Almost

With this still in our memories from last years visit

we spent weeks prepping Abigail for another, more successful, visit this year. We even made a "practice" visit to Santa and just sat and watched the children sit on his lap.

This year, she agreed to just stand by him.

She even said "cheese".

And... need we say more?



Note: Lucy was a champ through the whole thing.
Abigail recovered quite nicely...the chocolate helped.

One Month

Lucy at one month old.

(12-12-10)

Magic

Magic Erasers really are magic. Really. The other day I accidentally left a sharpie marker out on the counter. I wasn't gone long...but by the time I returned, sharpie marker had made it onto my Pottery Barn plates. Abigail, oblivious to any wrong-doing, just told me "I writing my A's Mommy". (We have been practicing writing the letter "A" these days). I pulled out our magic eraser and Hooray--- they really are magic and my plates are as good as new.

p.s. Abigail and I did have a little chat about only writing on paper.

Little Lucy

Introducing

Lucy Mae Rushton

Delivered at 12:32 pm November 12, 2010

7 lbs 9 oz

We are so happy to have her here. She is practically perfect in every way. More pictures to come.

Costume Reveal

So Halloween has come and gone.... all without any posts of what our month of Halloween activities and events has included. So this post, and the ones that follow, is a catch up in pictures of many of the fun ways our month was spent. And fun it was.

We are in love with pink boots around these parts....really anything pink, but boots especially as of late.

Our little cowgirl at the Trunk or Treat.

Walking around with Daddy.

Hanging out with her friend Spencer, aka Batman, at the Trunk or Treat.

Filling up with the goods.

What do you do when your little cowgirl doesn't feel like dressing up to hand out candy? Add a witch hat and be happy she was already wearing a black dress.
Little black dress + Black witch hat = Darling little witch

Waiting for "more people come". She LOVED handing out candy. The kids who came loved her handing out candy--- she usually gave them a big handful instead of our requested "two pieces". It was darling watching her, watching the kids, come and go all night.

Counting the candy.

Halloween & Fall Activities

The finished product!

Helping to clean out the pumpkin--she wouldn't actually touch any part of the pumpkin insides with her hands.

She was Daddy's little helper all night long.

Face Painting at the Fall Festival.

Eating goodies at the fall festival (where we also scored a free cowgirl hat and bandana).

On the search for the perfect pumpkin.

Picking out a pumpkin at the Pumpkin Patch.

Feeding the fish at the Pumpkin Patch.

Hayride at the Pumpkin Patch.

Painting her own pumpkin at playgroup.