Miss Cute

There are some days before school when I just can't get over how cute Evangeline is.  Her personality really shines through in what she decides to wear and how she wants her hair.  She is definitely not afraid to dress how she wants. She's probably the only kid at North that still rocks the puffed sleeves and shoulder pads.  She loves to wear my old dresses and Ainslee's old dresses.  They are definitely her favorites.  I usually always let her wear whatever she puts together....I think it's good for building her confidence and creativity.  Occasionally I have to redirect because her choices are way out there, but mostly I give her creative freedom to come up with her own combinations.

 

Here she is after church wearing my old dress that my grandmother made for me.  I'm so glad my mom kept these.  

Give this girl a themed dress day and she is living the dream!  This was western day.  Colleen's mom has made many of her dress wearing dreams come true!  

 

Love this girl....

Bloomington and Birthday Celebrations

We celebrated Dad and Uncle Kenny's birthdays at the farm, but before that we headed over to Bloomington, IN for the morning.  What a beautiful autumn day it was.  The leaves around the square were gorgeous.  We had such fun walking around downtown and visiting some of the shops.  I love Bloomington.  It always reminds me of all the wonderful times spent there when my Aunt was alive.  I always loved to go with my Dad and brother.  I've also had several wonderful moments there with my mom.  Just such a lovely town.  Full of good vibes.



 

There was a ginkgo tree that was very pretty, but boy, did it stink.  Jed was so offended by the smell he was nearly in tears.  Jed doesn't do well with stinky smells.  He always asks for a tissue and then covers his nose with it.  However, there were no tissues under the gingko tree, so he just walked around with his hand over his nose most of the time.

 

It was a chilly day at the farm.  Kyle and Evangeline took a longer walk than Jed was willing to go, so I walked around with him.  The clouds in the sky were straight out of a story book.  It was a lovely day spent celebrating two special men we dearly love and admire. 

 

 

 

 

A Not So "Cweepy" Halloween

This year Jed wanted to be a "nice bat" and Evangeline wanted to be a Tootsie Roll.  I really wasn't sure how Evangeline's costume would turn out since I wasn't using any kind of pattern and Jed's costume was whipped up about an hour before the Frolic on the court house lawn.  Both kids were so happy with the end results, which makes it all worth it.
Evangeline won $10 in the costume contest.

Jed was very serious about his role as a nice bat and would correct anyone who dared to call him creepy or scary.  He was not having it.  After the frolic we went to eat downtown with Peggy and one of her friends.  As we were leaving we saw someone we knew and they commented to Jed on how he looked creepy.  He was already past his prime by this point and started crying and yelling, "I not 'cweepy', I nice!".  It was so funny at how irritated he was by this.

There are a lot of pictures because, seriously, what could be cuter than your children dressed as a Tootsie Roll and a bat?!

 

Jed was loving life in those bat wings....

 

 

On Halloween night my mom joined us for dinner and Trick-or-Treating.  We started at Peggy's house and worked our way around the neighborhood.  Jed was loving it.  He always said "Trick-or-Treat", and often called out "Happy Halloween" as he walked away.  He was so polite and it warmed my heart.  Jed has also had the best time examining all the candy in his bucket.  It's amused him for the past several days.  He just loves to take it all out and look it over.

Pumpkin Carving

Jed was so excited to carve pumpkins this year.  I drew a few choices for facial features on a piece of paper and let him pick out what he wanted his pumpkin to look like.  He liked "scooping the goop" even though he got frustrated when it didn't come out as easily as he had hoped.  He also liked carrying the seeds around.  Evangeline drew out her own face.  Carving pumpkins is always one of my favorite fall activities.