carving pumpkins

We carved pumpkins for the first time this week and Meredith loved it! She didn't accomplish much but she enjoyed it nonetheless. I bought one of those pumpkin masters carving sets and asked her which one she wanted me to carve. Of course she picked the HARDEST one to do. It was a scary pumpkin scarecrow. Greg carved her pumpkin into a kitty.

Once they were done, we put them out on the front steps and lit candles in them. Meredith was scared to go outside in the dark so we had to strap her into her carseat and drive the car around the front of the house. Once we got back to the house, she got kind of used to the dark and ventured outside for a closer look. She was so cute.

emma krumbee's

I have had a trip to Emma Krumbee's planned for quite some time now and I must say, I have great timing. We went on Saturday to meet up with my friend Barb, her husband Todd, and their two girls Erin and Sara. The weather was so nice - I couldn't have asked for more being how horrible the weather has been lately.

If you've never been to Emma Krumbee's and have kids, I highly recommend it. I went last year and had a blast...this year was even better.

We started off the day with a pony ride - Mimi picked this horse herself to ride on. The white one.

And this is AFTER the horse ride was over. Poor girl. This marks a theme for the day.

Next, we climbed up a giant haystack with Daddy.

That is Erin up there in the purple coat with Meredith.

There was a camel!

Then we rode on some neat horse shaped tire swings!

There was a giant hill with a giant slide that was so much fun to go down! And there was a petting zoo where you could feed and pet ponies and goats!

We went on a train ride that Meredith was less than thrilled to go on. She was having so much fun doing everything that whenever we would move on to another thing, she would get so upset.

Then she cheered up in the music tent. Here she is showing off her triangle.

She got all upset when we took her out of the music tent to drag her into the pumpkin patch. She cried the whole hayride out there and back. I only got one picture with pumpkins and here it is.

Then she was all smiles in the car after she heard we were going to McDonald's.

first haircut

We decided it was time to take Meredith in for a trim. Her hair was getting really shaggy and she had a little mullet going. Here's what $15 and about 5 snips gets you.

Before:

During:

After - no more mullet!