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Showing posts with label pumpkin. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Pumpkins and a Strawberry

We packed in a bunch of fun fall and Halloween activities in the last couple of weeks! There is just something about fall...it's my favorite! Emery was only 7 months old last year around Halloween, so we didn't do much more than trunk or treat at our church and a little trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. This year, we got to introduce her to all kinds of fun fall activities!

The weekend before Halloween, we took Emery to the pumpkin patch! This hay bale was painted like a jack-o-lantern which didn't quite make it in the picture...oops. She loved sitting up here!


She kept trying to pick up giant pumpkins!


Nothing sweeter than her reaching up to hold my hand.



Emery also tried to sit down on several pumpkins. It was too funny! Just taking a little rest...


Walking with Daddy... I love this picture so much.


This one looks like a good one to sit on! I can't even. This just cracks me up.



Maybe if Daddy helps, she can pick it up. :)


My sweet girl and me. I love her so much.


She finally found a pumpkin she could pick up! She kept throwing this little one off the truck!



The next day we got to get dressed up and go to our church's trunk or treat. Our sweet little strawberry! She caught on really fast that we were going from trunk to trunk collecting candy. She put some of it in her bag, but she always had a piece or two in her hand saying, "open? open?" I have no idea how much she ate, but she did not go to sleep that night until after 10:00!!


Emery also got her first taste of popcorn and was definitely a fan. We heard lots of "more"!


We also got to see Super Girl and walk around with her for a little bit! And my little strawberry is smiling! {But of course she's not looking...most of the time it's either one or the other!}


I love this...it's so cute of Vanna, but Emery is way more interested in the fact that Vanna has M&Ms!


Creeping a little closer to the M&Ms... {By the way, Vanna definitely shared! She loves to share with Emery!}


A couple of nights before Halloween, we carved a pumpkin! It had an Elmo face...of course. ;)


She watched Daniel for a few minutes and then she decided to throw leaves instead. She throws them up and says "yay!!!"


She *loved* the Elmo pumpkin! She still goes to the window and says "Elmo?" and "hello!" We had to turn it around so she could see the face from inside. :)


The weather for Halloween was supposed to be super rainy, so we headed to Publix that night to do a little early trick-or-treating. It was so cute! They passed out candy in every department and had little games that the kids could play.



Of course, as soon as she saw candy she kept saying "open? open?" This girl loves her some candy! {Just like mama...and daddy.}


Once we got home, it was starting to mist, so we decided to head out and do a little trick-or-treating in the neighborhood.


I think she knew we were about to get more candy!


Love my little strawberry girl.


We did about 6 houses and it just kept raining harder and harder...so we headed home. :( We still got several trick-or-treaters, though! Emery loved going to the door and saying "hey!"



Emery was very timid when we were out trick-or-treating and would only take one or two pieces of candy, but once we were home, she dug in to our candy bowl with both hands!




An appropriate place to end...a mouthful of candy. ;)



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Monday, November 25, 2013

Weekend Rewind {November 25, 2013}

Happy Monday/Thursday! It was so nice at work today because it felt like Thursday all day. I hope y'all had a happy weekend before Thanksgiving. This will probably be the last somewhat laid-back weekend until January!

We had a great weekend here, one that I know I'll want to remember. :) Daniel and I rented a movie from Redbox and stayed home on Friday night. There's just something I love so much about watching a movie next to the Christmas tree. We also broke out our Whirley Pop and made some homemade popcorn. I was feeling sweets {as usual}, so I added some M&Ms to mine. Is there a way to keep those darn things from sinking to the bottom?! Seriously. It's a problem.


Saturday morning, we made our weekly grocery trip and went out for donuts. Let's keep those sweets coming...it means I'll have a super sweet baby, right?! That afternoon, my sister and brother-in-law brought Vanna over for a sleepover! We ended up taking her to Chuck E. Cheese's. Last time we went, the place was almost empty. This time, oh my goodness, it was so packed that we hardly got any pictures at all.

Ticket muncher!
She picked out a sparkly purple wand, Chuck E. Cheese tattoos, and a blinged out dollar sign ring. We all got a laugh from that one!

Picking out prizes!
After dinner at Superior Grill, we headed home to make pumpkin bread and Oreo turkeys!


Vanna is such a good helper in the kitchen!!



She even cracked the eggs!


When the pumpkin bread was in the oven, we started on our Oreo turkeys!


If you know me at all, you know I can't resist Oreos...especially Double Stuf. Oh, and Oreo people, why spell "stuff" with only one "f"? Just why?


Then it was time for Vanna to teach Uncle D how to make the Oreo turkeys. He's such a sweet uncle. I can't wait to see him be a daddy. Love.



Once the turkeys were all assembled, Vanna decided that the candy corn feathers needed a little embellishment. She added a dot of orange frosting to the tip of each feather and made us both die laughing when she said that the turkeys were going to the "feather salon".


Our little turkey family!


We spent the rest of the night playing letter sounds bingo {the teacher in me was super impressed with her skills! :)} and Sofia's Magical Tea Time game.

Sunday morning we went out for donuts! Umm, yes, that did make two days in a row for Daniel and me, thankyouverymuch.


We definitely congratulated ourselves for making it to church on time with a child. We can do this! :) Vanna did make it pretty easy on us, though.

After church, I did what will most likely be the extent of my Black Friday shopping. We went to CVS and got a few totally random things. You can check out the CVS Black Friday ad on Southern Savers here. It only took me a few minutes to get ready for the trip. If you don't shop at CVS, you're missing out. It seriously is a thrill every time I shop there! I paid $2.84 {that includes tax} for all of this stuff and left with $14.97 to spend next time!!


After a quick Sunday afternoon nap, we headed back to church to serve at the Thanksgiving dinner. I ended up assigning myself to the least popular item on the menu...cranberry sauce. I can't blame anyone, though. I don't like it, either! :)

I'm so thankful that I got to spend another weekend with the people I love the most.

Happy Thanksgiving week!

"In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."
I Thessalonians 5:18

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