Things that make you go "Hmmmmm..."

Katelynn will not wear her adorable Halloween costume. She won't even try it on to see if it fits. Nope! But she will walk around the house all evening wearing, wait for it........ BRIAN"s dress shoes. I mean they are not even cute!! The other night she found the cover we have for the shoppingcart seat. She proceeded to put that on. Yes! She wore that around the house for almost an hour and was very upset when she had to take it off to put on her pjs. But no Halloween costume for Katelynn. Then there are her "hats". Katelynn has always called her hooded towels her hats. Makes sense. But what doesn't is that she tends to wear her "hats" for a bit longer than normal after her baths. And her "hats" tend to be the only thing she is wearing.

No, the cute red and white polka dot dress that I just knew she would adore hangs on the closet door. The bedazzled Minnie Mouse ears sit on her dresser, lonely and unnoticed.

We have plans to get pictures taken soon with both the girls wearing their Halloween costumes. Anyone want to place bets on which one of the above mentioned outfits Katelynn will be wearing?

Hmmmmmm....

Aubrey!!

I feel that Aubrey is being left out of the posts, so here is one just for her....

She is growing so fast. Aubrey is such a great baby. She has started sleeping in longer stretches at night and is awake more during the day. Such a good baby. She loves being held but patting her on the back will put her to sleep in mere minutes. We are so lucky to have such a beautiful addition to our family. Aubrey Barrett, we are so blessed.

Headed home

And finally here is the trip home. We just might have to make another trip out to Chester's before it closes for the season.

Pony Rides...

This is definitely something that I thought Katelynn would NOT do. She didn't even pay any attention to the ponies in the petting zoo or in the corral by the pumpkins. But we thought we would give it a try. Boy were we wrong!! She loved it. Only time she cried was when we had to get off the pony. So we had to call Grandpa BB and K asked him to buy her a horse.... he says he has one for her named Snickers. We will have to make a trip out to the farm soon to see if she likes that horse as much. I knew she'd have a little cowgirl in her.

The Punkin's

Until we arrived at Chester's, the pumpkins were the reason Katelynn was excited to go there. She wanted to go to the Pumpkin Patch! She was super happy when she saw the field of Pie Pumpkins. (OK, to be honest, on the ticket I read this as Pumpkin Pie and was shocked everyone was going to get a free pie "while supplies last". Darn my dyslexia!! Oh well, I was even happier when I realized we were going to get 3 free pumpkins, since I don't like pumpkin pie!)

A large "supply" of pumpkins.

Picking out a pumpkin is serious business.

Might need some advice....

OK, this one looks good. Two more to go...

The Petting Zoo

Inside one of the barns at Chester's they have a petting zoo. We decided that we would just walk Katelynn through the barn and see how she handled it before we bought the food and so on. We were not expecting great things, but were pleasantly surprised. K was a champ. She loved the animals. Bock-a-bock'd like the chickens, quacked like the ducks and oinked like the little bitty pot-bellied pig. She loved it. So mommy went to buy some feed. She feed the animals with her hands (she also feed one overly eager lamb two paper cups, oops.) and didn't mind getting her hands dirty.

(Daddy didn't jump in and feed the animals. He worked the camera and "watched' Aubrey.)

Showing the lambs a bit of sass here!

Having fun!!!

Daddy had to MAKE her wash her hands.

Then that was all she wanted to do.....

Chester's

For years I have driven by the Chester's Party Barn signs on my way home to Okarche. We have never really had a reason to go to Chester's until now. Saturday we loaded up the girls and headed to Piedmont. Since Thursday night Katelynn knew we were going to The Pumpkin Patch and she was pretty excited about it.

I was very impressed with Chester's. There is a lot to do and I wasn't sure how Katelynn would react, but she LOVED it all!! So I am going to make a post for each section......

Here are my girls on their way. K loves to hold A's hand whenever we are in the car.