Pumpkins! Pumpkins! Pumpkins!

After weeks of promising I finally took the girls to get pumpkins today. Even with the very unfall-like temps (a high of 86 today???) and the wind, we had a fun time and came home with a few more pumpkins than planned!

The photos really don't do this pumpkin patch or our morning justice. It's hard to get them both to pose when it is just me and when there is so many other more exciting things to look at and do than to sit still for a photo. It was a really neat place and I'm so glad a friend told me about it. We definitely will be going back next year and next time we'll go on a day we can get a hay ride out to the fields to literally pick our own pumpkins!

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The little pumpkin in Samantha's hand is the first one she picked up as soon as we got there and she would not put it down for anything! So of course that little pumpkin had to come home with us and is now sitting as a table centerpiece with the other little gourds we bought.

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Now we just have to find the time in the next 3 days to carve all these pumpkins!

Our First Field Trip

Gabrielle had her first field trip this week. We met her class at Marbles Kid Museum in Raleigh. Such a cool place! We had been only once before and Gabrielle was not even two years old. The museum had lots of new stuff and it was so much fun for everyone.

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Giant game Connect Four!!

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A favorite area for both Samantha and Gabrielle was the pet store. Lots of stuffed pets to take on walks, feed and groom.

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Giant Lego area -

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Hurricanes hockey area

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Ed and I had talked about having Gabrielle's birthday party at Marbles this year but decided to save the money. I think we might have to figure out a way to make it possible next year. It really is such a fun place.

I thought Samantha was too cute yesterday with her pigtails and overalls - I had to share this one!

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My Big Girl

Today was Gabrielle's 4 year checkup. Here she is in the car this morning as we were leaving -

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And here she is after her appointment.

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Notice anything different? Here is a hint - look closely at her ears!!

Her daddy finally - albeit a little reluctantly - agreed to her request for earrings. Poor daddy just doesn't want to see his little girls grown up.

It was a rough morning for Gabrielle. First there was the unexpected pain of getting her ears pierced and then the horrible 4 shots she received. But she was so good for everything. Now that her tears are gone she is very happy about her sparkly earrings and can't wait to show them to everyone she knows.

I just had to take this picture - she was so cute in her little paper gown at the doctor's office!

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Taken Over By Ponies!!

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Our house is slowly being taken over by My Little Pony and Barbie - but mostly My Little Pony (for the time being anyway). From the picture I'm sure it is hard to believe there are actually still MLP sets Gabrielle does not yet have. And you better believe those items are on her "must have" list to Santa.