Leaves!

Yep, we have TONS

While we raked, Charlotte sat and looked through Readers Digest!

Then played and jumped from pile to pile

Hickory at the Library

Miss Karen reading a horse story

Patiently waiting her turn

 

Feeding Jack the Donkey a carrot

Coloring

Coloring at Emily's birthday party.  She loves to color!

Chuck E. Cheese

This was Charlotte's first time at Chuck E. Cheese and it was a great way to celebrate 3 1/2 years!  Thank you Grammy!

She kept saying, "Watch out, buddy" as she was crashing into everything!

Dancing with Chuck E.

Baby talk!

Cute gibberish and how big does she think her mouth is!

Apple Picking

We had a fun morning with friends at Giles Orchard

Charlotte didn't want to get in the picture

until now!

 

Great group of moms and kids!

 

Dog sitting

Our neighbor, Helen, asked us to come over and let her "kids" out while she was away today.  She has two pomeranians and Charlotte really enjoyed going over (every two hours) to let them out.

 

Apple Pie

Our neighbor invited us over for dinner tonight and we made an apple pie for dessert.

 

The kitchen was a mess, it took twice as long to make, but it was a fun learning experience for Charlotte and the end result was still the same.  A delicious homemade apple pie!

 

 

 

It may not look pretty, but it sure is yummy!

SURPRISE!

Seven months ago, my mom started planning a huge surprise 70th birthday party for my Dad and Saturday night was the night.  He thought he was going to a wedding reception for my cousin who got married in a intimate ceremony earlier this year.  Boy, was he surprised!  Today, is their 40th wedding anniversary so that was celebrated as well. 

He opened the door, we yelled surprise, and

 

LOL! 

That's better!

My sister Florie and family flew in from Virginia and he had no idea!

Little Miss Charlotte feeling better.  On the way to the hall, she said she had a belly ache and was rubbing her belly.  I arrived and before I could get out of the car, she threw up all over her pretty dress.  She was so upset.  So there I was with a sick toddler, screaming infant, and food that needed to go inside.  Family soon came to my rescue!  Pat was coming later because we needed his truck to help with cleanup.

My sister giving a speech

This is where Miss Caroline was for 2 hours (sound asleep).  And Papa didn't sit down once!

Being presented with an anniversay gift

My 92 year old Great Aunt doing the chicken dance.  She did A LOT of dancing!

My niece, Ashleigh, and sister Florie doing the macarena 

 

Ashleigh dancing with Dad

Dad and us four kids

and our spouses

 

Happy Birthday, Dad and Anniversary to some pretty GREAT parents.  We love you!

Sophie

Caroline loves Sophie the Giraffe

 

Alfred Park

A few months ago, Charlotte wouldn't go down the swirly slide at the park.  Today, no hesitation!

Three Year Olds!

Gotta love the mind of a three year old! The other day Charlotte says to me, "when you're little you can bounce on the trampoline with me!"  This morning I asked, "How'd you sleep? "  She got down on the floor and showed me how she slept!