Fall Fun!!!

We've really been enjoying fall! Carolyn had 2 Halloween parties this week and we did some special pumpkin things today at home. She's excited for trick-or-treat tomorrow!!

First step, Carolyn rolls out the dough. Notice her left arm.

Cut the shape. We made pumpkins, leaves and apples.


Scoop up the cookie. Mommy takes over from here for the baking.

Carolyn needed an outfit change before icing. And after of course.

Icing. How much could I pay you to eat that cookie?

Tada!

After dinner, we all carved pumpkins. Carolyn's job was to take the lid off. She was surprised at the inside!


Scooping out the guts!


Here they are! The big one is a happy face that mommy and daddy made and the little one is Carolyn's sad face pumpkin. Daddy cut just as she drew!

Finally! A Look At Our Fall

And I thought last time was bad, this post is way overdue! Fall has been busy - I'll let pictures tell the story!!


Carolyn still likes everything "just so" and most of her play is quite "orderly" as you can see here.


Carolyn loves drawing and recently has started to make a lot of recognizable things - this is Daddy. Interestingly, most of her people's arms come more out of their head than their body!

We went apple picking twice - once with the moms group and once with Zach's work. The apples are delicious -Carolyn enjoying both picking and eating!

Carolyn picking out her pumpkin - we went pumpkin picking again and she actually got to pick a pumpkin off the vine that time!

On the way down to my brother's wedding, we stopped to visit good friends from here who've since moved back to PA. It was a refreshing visit and the kids were so fun to see together. It's been almost a year since they've been together, and they just fell right back in line!

Enjoying the playground!


It was such a beautiful fall day!
Carolyn LOVED being the passenger in Ains' car!


Congratulations to my brother David and new sister in law Amy!!!

Carolyn looked beautiful in her flower girl dress and did a really nice job spreading petals down the very long aisle! We were impressed!

At Pap and Nana's house we were able to celebrate Carolyn's 3rd Birthday with family (just a little bit early - she'll turn 3 in November!)
Carolyn got a really nice floor puzzle from Nana and Pap - she's really into puzzles now!


Carolyn got a really nice floor puzzle from Nana and Pap - she's really into puzzles now!


I hope to post later this week with more pictures of our fall fun!!!