Thursday, November 1, 2012

Instagrammin’ in October

Wow—so no posts between last month’s Instagrams and this month’s.  I assure you I’ve been busy editing and a few large posts from our trip down to Florida in August (yikes!) is forthcoming.  But, for now, here’s our October in a nutshell.  Keep in mind this is only a fraction of what we’ve been up to—too busy to blog! :)

basketball hoop is finally up. | long lashes. | don’t fence me in. | it’s fall, y’all. | wear your favorite college shirt to school day—no davidson gear in their closets… | morning with a view—photographed a walk to benefit children with apraxia on saturday, october 6th. | “mom, i learned something tonight—if you’re not a gator then you’re gator bait.” | trying to get stronger to make team. | really? a second kid with the permanent teeth coming in BEHIND the baby teeth…jabberjaws. | flu shots for everyone. | i <3 soup weather. | somebody left her lunch at home this morning—i took it as a ploy to come eat lunch with her. | reading together during jack’s piano lesson. | spent a morning working on a KABOOM! team to build a playground. | jonathan, a.k.a. beavis, though ella’s “holiday tradition” was funny. | longboardin’. | at the dentist to check out those shark teeth. | photobooth at the school’s fall festival. | at the pumpkin patch. | beautiful evening on the farm. | behold! the great pumpkin. | obligatory photo op. | spoooky! | afternoon at the theatre for ‘charlie brown’. | girls night out at lights! camera! fashion! | me and dao. | adrienne maloof, real housewives of beverly hills. | the look. | mantis. | stylin’ and profilin’ after a haircut. | book fair. | a bird with a berry by ella. | up early enough to see the morning sky. | breakfast with the music teacher and friends—won this at a silent auction. | meet mr. blob. | found this by the girl from 1st grade—not sure her priorities are straight. | yay! organic produce delivery day. | daddy’s favorite, an ice cream cake—ella made one at a brownie meeting. | foggy fall morning. | girls night out at 5church | and at ri ra’s. | tomato and basil plants just will not die. | mocking him. | the happy campers return after a weekend away of cub scout camping. | tiger cub war paint. | tired kids after a weekend of camping. | night out with friends perked them up. | mile run at school—ella clocked in at 8:14. | “too cool for drugs”—wear sunglasses to school day. | last time to see a smile full of baby teeth. | after jack bravely had his bottom front two teeth pulled—his first lost teeth. | the tooth fairy cometh! | poor puppy with a very sick, gray, scabby nose. | mix and match day + girls on the run afterschool = a lopsided 2 miles of running. | wear pink day. | scary cub scouts pack meeting at the pumpkin patch and petting zoo. | some artwork and gator game watching. | are we really considering this for the boy for christmas?? he’ll shoot his eye out. | lunch with the literacy facilitator—another silent auction win courtesy of ella’s bff, julianna. | healing? still gray, but no scabs after a week of antibiotics. | parents vs. kids on the last night of soccer practice, a very blustery, rainy night, but guess who scored a goal—me, even though i was playing defense. | after a brixx photo shoot i got to bring home a yummy arugula salad for lunch. | happy halloween! | i <3 fall. | the stealthiest ninjas ready to get their candy under the cover of night. | editing photos from a wedding last weekend—had fun trying out my lensbaby lens.

Monday, October 29, 2012

The Pumpkin Patch

In October, of course, we were just out to get a few pumpkins to carve for Halloween but ended up having one of the most fun evenings this fall.  On a whim, we headed to Hall Family Farm for our pumpkin this year—we’ve been there plenty of times in the spring for strawberries, but never for pumpkins in October—and we were happy to find that it was more than just a pumpkin patch.  It was more like a festival there.  In addition to rows and rows of big, beautiful pumpkins and wagons to carry your haul, they had a corn maze, riding toys, tetherball, a corn bale igloo, water pump duck races, a bonfire, and country music playing to really give it a farm feel.  We stayed an hour or more longer than we had intended because it was such a beautiful fall evening and we were having such a nice time.  This will be a must for next year for sure.