Pumpkin fun!

A few days before Halloween we carved our pumpkins!

This was Josie's first year...

She loved "drawing" the face...

but wasn't a huge fan of cleaning out the pumpkin guts!  

She did it for about 2 minutes and then moved on to something else

Kenzie loved it and was very happy to get to carve Josie's pumpkin too!

Love this picture of her!

Ta da.....

the pumpkins!

Of course, baby had to be there! :)

Pumpkin Farm!

A couple weeks ago I took the girls to a nearby pumpkin farm! 

It's a little farm only 5 minutes away but it had more than enough to 

make these two little girls happy! 

It was very sunny so in most of my pictures Jo's eyes were closed b/c of the sun or her bangs were too long and covering her eyes!

Running through the corn maze for the 100th time!

Kennie's favorite part was petting this barn cat! 

Josie being Josie.  :)

Kenzie loved the corn maze. 

She ran through it several times.

One time I thought it would be fun to hide and jump out and scare her.

I really didn't think she would get that scared....

I really thought she would think it was funny...

well I hid and as she ran past I jumped out and said "boo!"...

the look of fear on her face, I instantly knew I made a big mistake

She screamed, tripped and rolled and then burst out in tears.  

I felt like the worst mom in the world.  

After about 10 minutes of crying and promising that I would never do that again she began to have some fun again.  

Sorry Kenzie!

Josie's Birthday

Our sweet little babe turned 2 on the 19th!

She was so excited for her birthday!

I was so surprised how excited she was! :)

I would tell her 4 more days...3 more days...and each time she would squeal and do a little jig and say "cheese?"  (Chuck E Cheese?) 

I don't think she had any idea what birthday means other than the fact that she was going to Chuck E Cheese on her birthday...and boy does this kid love Chuck E!

I think most 2 year olds are scared of the giant mouse...but not Jo!

She is alllll about him!!  She absolutely loves him!

The day before Kenzie & I were up late decorating for her birthday! 

Kenzie was so excited..almost more excited than on her actual birthday! 

Josie was very excited to wake up to decorations and a present!

Josie loved her new baby doll from sissy!

Sissy picked this out on her own! :)

We then got ready for church....

She loved her new Elmo dress!

After church she came home to her gift from us....

(a Step 2 easy turn coupe car for outside) 

we had it waiting inside for her she was excited!!

Unwrapping a present from Grammy!

We then went to Chuck e Cheese for lunch!!  

Jo had been talking about Chuck E Cheese for days...

The girls we very happy that the Whitacre kids were able to meet up for a little bit!

Since Jo loves Chuck E we decided to buy a cake there and have him bring it out to her..

She loved it! :)

Look at her...

she's crazy! :)

We were having a great time but then.....

Jo realized she had just turned 2 and needed to act the part!!
So this was about when we packed up and left!
In her defense she was going on day 3 of without a nap...and this girl needs naps!
She fell asleep the minute we got in the car!

Once we were home the girls had fun playing in/on Jo's new car...

 ...but it wasn't all fun & games...

She turned back to her happy little self once she realized it was time for more cake!
 We sang to her once again and ate the leftover cake from Chuck E Cheese.

Such a special day with our spunky red head! :)