Party at the Preschool

Today Springer had her fall festival at preschool. She decided to go as a Davidson cheerleader...taking her role quite seriously.... Exhibit A
Exhibit B

Painting pumpkins (it may never dry)

The bean bag toss

"Bobbing" for apples with Anna Wade and Abby

Have you ever tried wrangling fifteen 3 year olds for a picture? Fifteen three year olds in costume? Not an easy task!

The Mouseketeer

Springer adores Mickey Mouse and the movie, The Mouseketeers, is among her favorites. As I prepared dinner the other evening she disappeared (rarely good news around here). Imagine my laughter when she rounded the corner dressed in my brown suede boots singing one of the songs from the movie. She considered herself part of the gang and after serenading me went off in search of her sword!

Pumpkin Carving

After a stop by our local pumpkin spot we headed home for an afternoon of carving. There is always great discussion about just what kind of face to give our Jack-O-Lantern. This year Carver and Springer decided on a big smile with lots of teeth. They especially enjoyed digging out the 'goo' and seeing who could spit and throw the seeds the furthest. I think everyone was happy with our results and most importantly we all enjoyed making memories together.

Pumpkin Patch

A vist with the Barretts

Brandon and Liz came into town and we enjoyed a no kids dinner with them over the weekend as well as a 'with kids' trip to the park this afternoon. Unfortunately I neglected to get a shot of all five of them (and poor John Mac never even made it with all the action). Nonetheless we had fun running around the lake, playing on the playground and feeding Nini: who did make an appearance again today. Fun times with great friends: so wish y'all lived closer!Caroline, Springer, Carver and Henry

Sweet Caroline

Swan Lake

We met our friends at the park today for a little playdate, lunch and a walk down to see the ducks. Instead of ducks we met this gorgeous swan. "Nini" as Springer named her. Nini was lovely, graceful and greatly enjoyed the bread that Ellie and Springer fed her...but she enjoyed it a little too much. She mistook Springer's hand for bread and bit her! Springer looked shocked at first and then the tears came. I think it scared her as much as anything although it did pinch her hard enough to leave a mark. Springer has since deemed the unfortunate incident an 'accident' and true to form has found great humor in it. "Nini"
Ellie and Springer prior to running out of bread!

A beautiful day

Fall

Crisp, fall air greeted us this morning and Carver wasted no time in grabbing his sweatshirt. I think when you wear a uniform each day it's a pretty big deal to mix it up a bit! He looked like such a big boy as he headed out to his daddy's car that I just had to snap a picture.