Sunday, November 6, 2011

Halloween

Halloween 2011 was a momentous occasion for Katie. She had 2 fantastic costumes for 2 very fun events! She wore her mermaid costume from Grandma Marti to school and at the Halloween Carnival. Here she is getting all ready...
She loved the costume and spent a large amount of time looking at her tummy once it was on!
Here are some great shots of our "little mermaid."
At the carnival, Katie got to see all her friends. Here she is with her favorite teacher, Miss Carrie, making a caramel apple.
Katie saw her best friend, Emma, at the carnival and we were thrilled to finally get a shot of them together. How adorable!
Katie greeted all her teacher with BIG hugs. She loved taking her parents to her little world!
After all the fun at the Halloween Carnival on Friday, Katie was very ready to trick or treat for the first time on Monday. Here she is in her dragon/my little pony costume from Nana Kat.
 She spent the majority of Halloween night experiencing candy. Here she is carefully selecting one and digging in with her Father!
 She was as happy as can be after having her first reese's peanut butter cup!
 After all the candy eating, it was finally time to go trick-or-treating. Katie got all loaded up in her wagon and off we went around the block!
She was a bit uncertain at first but ended up having no problem taking the candy! By the end of the night, she was very full and very tired!
What a fun Halloween!


Thursday, October 13, 2011

Elephants and Pumpkins

Last weekend was especially exciting for Katie. On Saturday, she took her first trip to Barnum and Bailey's Circus. Here she is all ready to go  - looking especially cute of course! She insisted on wearing her boots...
She decided to have a small snack while getting ready to go...
 Katie absolutely thrived in the exciting and crazy circus environment.
When we got home she was happy to get in her PJ's and was ready for bed after having such an exciting day!
Sunday also happened to be especially exciting because we all went to the pumpkin patch with Nana Kat and Poppy Paul. It is the same pumpkin match that Mom and Uncle Owen went to every October as kids. It is still around after all these years. Pretty special!
Family friends Janet and Jim were also there. Janet showed Katie the scary witch and Jim drove the hayride!
The hayride was tons of fun!
After hayrides and pumpkin picking we had more playing and a yummy pot roast dinner compliments of Nana Kat.