I can tell that holidays are just going to keep getting better and better! It's so nice to have a short little excuse to participate in fun Halloween activities again. This past weekend, we hit up a local farm--Honeysuckle Hill--to pick out our pumpkins and to enjoy some good family Halloween fun. Because I am THE WORST navigator ever (I prefer to rely on my Nightstalker and his plus-or-minus-thirty-seconds-to-the-target training,) we arrived not too terribly long before naptime. Luckily, Emmy rallied BIG TIME as soon as we got out of the car, so we were able to pack in the fantastic games and attractions!
Tonight, Emmy got her first taste of trick-or-treating, and while she didn't say a word from the moment she left the house until the moment she returned, it was all she could talk about during bathtime tonight. She kept saying,"Tr-treat,""Emmy treat," and "Dada hand" as she recounted her big 20 minutes of knocking on 7 doors and collecting lots of typically forbidden goodies. Something tells me a certain little Emmy Horn is going to have very sweet dreams tonight, and not just because her dinner was comprised of a milkshake and fruit snacks.
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One of the many attractions at Honeysuckle Hill Farm. |
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First time on a big girl swing!
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| Dada and his little piggy... |
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...I mean goat. (Sorry for cutting off your head, Babe. :-P)
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Doing what Dada and Emmy do best...Conquering big slides!
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Baby pumpkin patch
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| Going bouncy! |
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| Airborne!! |
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Lesson learned: don't ever distract an artist from her work.
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Halloween Day...Ensemble #1, courtesy of Miss Lindsay. :)
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Poof! Now she's Abby Cadabby!
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The pumpkins looked way cooler in this photo. Nick's is the mean looking one.
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| Off to get some loot! |
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| First stop at Ms. Rondell and Mr. Jim's house! |
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This is the part where you say, "Thank you." I am choosing to believe she was thinking it even though she didn't say it out loud.
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Man, if only this image weren't blurry!
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| Emmy and Dada after tearing up the street! |
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Mama, Baby Hannah and Emmy girl!
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| Grubbing on our Apple Cider & Cheese Fondue and ghostly milkshakes (thank you, Kris, for the creative inspiration!) |
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| 29 weeks today! |
Beautiful photos, post and family. The best to all of you, always.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE all of her costumes! Any time is a good time for kids to wear costumes!
ReplyDeleteAren't you so glad you have a husband who plays with the kids? I thought all dads did that and were like Carl, Nick, my Ben, etc, but I've been noticing lately that a lot of dads don't get down and play with their kids. I think it's totally acceptable for moms to sit there while kids play at the park, but not dads.
Now I have to ask about the mirror above the mantel b/c I think it's the same one I was going to get. Where'd you get it? Now I need to look back in your blog for more pictures of it.
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Thank you so much for the sweet comments!! I do feel so blessed to have a hubby who likes to get down and play with Emmy! She can't get enough of him, and goes out of her mind when he walks in the door after work each day. It's hilarious, she doesn't know what to do with herself, besides run around in circles and scream. :-P
ReplyDeleteI got the mirror at Z-Gallerie about 5 years ago now (hard to believe it's been that long!) I love that store, they have some really funky, contemporary pieces! Hopefully they still exist, the store I got it at in Nashville closed awhile back...
I have to check it out! Thanks a lot.
ReplyDeleteDon't you love how moms aren't the fun ones, but dads are? They are totally entertaining all the time!