...

Distracted by a lady bug...

Squishing the lady bug while trying to examine it...

Mom, why isn't my lady bug moving???

She discovered this lady bug on the first day of school. Anytime we go outside to play in the front yard she wants to look for her "lost lady bug".