Pumpkin Patch

I got to go to a pumpkin farm with my mommy, daddy, big sister and some friends this weekend!  It was so much fun!  My mommy was afraid we wouldn't be able to fit it in.  We had such a busy month, and there was a big storm in the forecast.  But Saturday dawned sunny enough, and we hit the road to Mt. Airy!

I got to sit in the wagon with the big kids!

Then my daddy took me on the bouncy thing!  Laura didn't like it, but that just meant more time for me to bounce with Daddy!

 Laura did like driving us all around in the toy tractor, though!  I was a happy passenger.

 I'm pretty much always happy, though!

 There was a really big slide.  Not even Laura was a big enough kid to go down by herself, so we each sat in Mommy or Daddy's laps for the ride.

  Laura loved running through the hay bale maze.  She went through it at least three times!

 I preferred sitting on this big hay pumpkin.  And hey!  Look at me sitting all by myself!

 

There was also a very large ship.  Captain Laura steered us towards fun.

 Mom needed a picture by this really large metal rooster in honor of Beyonce.  (Grammy: Mommy says you'll "get this."  Good thing, because I don't!)

Laura and our friend got all their ducks in a row!  Get it!

I watched from the water tower above.

Then mommy made me turn into a pumpkin.  I wasn't happy.  But proof!  I'm not *always* happy!

The hay got me back to my happy self again.

Everyone else got to jump in the hay, too!  Which looked like so much fun!  It's on my bucket list for next year, for sure.

Then we finally got to THE PUMPKINS!! 

And back to the wooden tractor for one more ride.  Wheeeee!

I got to play with a truck!  I've never seen one of these toys before!  It's so delightfully not pink!  I loved it and didn't even need help holding it!

The pumpkin patch was great.  I can't wait to go again next year!

Flower Girl

On October 17th, we loaded up the car to drive to Tennessee for my Aunt Jen's wedding.  And when I say loaded, I mean it!  On our trip down, we had three adults and three tots in carseats! 

Mom had to work the next day, so she followed with Maria and Jarrett on the 18th.  Boy, did she miss some fun!  Everyone who was already in TN went out to dinner.  I learned how to wink!

Mom was in my hotel room when I awoke Friday morning.  Dad was trying to be all quiet so I wouldn't wake up (so Mom could get a nap), but I popped up like a spring daisy and said, "Hi, Cait!"  I was sent to Grandma's room a few minutes later...  But after Mom got a nap, I got to go for a playdate with my cousin Jameson and his two cousins L&L, who are only a little bit older than me, while our moms were at a bridal luncheon!  It was so much fun.  I got to play with all my friends later that day, too, at the rehearsal dinner!

After the rehearsal dinner (did you know you have to practice eating dinner?  Me neither) we went out in downtown Nashville for a little bit.  Daddy bought me some real cowboy boots!  Two of the pairs are so big, they might fit me in elementary school someday.

The next day was Saturday: THE WEDDING!!  I went over to the wedding site early to practice being a flower girl, and to get gussied up for the big event. 

 Mom also let me use the camera on my own for a bit, so I took a little self-portrait.

 I loved my pretty flower girl dress, even if Mom made me wear the brown boots with it, rather than my new (real!) pink ones.

I was really excited to see my friends in their dresses, too.  I really like L&L and am so glad they are sort of my cousins!  I get to see them almost every time I see Jameson, and we always have so much fun!

 The big girls had beautiful bouquets to hold.  They were a bit heavy for us little girls!

 The kiss!  Just like in a fairytale!

 Gavin was there, too.  He also had cowboy boots, but they didn't stay on very well.

 Aren't we a beautiful trio?

 I was a bit sleepy...

 Gavin was a bit hungry (surprise, surprise)...

 I was more than a bit sleepy!  I fell asleep as soon as I finished dinner, in the middle of a bite of cake pop!

 I am told my mother didn't leave the dance floor all night.

 Gavin was so sad for the night to end!

We all had so much fun, and are incredibly happy for Aunt Jen and Uncle Jared!  Happy wedding to the new Mr. and Mrs!

Dolphins

And also?  We swam with dolphins.  This really needed a post of it's own.  Dolphins!  Sadly, I was a little too sleepy (and grumpy) at 9am on Thursday to be as excited about dolphins as Mom and Dad were.  My enthusiasm is palpable in these photos:

However, if you ask me about those dolphins now, I'll tell you how awesome the experience was!  I may have been a little grumpy in the pictures, but I really did enjoy meeting our dolphin, Tracie!  Holy cow people, we got to hug and kiss a dolphin!  For the record, dolphins have soft pink tummies, compared to the cold sandy feel of the shark we got to pet!