What??????

One day as Ben and I were at the table doing school, Savannah got all excited and REALLY wanted to show us something.  "Mama, Mama, Mama!!! I wrote something on the board, LOOK LOOK LOOK!!!!"  I sighed, it was the 100th time she interrupted us, and kindly looked up at the board.  Savannah says "Mama, I wrote 'zoo'"!!!!.  Lo and behold, she sure did with absolutely no help from me.  I have no idea what made her write it but she did a great job for a 3 year old, right?  You go girl!

Yikes!

I think she should audition for Blue Man Group.......just sayin'.

Savannah's First Purchase

Savannah has been saving up all her coins that she gets (and finds) and finally had enough saved to buy something.  Sweet thing only had a dollar and some change but it was enough to get something from the Dollar Store!  The picture below is Savannah in the Dollar Tree parking lot with what she picked (a little stuffed puppy dog that she named Roof, not Ruff, but Roof).  She was so happy!

Face Painting

Thanks to my dad, we have a membership to the Arboretum which gets up to 6 people in for no charge.  We have been spending A LOT of time there.  It's been even super great because of the pumpkin patch that's going on there right now.  I've lost count how many times we've been (and brought friends with us for no charge to them!).  Anywho, the kids haven't ever been real excited about face painting but for some reason they wanted to stand in line (and actually behave) for 45 minutes to get their face painted there at the Arboretum.  Savannah chose the Princess Boo and Benjamin, of course, chose Batman.  P.S.  I really think orange is Savannah's best color now (and it just so happens to be my favorite color, ahem....the orange lipstick was fabulous).

Friends, Marisa and Ellie.

Sleeping Beauty

She's so funny.  This is how she wanted to sleep one night recently.  I had to sneak in and take a picture of her after she fell asleep.  Her Ireland hat, her trusty blanket, a scarf made by Grandmother, and gloves also made by Grandmother (although she took the gloves off but you can still see them in the picture).  Sweet girl.

Halloween

We had a GREAT time with Halloween this year.  Our good friends, the Barnes, came over with their kids Emily and Rocco and we all went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.  The kids had a blast!  Don't they look so happy!  Warm fuzzies.

Ouch!

Poor Savannah. I accidentally slammed her hand in the door about 4 weeks ago. Here's what it looked like then....and pretty much stayed that way until yesterday.....when the nail finally fell off.  The pediatrician said it'll take months to heal. She's tough though. Never complains about it. She just wants a band aid on it all times. I feel so bad. So so bad. Ugh.