Fall Festival

This afternoon we went to a local church's fall festival.  Three years ago we took Emily to this same festival wearing the same ladybug outfit that Abigail wore:

 Abigail enjoying her loot . . .

 

 I finally caved and let her eat a sucker.  She was a sticky mess when she was done but this kept her planted in one place while Emily got her face painted:

 

 Emily sat in the musical chairs and stuck to it until they called her number.  She won a cupcake:

 When she went to claim her prize, Abigail followed behind her and stood there looking at the ladies like, "hey, where's my cupcake."  They apparently thought she was cute enough to get a small one. Abigail deemed it good:

After they were all sugared up we went home and chilled out for the rest of the evening.

Sewing

I've been working on some ruffled pants for the girls with a new pants pattern.  It's a little too wide for my taste so the next pair I make I will trim them down some.  I also don't know what I did wrong measuring Abigail's pants, but they are a little short . . . I still think she is a cutie:

I embroidered the cherries on their shirts.  I have been looking for these type shirts for a very long time and finally got a website from a friend to order them from:

 

I also re-used a 2T shirt that was Emily's and embroidered this A over it.  

 One of the first pair of pants I made Emily was a floral cordoroy that she wore with this shirt:

So I put the square over her monogram and re-used the shirt to wear with the same pants:

 I also gushed a little when Abigail wore the very first pair of pants I made Emily.  I took a sewing class to make these pants and my sister embroidered the car on the shirt for me:

 Here is Emily wearing the pants . . .

When Michelle showed me how cute an outfit could be by adding embroidery to a shirt, I decided to buy a sewing machine with an embroidery attachment.  It's so fun to see Abigail wearing the first sets of clothes that I made 2 years ago!
The girls had their fall party at school today so Abigail dressed in her Auburn outfit and Emily chose to be a fairy:

And for giggles I must share these photos!  Last night at church, Joe was helping me in the resource room with the copy machine and we found a box of glasses that they use to donate to our missionaries.  Joe put these on and I was laughing hysterically.  I have not laughed that hard in a long time!

So we took the pair home to show the girls and PROMISE to return them to the box on Sunday . . . I took this picture of Emily today:

Then Emily took these pictures of me and Abigail:

Horses and Kitties

This weekend we went to Birmingham for my brother's wedding reception.  On Friday we went to see Sarah's new horse:

 Her name is Sadie and she has such a pretty coloring.  Her coat is a pretty mixture of brown, black, and red.  She is very gentle too.

 

Emily got a chance to ride . . .

 

 

 And then Abigail got a turn too . . .

 

 

And sweet Sadie let me get a turn as well.  They have a child's saddle on her so I felt like my legs were really high up.  I was too scared to hold the reins so Michelle and I got a kick out of her leading the horse around for me : )

 

 

They also have a new kitten and Abigail LOVED this kitten.  She followed her around all weekend and once she figured out how to pick her up it was all over . . .

 When the kitty needed a break from Abigail she hid under the coffee table, so Abigail planted herself next to the table waiting for kitty to come out . . .

 I didn't have to worry about Abigail going somewhere she wasn't supposed to because she pretty much camped out here the whole time.  I think kitty was glad when we left on Saturday : )

Pumpkin Patch

Emily's class went on a field trip today to a Pumpkin Patch.  We met at 10:30 and ate lunch (a snack really), then went on a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch.  We were allowed to pick the small pumpkins and each take one home.  Then we rode the hay ride back for some apple cider.  Abigail tagged along with us and we all had a great time!

 

 

 

Lightning's Adventures

Emily brought Lightning the Bear home for the weekend.  We had to take him on adventures and then write a report to add to the class journal.  Here's Emily with Lightning's back pack of clothes:

Paw Paw and Dee Dee came thru town Thursday night on their way to Mandy and Robert's reception in North Carolina so they got to meet Lightning also:

 On Saturday we went to two birthday parties and Lightning joined us.  First was Julia's party:

 Julia's mom provided face painting:

 even Abigail got a butterfly : )

 

we then went to another classmate's party, Emily Grace:

  

On Sunday, Lightning joined Emily's Bible class:

 And on Sunday afternoon he enjoyed Abigail's birthday party:

 We enjoyed having you with us Lightning!!!!  Here's to more adventures . . .