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Friday, October 16, 2015

Autumn Fest 2015

We have been traveling.  Genevieve and I just got back from almost a week in Florida with my parents.  The weekend before last we went to our church's Autumn festival.
We invited Jenny, Jason, Margo, and Rosie.  Margo was quick to start applying G's makeup.


They jumped.




They painted!


We had a great time.  

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Fall has Fallen!

Genevieve had her first birthday party last Sunday for a friend from school.
Austin's soiree was held at a gymnastics center, so the whole family decided to attend!


I went down that slide and nearly cracked my spine.


G's BFF Kate was there too.  Genevieve had her first "barrel 'o sugar" drink, at least to my knowledge.  Her jumps were higher after that and a cupcake.  




I perfected my donkey kick.  


On Tuesday I took my class on their first field trip of the year to the apple orchard.  My mother never missed a field trip during my whole childhood, so she didn't miss this one either!  My darlings were enthralled knowing that I had a mother.  



We examined a lot of pumpkins. 





We picked apples.  
Mother was there to document the whole thing, but I didn't get a single picture of her.  



My darling volunteer assistant, Jamie, showed off her perfect posture.  



I enjoyed a good face in a hole with Laurie, Cat, Marinda, and Susan.  Marinda and Susan and I have now taught together for 12 years!  

We had a ball and my mom stayed the night.  She got this great shot of G at a local nursery.
Fall has fallen!  



Saturday, September 26, 2015

Genevieve's 3rd birthday and a Foot Race

Genevieve continues to monopolize Miss Katie's time before, during, and after dance class.  

Aunt Katie and Caroline came in town on Saturday and we had a family dinner at Pizzology up in Carmel.  I do love that area.  I would totally live there if it wasn't so far from my school!  

We started G's party with the presentation of Cinderella herself with Jacques, Gus, and Lucifer.  



 Caroline helped open gifts.  

Sunday was a gorgeous day and so we spent time on the porch too.  



Caroline agreed to be the Fairy Godmother for like 2 minutes.  






The gift opening was the best part!  



I ordered her dress from a lady on Etsy instead of buying the Disney version.  It was very comfortable and had a crinoline built in.  It could stand up by itself!
That was her major gift from us.  
Accessories from the Kenworthys.  

I found these glass slippers at the last minute at Target.
Halloween costume complete!  



We brought out the crown for an annual picture.  


She loved her cake pops and a surprise visit from Lucifer and Bob.  


Look at that regal profile.  She is clearly destined to marry Prince George.  


Love from Papi and Abby!  


Love from YaYa and Bob.  

It was a very successful day!  

This week was super busy at school and I headed up to the Fashion Mall on Friday evening to return some things.  I saw two of my pledge sisters from college.  Jill lives in Arkansas and Amy is in New Castle.  We laughed for at least an hour about our years as sorostitutes. (Kidding)


This picture brings back so many memories of how I have always been, and will continue to be, the tallest woman in most situations.


This morning Trinity ran my school district's annual Running South 5K event.  He was third in his age group.  

G wanted to run, so we pinned his number on her for the 1 mile fun run, which we knew would last approximately 5 minutes for our child.  


She came off the start line like a flash of lightening.  She wasted some much needed energy by hollering at everyone she passed "I'm so fast!  I'm such a good runner!"
I could barely keep up with her because I was laughing so hard.  



With any luck, she'll have a willowy physique like her YaYa and run like her father.  

 

This mad dash suddenly came to a crashing halt about 100 yards later.  
She stopped, turned around and said, "I'm tired, I need to rest.  Where is my yellow blanket?"
And… SCENE.
Dunzo.
Her father had to carry her to the car.
She was out for the count about 15 minutes later.
She will have to work on her stamina!

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Genevieve is 3!

Genevieve turned 3 on Monday.  On Sunday we took her to the Art  Museum for her annual number picture.  She received an annual family membership from Aunt Shirley as part of her birthday gift, so we took a little trip down memory lane.  

We started outside.  


Oh, I see a cross eyed owl.
This is one of my all-time favorite pictures.


September 2013



September 2014




September 2015


So I closed my eyes and now I have an independent little girl who engages me in lively conversation daily.  
She's a true hoot.  
Her party is this weekend so pictures to follow!