Go Abbie Go

Then on Friday we headed to the Haute to watch Abbie compete in ISU's Trike race. It was potentially a rain out so we waited until the last minute to ditch work early and head down there. Abbie did an awesome job and rode that Trike super fast ....but as Lily said "Abbie, you're number 2"! There were like 8 teams, though, so number 2 was pretty good in my opinion! Alice was on the team as well so there were several members of the Haley cheering squad.

Some girl directly behind us was cheering for Zeta and yelling the F bomb super loudly. I had to jump into mommy mode and shut her up. It would have been embarrasing for Abbie, but she couldn't stop me because she was riding a giant tricyle! Then this morning we hung out with Mel and the kids for a while. Always a good time.

Conner Prairie Headless Horseman

On Thursday night the girls and I went over to Conner Prairie for their Headless Horseman hayride and festival. It was supposed to rain, but we went anyway and lucked out with a very uncrowded evening. We went on the hayride first, since it was 6:00 when we got there and I didn't want them to go in the dark - it would likely wig them out and ruin the rest of the evening. Good call me - in the daylight they had a great time. We couldn't take flash photography while on the ride b/c it would spook the horses...but trust me, it was cool. The hayride goes through the woods and ghouls and goblins jump out from behind the trees to scare you. The pioneer town was decorated in spooky fashion. And the guest of honor was a headless rider on a white horse who gallops alongside the wagon and attempted to cut off our heads. Very very cool. After the hayride we saw a puppet show, ate smores, played around in a music tent, and grabbed some cider and carmel apples before heading home. Fun evening.

Zoo Boo 2009 and Haircuts...Mommy Style

I took the girls to Zoo Boo today while Barclay stayed home and watched football. We had a great time. They liked looking at the other kids' costumes best of all. We also watched an elephant show complete with smashing pumpkins, enjoyed some haunted music, checked out the decorations, trick or treated amongst giraffes and lions, and did a hay maze. Fun times, when we got home I cut the girls hair...myself! It turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself. Goodbye $15 cookie cutter haircuts, hello mommy!

Lily's 4th B-day

We celebrated Lily's 4th birthday with a princess bounce party extravaganza! Required ingredients - friends, giant castle bounce house, princess cake, and Chick Fil-A = lots and lots of fun! After the friends left we opened presents with the family. Lily was so excited to have everyone there and just loved her gifts. She proclaimed the Polly Pockets to be her favorite present and stayed up late to make a bead necklace and decorate her princess mirror. Thanks to everyone - we love you!

Funny Story

On Saturday, one of my clients (who does photography on the side) met us out at Ft Ben and took the girls pictures. I was excited because we hadn't had any formal pictures taken outside yet. They turned out great. One hilarious moment - she tried to get pictures of the girls feeding the ducks at the very beginning of the session. Well, Addy is just obsessed with birds - sea gulls, ducks, chickens, etc...she loves them. So not entirely suprisingly, she tried to pet one of the ducks..that was in the water. Needless to say, she feel right in and was soaked up to her waist! Barclay had to bring a change of clothes. I scooped her out too quickly to get a photo of that "moment" and after the clothing change we got quite a few good pictures! I did post one of Addy following the fall and before the new pants were delivered...just for laughs! The other four are my absolute favorites, but we got a lot of other good ones!