Sunday, October 24, 2010

BOO at the Zoo!

Last weekend we went with the Blackburns to Boo at the Zoo down at the Riverbanks Zoo!
It was SO much fun! We went down in the afternoon and saw all the animals before the park closed to get ready for all the little trick-or-treaters.
This was too cute:) CJ and Gracie are studying the map of the zoo.
Meerkats



They have a bird sanctuary that you can go inside and feed the birds.
Gracie and I don't like birds so much, but Pipes doesn't mind:)
Christopher and sweet Anna Cate
We spent a while looking at the tigers


Then we left for dinner and came back, all dressed up!
Reese was a pumpkin

Gracie was silvermist and Piper was a Go-Go girl.
They had lights up everywhere
Avery and Grace
Our little Go-Go girl rode most of the time since she has a cast
oooooh, a sucker. Shhh, don't tell her you can take the wrapper off;)
They had a foam zone. The kids were a little reluctant to jump in and once we saw how wet other kids were, we were glad! It was dish soap. ewwwh
There were stations throughout the park for the kids to trick-or-treat. Some gave candy, others gave things like this...
And masks...

That's Eileen:)
Piper was being silly!
Reese was soooooo tired. She sat like this for about an hour. If you know her, you know very well that she will not sit in a stroller if she can see me. But she didn't budge or make a sound.
They had a dance party going on at the entrance to the park. But the kids decided to make their own.






We spent a little time in the barnyard after we trick-or-treated. They were the only animals still awake.

CJ decided he would dance with the dance party.


It was a fun time and a great way to trick-or-treat!

Pumpkin Time!

It was a super beautiful day to pick a pumpkin...

We did a quick trip this year to a little patch up in Cornelius, beside Bruster's, most importantly:)

Can you believe she is about to be 7????
And this one is 4 and 3/4????:)

Gracie chose this one. She's quick, goes right to the one she wants.
Pipes chose this one...
This one?
Or this one? hmmm...
The final picks!
Then off for ice cream!
Reese got her first cone:) She loooooves ice cream.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Beach Portraits

I'm sure it's no surprise that I am addicted to beach portraits:)

Pipes and Sydney
A few of my favs of the Scurlocks...
Maggie May

Brother and Sister


Danny was kind enough to take some of us too...


Daddy and his girls

I love this man! It was my birthday this weekend we were at the beach and he worked so hard to make it special for me.

Friends are such a blessing


Beach

We went for a last beach fling a few weeks ago with the Scurlocks!

Here we are taking the boat out. The kids were more excited about this than they were about the beach.



Reese loves the sand. And we saw it again the next day. ahem.
They spent a good deal of time out on the sand instead of in the water. The water was warm but the air wasn't when you got out:)

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Pipey

Little Pipey has a new addition...
She broke her big toe. She was sitting on the bench at the kitchen table Mon night and she fell off and turned the bench over on her toe. The bench is super heavy:(


She broke it good! Across the growth plate and in two places. At first they thought it may need surgery since it was through the growth plate, but the lateral view still showed the toe is aligned properly. whew!
She's been a trooper but she does NOT like wearing the boot! She is getting better about it as time passes:)

Pumpkin

This is our pumpkin. No really, it is our pumpkin! We grew it here in our little garden:) The girls were thrilled to see it grow. And they were super excited to paint it.

Here they are working away....



They are so proud of their little pumpkin:)