Saturday fun

We haven't been posting much because there hasn't been that much going on. Today was a Saturday like any other, but if you want to see what we did, here are some pictures.
We played with playdoh in the morning. (Mami and Daddy quickly regretted not covering the rug...)

Lela and I played dress-up (see how much Lela's got on? And see how little I've got on, maybe "dress down" is more appropriate for me!) and then pretended it was naptime.

We all went on a nature walk and had a picnic at the park. I played on the slide, up and down and up and down.

And we took a family picture to end the day right.

See, nothing that exciting, but we enjoyed it nonetheless.

Happy Halloween!

We got to celebrate Halloween twice this year!

Friday was a fall festival at my school, and we were allowed to wear our costumes.
Here's what I was: Cinderella!

Lela dressed up as a bumble bee for about 3 and 1/2 minutes.

She looked adorable but hated her costume so went to school in regular clothes.

Then yesterday, for Halloween, we went trick or treating at Publix, where they had a whole treasure map set up and different stations with fun games and treats.

I was Cinderella again.

Lela refused the bumble bee costume, so Mami improvised a sort of cat costume for her.

(The overall effect is lessened by: a) her insistence on wearing the gator shirt; b) her refusal to take her pacifier out of her mouth without screaming and quite frankly it was a battle I didn't want to fight); and c) her hatred of all hair accoutrement, thus the ears attached to a cap. Sigh.)
But we had a great time at Publix, and everyone said how cute we were. I kept telling people that they were giving me "just too much" candy, and I haven't even eaten a single piece of it yet. I think I liked the idea of getting stuff from people more than I cared about what I was getting!)

And then we got to go out to dinner because Mami wanted to watch the rest of the Florida-Georgia game. (The Gators won. Again.) Lela and I took the chance to check out our loot.

Overall a great holiday, I'd say!

County fair

We went on a very special outing today - we went to the Alachua County fair! There was so much to do and see. There were bunnies and peacocks and chickens,

and horses and cows (but they didn't smell very good...).

Mami let us try this thing called cotton candy:

Yea, I can get in to this!

I was such a big girl that I went on a bunch of rides by myself, like these little cars (I rode the school bus - twice!).

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And I went on this cool swing ride that went around and around. I look a little queasy but claim to have loved it.

There were some rides I couldn't go on alone. All four of us went on a roller coaster, and Mami took me and Lela on these flying bumble bees that went up and down and around.

And then the best part is that Mami's magic talents with darts and balloons won me this princess thing and Daddy won me a unicorn with his prowess with a water gun. I named the unicorn Narnia (Mami has no idea I'd ever heard of Narnia...).

It was all very exciting, and I could barely keep my eyes open on the way home I was so tired. Be sure to check Lela's blog for her version of events.

Getting ready for Halloween

Did you all know Halloween is coming up? I can hardly wait! (This is a big week - Lela's birthday, then Grandpa's birthday, then Halloween, all in a row. WOW!)

Yesterday we went to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins. There were so many there I didn't know where to begin!

This was a funny looking bumpy one, I didn't think I wanted THAT one!

This one was kind of comfy, that could be an added bonus?

This is the one Mami says was the cutest, what do you think?

We finally came home with two great pumpkins, one for me and one for Lela. We'll carve them soon.

In the mean time, I've also been preparing my Halloween costume - we accessorized today. Check out my crown, gloves and shoes. Can you guess who I'm going to be?

We'll be sure to post more of the real costume, of course.

Change in the weather

We've been having some great cool, fall weather lately and Lela and I have taken advantage to have lots of fun outdoors.
Of course, I keep saying "Brrr" because I'm a true Florida gal.

But Lela doesn't seem to mind the nip in the air.

And if we do enough running around, we don't really have time to get chilly!

Homecoming Parade

Last weekend was homecoming, and it was extra special because Grandpa and Eleanor came all the way from New York to visit (more on that on Lela's blog). So to get ready for the homecoming parade we all got in our gator finest, of course.

The parade had all kinds of cool things to see, like Albert and Alberta:

And the cheerleaders on a firetruck:

That firetruck made a lot of noise and I didn't like that part.

But Daddy lent me his hat to protect my ears and all was good again.

When the marching bands started parading by, Lela and I couldn't help but get up and dance!

What a great parade that was! I'm already looking forward to next year's!

Daddy's birthday cake

You blogfans know Daddy loves the Gators, right? So we decided, for his (2-days-late) birthday party, to make him a GATOR CAKE!

I helped mix and stir and get everything set for baking.

Then we painted my nails orange and blue for homecoming while we waited.

And then I helped (mostly verbally) while Mami decorated the cake.

Happy late birthday Daddy, and Go Gators!

Dress-up

When we play dress-up, Lela and I seem to have a different understanding of what that game entails.
I put on something fun like this visor.

She puts on extra clothes!

Who is sillier?

Time to bake!

Lela and I got out our baking tools this morning to make cakes for everyone who has a birthday coming up. We had everything we needed, from strainers to pans to spoons and magnetic letters.

Isn't that how you make cakes?

Lela was my designated taster.

Yum yum!

I can't wait until we have real cakes to eat. Daddy and Lela both have birthdays this month - woohoo!