halloween 2013

It was so fun to get into Halloween this year with little Quinn.  We dressed her up as an Indian Princess.  (Thank you, Pinterest!)  I made her outfit, and to our dismay Beacon really loved the tutu.  He ended up eating some of the tulle and got really sick.  He wasn't eating or going the bathroom, so we had to feed him cat food with a syringe (eeww) so that he would go to the bathroom.  Well, thankfully he did...5 minutes before we were having friends over for dinner.  Double ewww.  Let's just say we confirmed that he did indeed eat part of Quinn's tutu.  And, he is feeling much better now. 

We really enjoyed our church's fall festival.  There were 21 bounce houses, food trucks, and "trunk or treat."  The weather was perfect too!

The picture below is from last year with my friend Amy.  Our girls are 4 days apart :)

This year was much better, in my opinion!



My little princess.

We went to a few houses on Halloween night.  Quinn executed grabbing the candy out of the candy bowls very well.  Her favorite?  Nerds.  The best rattle ever.

 

Hope you had a happy Halloween.  Now, let the official holiday season begin!! 

 

 

 

fall in florida

We are finally getting some cooler weather in Florida!  I can wear a sweatshirt in the morning, and by afternoon jeans and t-shirt are perfect!  It's wonderful.  We have been enjoying this weather to say the very least!

We have been trying to get out of the house a lot more lately.  Quinn gets pretty bored at home.  She loved going to the park and staring at all of the big kids!

 We have been layering up more than usual for our morning walks.

We had fun going to the farmers market over the weekend.  

 

Quinn had her first professional haircut.  It took a whopping 5 minutes.  We take hair very seriously in our family as you can see in the pictures :) Quinn did pretty well.  When Lea started to cut, Quinn panicked a little.  But, we kept her distracted with little toys like combs and iPhones.

We went to the Food & Wine Festival at Epcot for the first time with some friends.  It was fun to try such a wide variety of foods.    



 



a little bit of fall

We just got back from a fun little trip up north to visit my family.  I think this was Quinn's fourth time flying.  It was definitely a little different this time, now that she sits up and crawls around.  Luckily, she slept for a good hour or so both flights.  Overall, she did really well with the travelling, which I am so thankful for!  My mother knows they way to my heart (and Matt's)--ANYTHING SWEET.  It was really nice to get to spend time with my parents and watch them play with Quinn.

We were soaking up all of the crisp, fall weather.  It was unusually warm, but still cooler than what we are used to.  Quinn LOVED playing with her cousins!

We also celebrated Matt's 27th birthday while we were there.  Another highlight was cruising around town in my sister's mini van with all the kiddos.  I was able to go see my niece and nephew's school and classrooms.  It as so fun!



 At one point, all three of them were asleep in the car....it was magical :)



I am taking a little break from blogging (reading and posting), so if you check in regularly you may notice less posting.  I think that blogs can be a source of wonderful inspiration or a source of discontentment.  Unfortunately, I am finding the latter to be more of the case  for me these days.  I just need to get my head on straight again.  :)  I am still working on Lemon Bee though, so please check it out.  I just listed some Christmas cards that my Mom helped me with!  Hope you are enjoying this lovely time of year!