trick or treat smell my feet (halloween 2013)

this is what is going on in the lucy house today....

so thankful that the tummy virus attacked sk this thursday instead of last thursday!!  missing halloween would have been very upsetting to my little spooky lady.  she loves everything about halloween - the dressing up, the parties, the pumpkins & other decorations, the trick or treating, the ghosts & goblins & all the spooky stuff....she loves it all.  praying for a speedy recovery from this tummy bug.  

but as for halloween, it started with her little school parade.  it was sk's turn to be the class leader on halloween!  what a lucky lady!  and i have to say, she led the class in style with her hand on her cowgirl hip and a little pep in her step as she waved to the crowd.  i'm sure people totally think we rehearse with her or something but we don't.  i guess she has seen enough parades in her little lifetime (thank you disney world for the 100 parades a day) to know how it's done.  

after the parade, her class sat on the stairs for a photo op and they also sang some of their little halloween songs for the parents....

for the past 3 years we have gone to a neighborhood party and then trick or treated around our neighborhood.  as in the past, our friends - the murrell family - joined us!

alden the mermaid and sk the cowgirl

run away cow!!!

ames the rainbow (amy made that cute costume!) and my cow

best pic of all 4....hahaha!!!  one day....

sweet cowgirl!

time to trick or treat

the cow got in on the action

all my babies.  beau's least favorite day of the whole year (he only has to wear it for a photo!)

AND NOW LET'S REMINISCE....

2010 sarah kate as the cow....

little thumb sucker=)

sk was a busy cow, too!  she has never had time for my camera!

2011

alden the peacock with princess belle

belle by day but abby cadabby by night...

2013 - princess aurora with her pig

can't wait to see what my cowgirl and her cow choose for next year!

halloween post from last year
halloween post from 2011

catch up.

another month of falling behind on documenting our happenings.  the girls keep me busy!

anyway, lately....

2 weekends ago i took sk to the saturday morning disney on ice performance.  it was a good one!!  she dressed as tinkerbelle, had her favorite popcorn snack and loved the show.

sk super hates having her pic taken - it's like a chore and her smile is completely forced and unnatural! i guess i've always had a camera in her face - annoying mommy.

let's see, what else?  ahhh yes, the more things change the more things remain the same.  haysie bear is growing so fast and yet....she is still a complete and total mess.  she is so bad  mischievous!!  she is 16 months old today.  something new-ish:  she loves to go down any slide at any playground no matter how high, twisty, turny, covered, uncovered, steep, small, big....doesn't matter!! she's going down it!  she continues to be insanely active and very verbal.  

favorite pastime: emptying a package of baby wipes.  drives her mommy crazy!

we've been gearing up for halloween!  i have some really spooky ladies!  sarah kate loves halloween!

i thought about not having a pumpkin painting playdate this year simply because it's just such a busy month already but sk wasn't about to let me skip that!  it was our 3rd one so she really looks forward to it and i couldn't disappoint her and we really had a good turnout so i'm glad we did it.  she had a BLAST!  we painted pumpkins but i didn't get any pics of that....i actually didn't take many pics at all but here are a few...

so glad we have a bouncy house!  kids love that thing!

in this pic i see: greer, taylor, allie, calvert, laney, sarah kate, and drew

3 girls from sk's class: caroline g., caroline k., and alden

 

what a great time!  hindsight....next year i am SO making all of us moms put our kids in a group somehow and take a pic.  i know that sounds like torture but for sk and hayes's "baby book" they may want to see their friends altogether one day.  i just don't do a good job of capturing everyone.  

oh and haysie may was there and loved every second - the more people the better in her opinion!  3 of her little friends her age were there, too.  plus, hayes's favorite thing in the whole entire world is being outside.  i do have one pic of her from the party even though she wasn't looking....

if i need to contain her then i can put her in the wagon (another one of her favorite activities.)

and finally, this past weekend we went to atlanta for a wedding.  we stayed with the mccord family who we love dearly and rarely get to see.

on saturday morning kristen and i took ella kate and sk to the nail salon for a mani pedi (and a little neck massage - hilarious...sk nearly fell asleep sitting in her chair)

we had a great time with old friends saturday night!  weddings have become few and far between for us so it's always a blast when someone gets hitched!  good times=)

we got to have lunch and play with yaya & dougie on sunday.  sk wanted to stay in atlanta!  she loves playing with yaya and dougie so much!!  

now off to bed!  more to come soon - my cowgirl and her cow have some trick or treating to do thurs!

the patch, the first time singing with the choir, the first field trip and a date night with daddy.

we took the girls to the real pumpkin patch at boone hall last sunday.  we didn't do the petting zoo, bouncy houses and all the other fun stuff - hayes is too wide open for that!  i'm taking sk and meeting one of her little friends to do all that stuff this sunday.  but anyway, both girls enjoyed running through the patch and sk picked out a big pumpkin for our front porch since she used the one we bought from a local church to make her "mrs. pumpkin head"....

at the pumpkin patch....

driving the tractor....

both of my children got an "f" in picture taking at the patch...

anyway, we tried!  they were too distracted to worry with my picture taking!

earlier that day sarah kate sang at church with the angel notes choir for the first time.  she had only been to 2 rehearsals but still somehow knew all the words and motions!  she was excited to participate and just did great.  later i told her what a great job she did and she said, "that's because i have such a beautiful singing voice, mommy!"  ha!  no problems in the confidence department i suppose.

i snapped a pic of her before we left the church yard....

i love this sweet girl so much!!

yesterday sk and i met her other classmates over at the sullivan's island fire dept for her first field trip!  she was so excited about this and made a fire safety list and everything!

her class....

friends....caroline g, sarah kate, and alden

putting out some fires=)

 driving the firetruck with caroline!

after a picnic lunch we played on the playground for a little while....

and finally, last night the learning center had a "football frenzy for fathers" in place of "donuts for dad."  sk was SO excited!  they made a couple of football crafts and ate some tailgating type food.  trey said she was all hyped up about it and they had a great time.  i'm so glad he was able to go with her.  he went to 'donuts for dad' last year and i think that was her favorite day of the whole entire year....she loved having him in her classroom (plus, who doesn't want a donut from time to time?!!)

just a few things that we've been up to lately that needed to be documented!!