October 28, 2012

Today Melanie got to try out her Halloween costume for the first time!   We had our neighborhood Halloween parade.  This year was the first year she walked in it instead of watching it.

October 22, 2012

Opening my Halloween gift from Darren, Lindsay, Jaydon, Logan and Abbi!

Pumpkin time!

 Melanie has been very busy with pumpkins the last 2 weeks!

Here we are visiting Heck's on the way home from Spring Green one Sunday afternoon.

 

She has no idea what that sign says...

Picking out a pumpkin, but she couldn't get this one because we told her it had to be one that she could lift and this was too heavy!

This one was heavy, but not too heavy!

The best part was the wagon ride back

Then about a week later she got to go on a field trip with her school to an apple orchard in Fitchburg.  Daddy was a chaperone so we got some pictures.

Here is Melanie standing with some of her friends.  Her best friend Aurora, on the left bending down, then Melanie, Shaylee and Mathew.

Getting ready to enter the apple orchard.  

Teacher Robin is in the back with the orange coat and sunglasses. 

Picked out her pumpkin (had to be smaller than their head).  It's in a plastic bag.

 

 And Melanie and Dad on the "cheese bus" on the ride home.  Melanie thought that there was going to be a picture of cheese on the side, but it turns out her teacher called it a "cheese bus" just because it is yellow. 

And then the next night we got to go to school and carve the pumpkins.  She was not at all interested in this, and she pretty much just colored and played with her friend.  So this is the only shot we got!

October 7, 2012

Here is Melanie opening up her Halloween gift from Beth.  Thanks Beth!  We had to put the socks on right away with her witch shirt.  She loves them!

October 2, 2012

Here we are celebrating mom's 33rd birthday!  Daddy even dressed me in my I heart mom shirt in honor of mommy.  Not quite sure why, but daddy decided to make a birthday cake and put it in two bread loaves instead of a cake pan, so yes, even though this looks like bread, it is actually part one of a two part cake...  that's typical daddy though.  The cake was really good though!  Melanie cleverly named it "birthday bread" all by herself.