Love the thumbs-up picture of Brooklyn!!! She was ready to go!
I am quite partial to November as well, MeMom (maybe because it is my birthday month -- along with three other family members). The sun is finally out this morning, and it is very lovely the way it is hitting all the brightly colored leaves!!!
My kids have birthdays all in September and October. Jill spread her kids' birthdays out a little more - August and April. I'm glad. It's fun to find a reason in every month to celebrate something!
I would like to introduce you to my little ladies. We have Ava starring as kitty and Erin as Ariel.
Thank you for sharing. They are so cute! I know they are the biggest joys in your life!
Bella might have been an Ava, but Jill let Brooklynn decide between Ava Mackenzie (not sure if that was going to be the exact spelling) and Isabella Marie. Brooklynn came out with Bella Rie, and she's been Bella Rie ever since. I think she fits the name Bella perfectly, because we had a Bella at church camp who was a cute, tiny little girl who was just great in everything - good personality, good in sports, cute as a button. I think of her sometimes when I am around Bella. Jill calls her a range of names - she usually writes Isabella, but she calls her Bella or sometimes even Iz or Izzy. Whatever she's called, she just smiles at whoever is talking to her. She has a special smile when her Mommy walks into the room, though.
MeMom, believe me, you don't want to see a picture of Baylor....
Eleven year old boys don't do cute costumes....or so he says.
I'll post it on my thread and you can scroll past it with your eyes shut.
I thought I read that he was going to dress up. Maybe that was for school? I'll be over to check in a minute.
Lurker here!! Just wanted to ask is John wearing a Murray State shirt?
I graduated from Murray last year and I live in Northwest Tennessee!
Erica
Glad to have you here, GusT!
We're in Mid-Tenn, north of Nashville.
They could possibly be two of the sweetest little girls I have ever known in my life!
Oh Jill, those pictures are precious!!!!!!! I just love pumpkin patches!!
LOL! That is too funny about the "candy corn" in Brooklyn's booty!!!
They are both so cute!!!!!
Doesn't that sound like something a three year old would say? Candy corn!
At the end of the day Brooklynn had a great time!
Good thing she has a dentist appointment tomorrow!
Cool shirt, Jill.
Those are great pictures!
Bella is getting so big!
I wish you could see her in person. She would just smile so big at you. We have to cross paths someday, LL.
Ariel and her friend Flounder!
Good to see that Ariel Girl was able to have
all red hair!
Wonder who will end up swiping all the chocolate.
Jill, it looks like you had a fun filled week! Brooklynn, is just looking so grown up. I think it might be her long hair, but she also looks tall to me and Bella is just the cutest little thing...
I couldn't believe Brooklynn standing on top of those tractor tires, what a brave girl!
Do you have pictures of Brooklynn every year getting measured?
Brooklynn has had three weekends of Halloween fun. She is going to have a rude awakening next weekend!
MeMom - we didn't celebrate Halloween as much as you guys do until recently - in fact possibly just this year? at least in my area anyway. Last year, we didn't have any trick or treaters at the door (but it was a Thursday / school night...) this year we had LOADS (but it was a Saturday night) and it was a good job we were going to my brothers house for the night as we ran out of sweets! Every single kid that came to the door had made SUCH a huge effort with their costumes - it was really fun to see! The shops were selling SO much more stuff this year too.
We have an American lady renting the house next door to us and she had made a fantastic pumpkin cut-out outside her door - amazing! She is a funny lady - we barely see her and she's not really interested in chatting. A shame really. She thinks our area is like "Stepford Wives" - she called it Cookie County?!?!? or something like that... but its totally NOT and I'm sure when she's been here 6 months she'll realise! (its a nice enough street but the greater area around us isn't very nice sadly)
Loved all the pics of your Halloween / Pumpkin fun!!!
Julie xxx
I thought the picture of Toby was so cute.
Don't be too hard on your neighbor. I don't chat with mine either. Sometimes when you get too buddy-buddy there ends up being obligations and drama and such. I wave and go on. I guess with me being around 600+ people all day, I feel like home is my sanctuary, and I want to just come in and shut out the world.
I'm glad you enjoyed Toby's first Halloween. It will be interesting to see what costumes he ends up in as he grows up.
Jill, it looks like you and your family are having a wonderful fall/Halloween!
I can't believe how big Bella is! And that smile! Too cute.
Isn't she precious? I know I am an unfair judge, but I just love her little two-toothed smile.
Next Halloween, you will be dressing up a little one...and showing us pictures, of course!
Truth be told, I have update the blog since August...I think...since I joined facebook, it's way easier to put pictures on there. But there are lots more pictures on fb. And now that I talked mom into joining fb, I probably won't update the blog much...
I loved seeing all the costumes! The kids look so cute dressed up!
I also enjoyed seeing the pictures of the pumpkin patch. Brooklynn and Bella look like they are having a grand time!
Okay, we'll see pictures here or on Facebook. Just as long as we don't get left out.
I love Brooklynn and Bella's costumes, and the picture of Brooklynn with the fake purple teeth.
I missed going to the pumpkin patch this year -- my B/F and I have gone each year, but with my going to school and working, and his working, our schedules never coincide. We DID find a huge pumpkin at Whole Foods for just $6, so we at least got to carve one.
Sorry you can't go to Disney in November again, but I am super excited that you'll get to spend New Years there! It will be so much fun to think of you guys on the Poly beach.
School and work are necessary evils, I guess. At least you did carve a pumpkin. Did you do anything fancy, or was it just a regular face?
The NYE fireworks should be spectacular! Trent can send pictures to Facebook so that you can join us.
Loved all the above pixs and Mike said if you can tell us when your next trip is I can meet you guys in person finaly
Well, our next trip is in December. After that, we have to go all the way until July. Jill and I are both going to be gasping for breath having to wait that long! Brooklynn too!!!
What a sweet, sweet smile. You can see the excitement at being old enough to finally ride the pony.
She was a happy cowgirl.
Here are my Trick-or-Treaters this year:
I hope you had a wonderful Halloween. It was only 39 degrees while everyone was going door to door.
Love all the costumes! I know they had a great time.
I like the assortment of jack-o-lanterns you have, too.
Too bad about the smushed Mickey.
It was cool here, but I don't think it was as low as 39.
I love all the pictures of the girls' Halloween, and the trip to the pumpkin patch! Especially the one of them in the corn- that was really cool, and Brooklyn searching for the "perfect pumpkin"! And they got a ton of candy!!! It looks like they had a great time.
The update with Brooklyn riding the pony is so sweet- you can tell how thrilled she is! I love the thumbs up!
This is so nice, and so true. I love this time of year too.
I will post a couple pics of my son in a minute.
I'm glad she put them up, too, since I wasn't down there to see it in person.
Here is my little Nemo. He had so much fun! I put some more in my TR if you want to see them!
He is a little doll! Thank you for sharing your picture.
I will find your report.
We have that same Mickey pumpkin bucket. This year's buckets were orange, yet see-through. I like the ones we have (and you have) better.
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I'd be thrilled if she would slow down a little.
Besides that, we are no big deal, and your birthday is! If you are still there on the first or second, we will make plans to meet up.
