Fall Fest 2009

On Sunday, October 25th, we kicked off our Halloween week festivities with our church's annual Fall Festival! Averi had alot of fun as always. She rode on the barrel train, jumped in the bounce house, got 2 balloon animals, went trunk-or-treating, and saw a magic show! And of course she ate lots of cotton candy & popcorn!! She went as "Pocahontas" & I do believe that she's even prettier than the real one! Averi as Pocahontas!
Me & Pocahontassome of the Filipina gangshowing off her purple kitty balloonsome of the gang with David before the magic show

First preschool field trip...Pumpkin Patch!!

Wow!! It's Fall already and time to visit the Pumpkin Patch!! On Friday, October 9, 2009, Averi got to go on her very first school field trip. Allen & I went with her class of course! We couldn't miss out on our baby's first school trip! It had rained the whole week with expectations of rain on the day of our trip also, but her school was going regardless! So we went prepared with our rain jackets & rain boots in hand...luckily the rain held off until we returned home that afternoon! We went to the Pumpkin Patch Farms in Blue Mountain, MS...it was all 3 ours first time to visit. It was not bad...the children had a lot of fun. The school packed a brown bag lunch for everyone and had a picnic! They jumped in bounce houses, watched a haybale theater skit, went through a hay maze, fed the animals, had duck races with the water pumps, train ride, and of course...picked pumpkins! What fun!! UNTIL, Averi jumped and landed on her left arm wrong!! It happened at the end of the trip, so luckily she got to enjoy the majority of her trip. As soon as we got back to campus, we said Bye to her classmates & teachers and went to get an xray of her poor arm! It was swollen and she wouldn't move it without crying or screaming. Scared us to death!! Thankfully, it was not fractured...just seriously sprained! My dad splinted it & placed in a sling and she felt a little better! She wore it for about 5days and was a great sport about it! She didn't let it slow her down any...she's one tough little girl!! Even though she had a big boo-boo, it was just so great to see my little girl interact with her school friends & teachers! this is NOT the pumpkin we brought home...she picked so many before finding the 'perfect' punkin!!this is obviously before her big accident!!we got to ride in one of ICC's big busesthe bus ride home...my poor baby & her bag of ice

Disney On Ice Worlds of Fantasy

We took Averi to her very first Disney On Ice show...well, actually it was a first for all three of us! Disney's Worlds of Fantasy was in Memphis at the FedEx Forum the weekend of September 25-27, so we went for the Sunday showing at 1 PM. We made sure we got there at least 45 minutes early because we had heard that they were going to display the Princess gowns & accessories AND a couple of the princesses would make short appearances as a pre-show! She was SO VERY EXCITED!! Not just about the princesses, but just to be surrounded by Disney everything! Of course we got suckered into buying her a $12 snowcone in a Tinkerbell souvenir mug + a $2 matching spoon/straw, a $10 bag of cotton candy with a flower hat, an $18 light-up spinny toy, AND a $7 box of popcorn...can you say BROKE?!! Holy Cow that stuff is expensive! I don't even know why they charge so much for admission because they know they're going to make a killing off of souvenirs and food!! Oh well, we were prepared to break the bank...what can you expect, it is a Disney production! And a very good one at that! The show included shorts of Cars, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, and Tinkerbell and all of the shows were wonderful! Averi thoroughly enjoyed all of it! Can't wait to take her DOI's Finding Nemo here in Tupelo in November!!

Dress-Up Time!

As I stated in the previous post, Averi loves to get dressed up! She needs a separate closet just for her "dress-up" clothes & shoes....it's ridiculous! Oh wait--she's already claimed our spare room closet just for those things! CRAZY, but she's so cute all dolled-up to play tea party! Here are just a couple of pictures of some of her outfits...mind you, these were both worn on the SAME day!! Flapper Girl... Fairy girl...

Make-Up Artist!

Averi loves, Loves, LOVES to play dress-up and put on make-up! She can be such a girly-girl sometimes!! But obviously she needs to watch a Mommy apply some make-up because she certainly doesn't see me wearing eyeshadow, especially not like this...

No Autographs please! hehe!

Well, it's official...my daughter is now a local celebrity! Her first television commercial debuted today for An Affair to Remember, Inc. Ms. Patti, owner, asked if Averi could appear in a commercial for her store...so we went last week for the filming and the rest is history! No really, I was so proud of my Averi. She did awesome! She wasn't shy at all and did whatever the camera people asked of her! Last minute, I even got a little bit of camera-time too, but not by choice!! So please...NO AUTOGRAPHS!! haha! I really am proud of my baby girl...and her daddy is even prouder!!

Let's Go Bulldogs!

Well, it's that time of the year to cheer on our beloved Bulldogs! So here's to hoping for a GREAT Bulldog season!!