Happy Birthday Carolyn!!!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Carolyn's 3rd birthday last week!!! She turned 3 on Friday and we had a party with her friends to celebrate. Grandma was here because she came to watch Carolyn for the rest of the weekend while mom and dad enjoyed a little getaway!!

Enjoy some pictures!


We had to wake Carolyn up from a nap for her party! She was very, very excited about it and waited on the couch with her party balloons waiting for her friends to come!



We got Carolyn a triangle to add to her instrument collection!



The only thing Carolyn asked for for her birthday was a computer. She was VERY happy to get her own laptop!



My mom and I made Carolyn a caterpillar cake. Her party had a caterpillar and butterfly theme. The kids had sandwiches for dinner and we used a butterfly cookie cutter to cut them into butterflys!



Blowing out her candles!



She didn't look too thrilled to be opening presents, but she really did enjoy them! After she opened each present, on her own initiative, she walked up to each kid and said thank you and went back to her chair for the next present.


Grandma brought Carolyn these cute little puppies. Carolyn wanted them to sleep right next to her bed.


Carolyn built this very long necklace that she wanted more than one person to wear.

Halloween!

Carolyn had a very fun Halloween! She loved trick-or-treating!


Carolyn as Clifford the Big Red Dog. I thought the paws on her feet were the cutest part!

Trick-or-treating with her little friends from our neighborhood. Carolyn enjoyed being the biggest and ringing the doorbell at each house.

With her loot!

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!!!

A LONG Overdue Post

Whew! We've been busy. We spent a week visiting family, went to a bridal shower for sister in law to be Amy, went to a good college friend's wedding and have been settling back into home this week.

Enjoy some pictures from our trip to visit Diane's parents and some pictures from our time at home this week:

Carolyn enjoyed the plane flight!

We found Carolyn's Halloween costume - she LOVES Clifford, so it's perfect!

Carolyn loved jumping on the neighbors trampoline!

We stopped through State College for our friend's wedding and got to take Carolyn to PSU. Here she is with the Nittany Lion!


We had our kick-off party for the moms group this morning. Carolyn really enjoyed herself and had a great time with one of her best little friends. They're so cute together!

Carolyn the ballerina!

Carolyn's Cash Register

Carolyn loves playing store lately. Here's a cute little video of her being the cashier!

Bike Riding at Lake

Here's Carolyn riding with her cousins! She really enjoyed being with them all week and it was great for me to have a bit of break while she was completely enthralled with them!