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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!I have been working on my first sewing project: Charlotte's Cowgirl Halloween costume. I made a vest and skirt, both complete with cowprint and fringe. Well, I finished it this week!! She already has a pink cowgirl hat from grandma and I was going to just get a simple pink onesie for underneath, but...while driving to Carter's, I noticed Shetland's Western Wear store and I quickly changed my driving destination and ran inside. I found the BEST and CUTEST cowgirl gear: a pink collared, button-down, hanky-print onesie and pink boots (and the boots were on sale!). It surely completes her outfit. I was so excited with my finds and Charlotte and I had to play dress-up today.So here's our little Cowgirl (I had to put the second picture in so you could see her skirt and the detail of her adorable shirt):
Besides Charlotte's costume, I haven't done any crafts in what seems like forever. Meghan, my great new friend and neighbor, had said she wanted a fall wreath. I quickly convinced her we could make them prettier and cheaper than she could buy one. Last Saturday night, that's just what we did. Both of our wreaths turned out great and I may have turned Meghan into a crafter :) Happy Fall!
The weather was beautiful this past weekend so we decided it was the perfect time to make our first family pumpkin patch trip. We headed to the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch (it's about 45 min south east of our house) http://www.flowermoundpumpkinpatch.com/ ~ This place is wonderful!! They have thousands of pumpkins of all sizes, hay mazes, hayrides, a little tractor ride, bounce houses, tons of cartoon character cut-outs to take your picture with, food, and endless spots for perfect pumpkin and fall photos. And the best part? Free admission & parking! We seriously took over 250 photos (thank goodness for digital cameras) and we ended up with some great shots. Charlotte obviously had a blast at her first pumpkin patch and so did mom & dad.
Enjoy!!
It's been a little while since I posted solely about Charlotte, what she's doing, saying, eating etc. So here goes:- TEETH: I noticed Tuesday morning that she has another tooth! That makes 5: 3 on botton & 2 on top. I'm thinking that may help explain her snotty nose and waking up during the night
- SLEEP: How come this little girl slept great between 2 & 5 months, but now at 9 months old she doesn't sleep through the night and hasn't since 5 months or so?? We're convinced J'Adore Yogurt is magic bc whenever she has some she sleeps all night long. My mom is convinced she's hungry and needs more to eat. Which leads to the next category....
- EAT: Charlotte is so funny, she loves to eat and will seriously eat anything we give her. Her list of current favorites: anything she can finger pinch & feed herself (bread, puffs, mum mums, crackers, black eyed peas), staple favs: sweet potatoes is still a fav, bananas, applesauce, peaches, avacadoes, pumpkin, potatoes, peas, lima beans, carrots, edamame, I could keep going bc the child eats is all. The big new one is yogurt. I swear, she can eat a full dinner and act like she's done, then I pull the yogurt out of the fridge & she'll down a cupful in what seems like seconds. She loves the stuff! J'Adore Yogurt is our new family favorite. It's a self-serve frozen yogurt place and Charlotte gets the 'no sugar added strawberry banana' - she screams for more and draws a crowd in that place, it's pretty histerical. What's also histerical is giving her a lemon or a lime when we're out to dinner. She has the perfect, classic "sour puss" face, but still goes back for more, it's good entertainment for mommy & daddy.
- PLAY: I went to a consignment sale & scored on a few new toys. They were definitely good buys! One has a mirror and plays music - I cannot stress how much Charlotte LOVES mirrors (she immediately smiles when she sees her cute face), the other is an Elmo guitar. Other than those, she loves books (especially her new Halloween ones from Grandma Millay), her nasal spray bottles, tupperware (especially at Meghan's house) and dog toys (but we do our best to keep her from chewing on those).
MOCK: The imitating has begun! She's started mocking noises, faces and things we do. She's getting good at the indian-like mouth/hand "aww", the "bliber, bliber" noise you make moving your tongue on your lips, "na, na, na" meaning no & shaking her head, saying "ma ma ma" and "da da da" and "ba ba ba". I guess it's time for mom & dad to start watching what they say and do : ) - STATS: The standing from her most recent doctor visit are as follows: weight 17lbs 6 oz (22%) height 27 1/2" (35%), head circ. not sure of the exact #, but it's 90% ---Lots of brains in that big ol head! Current high-school projections are 5'3" and 110lbs and very smart :)
- PHOTOS: enjoy! PS: I'm totally slacking on the "official" 9 month photo...I'll hopefully upload tomorrow.
So we made it to The State Fair of Texas this past weekend and we saw Big Tex (the "mascot" of the fair). For those of you who don't know, well most of you reading this, you have no clue the extent to which Texans go to fry stuff. The State Fair is also known as the Fried Food Capitol of Texas. I will say that it did prove that anything can be fried and can be delicious. After indulging a bit, Allie decided she needs to open up her own restaurant named "You buy it, we fry it" where people can bring whatever food they want to be fried...haha.
Some things we chowed down on:
1. Sweet Jalepeno Corn Dog Shrimp (yes, it's fried)
2. Corny Dog (that's what they call 'em here)
3. Fried S'mores - yum yum!!
4. Fried PBJ&B Sandwich (B=banana) - super yum yum!
5. Fried Butter - yes, I typed it correctly. This was the new 'hit' item this year and we just had to do it. And yes, it was Deeeelicious; tasted pretty much like you think fried butter would
6. Turkey Leg - you know, the kind you usually only see at the Renaissance Festival that's as big as your head?
7. Beer - of course
The Beer & Turkey Leg were the only non fried items. If you wanna check out more of the ridiculous, artery-clogging menu items go to: http://www.bigtex.com/foodlocator/
So what else does the fair have besides fried stuff? Lots of stuff! Shows (we saw part of the pig races, but missed all the others), Animals (I'm not sure if Doug or Charlotte liked the petting zoo better), a 1,500 lb pig, rides, carny games, car show, and of course shopping. Let me tell you about the shopping. Allie and I were expecting the traditional "craft tent"...well, the craft tent in Texas is different than the ones in Kentucky. They're pretty much all full of "As Seen on TV" crap. Half of the vendors are wearing mics and pitching their products. It was an experience, but unfortunately, none of them got a sale from our party.
Did I forget to mention that it was raining most of the night? Thank goodness for Charlotte's stroller's rainguard. That thing's AMAZING! She was in her little dry, germ-free cocoon and even slept the whole ride home. Oh, the ride home...the one part I haven't even mentioned yet is our transportation...we took the Dart (the train). Charlotte's first commuter rail experience (and probably her last for a long time). It actually wasn't too bad, we're lucky we fit that stroller in though and really lucky Charlotte slept the whole ride. All the other riders were way jealous of her dry, quite, comfy seat on the train.
So altogether, our first trip to the State Fair of Texas was a great time. We're really happy that Allie & Bo were here to experience it and chow down on some fried stuff with us!
Ok...here's the photos:
