Sunday, October 31, 2010

Costume #3 - Trick or Treating

Katie's friend Kennedy invited her to go trick or treating in her neighborhood. Before venturing out they watched and learned from Toodee, of Yo Gabba Gabba! fame, that eating too much candy will make you sick. Katie tells us, "I want to get sick."



Two Cool Cats!



This was Katie's first time to go trick or treating. She has been asking us about how it works for a few weeks now. She LOVED it! I am starting to suspect that my shy girl is not really a shy girl after all. Halloween totally brought her out of her shell. I adore this lady for handing out Goldfish crackers instead of candy.



See! No shyness! No trepidation! She's going for it! She's a trick or treat master!

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Birthday Bash

Birthday Celebration for Jon, Angela, David, and Granddad!
Katie was having a great time! Granddad was making her laugh



Great Family Portrait - They were all excited for the new coffee maker as it makes hot chocolate as well.



First time ever - we had a birthday bash while watching the Rangers in the World Series. Not football season yet in Texas (especially since our teams stink)



Pumpkin Woopie Pies!



The night ended with a game of bingo after all the food, presents, and Rangers win!

Friday, October 29, 2010

Happy Birthday to Daddy!



We hope the best Daddy and Husband ever has the best day ever!

Love your Guts!

XXOOXXO!

C & K

Katie and Abbey playing in the grass

I (Jon) was going thru some recent picture Carrie took and thought these were pretty funny.



Costume #2 - Wear your Costume to Music Class and a Halloween Party

Katie has been studying the costume catalog for months. Everyday she selects a new character she'd like to be for Halloween. Due to this indecision on her part, I have been trying to think of all the costume possibilities we can make from her dress up box. (Thank you Aunt D, Uncle H, and Aunt A for all the dress up goodies we have!) Here is selection #2 - the bride.



Katie's behavior was not awesome during music class. Her teacher mused, "She is really like a bride on her special day. She wants things to go her way."

The bride poses with her friend Buzz Lightyear after class. You can see their little faces in costume last year here.



Buzz invited the bride to his Halloween party the following day. Katie had so much fun. She actually got over her shyness and pushed through a group of kids to get to be first to pull the pinata string. I've never seen her do anything like it. A less shy Katie, may prove to be more difficult to steer toward politeness!

Running in the "don't drop the eyeball" relay race:



Playing with a new friend:



Crafting/Sampling glue:

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Cheerio

Katie enjoys her first ever bowl of cereal.

It's Honey Nut Cheerios. Yum!



We've been too scared to allow her a bowl full of milk before this. I am pretty sure it's a disaster, including tears and screams, waiting to happen. Although this first run went fine.



I gave her a bite from my bowl. Then she knew she was missing out munching on dry cereal only.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Costume #1 - Fall Festival, and Pumpkin Carving

Ballerina fairy princess is CAUGHT!

Grandma came over to join us for the Fall Festival and to teach the ballerina fairy princess some moves. Grandma knows what she's doing. She and I took lessons.

If it smells bad, cup your hand over your mouth and gag. To clarify, it's the hay bales, not Granddad, that has an odor.

Katie finds her bliss.

Granddad thinks Katie learned "the claw" from her Daddy.

As I mentioned prior to this photo, if it is unpleasant in aroma, place hand over mouth and gag.

The Great Pumpkin by Daddy, Katie, and Granddad:

Friday, October 22, 2010

Pregnacious (8 weeks)

Here's Baby Bundt at 8 weeks along. Well, it's really a combo of cherry sized Baby Bundt, and a doctor recommended running suspension you're seeing here. Lil Sis (my guess for gender) is already sharing the spotlight with Big Sis.

My belly photos with Katie were a tad bland, so this time around we are going to be mixing things up with props. Enjoy! Ton of Fun thinks this is a weird idea.

But Katie loves the silly factor.


Baby Bundt is now the size of a cherry. Grow, BB, grow!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

10 years ago today...


Jon and I went out for our first date. Weren't we young!? This picture is not from our first date, but is the earliest existing photo I could find of the two of us. Does anyone have an actual picture from their first date? You never really know how it's going to go, so it's hard to know if the moment will be one for the history books or not.
We are celebrating at home with a big-o slice of white chocolate cheesecake. Maybe I should post a picture of that!

Timberden

I think it was one of my cousin's girls that used to say she was "timberden" instead of pretending. My K loves to play dress up and pretend, especially since the catalog of Halloween costumes arrived a couple of months ago. Can you guess who she is trying to be in this getup?



Sunday, October 17, 2010

The Sweet Life

Katie is living the sweet life, at least for the weekend. She is allowed to choose her own outfit for a Saturday morning pancake breakfast outing.



Then on Sunday, she is served breakfast in bed. Just so happens to be Mom and Dad's bed that is now covered in bran muffin crumbs.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Arboretum Adventure




You can't tell from these photos, but we met friends at the Arboretum today. Katie was not having a very social day. Her expression looks like she's totally stressed out! While we there, she was too busy exploring to want to smile for the camera or pose with a buddy. But she really had a terrific time and left saying, "We had a lot of fun." Two-year-olds!

Monday, October 4, 2010

The Big Orange Pumpkin Farm

On Saturday evening, I told Katie that she could wear her candy corn dress to the pumpkin patch the next day. I forgot to mention to her that she would be wearing it to church first. She was more than a little upset with me when she found out that detail. But as you can see in the picture, all was well again by the time we arrived in pumpkinland.

Look, Piglet, I can do it too!

How much does Daddy love Katie?

This picture is going on my list of all time favs. Love the belly peeking out while she swipes a pumpkin. Good thing I forced her to wear the leggings!!!

Is she making eyes at him? A few friends from church met us at the farm. This little guy was showing off his muscles. She knows this little boy well enough, but insisted on calling him "Him".

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Quotes and Quips #2



Jon told Katie to put shoes on so they could kick the ball around the yard last night. She chose these:

Katie: Mom, do you like my puffy shoes?

Me: Yes.

Katie: Do you want to pet them?

Can I get a "Yea, Fall is Here" cheer?