Pumpkin Picking 2011

Kate was home for fall break and we "had" to choose our pumpkin with her here- even though she will not be around for the carving or Halloween! Oh well. She was "home" for 5 days with a few overnights with friends at other schools. So the pumpkin outing had to be put off until the last day, hours before her departure back to Chapel Hill and minutes before a lunch date with friends. So glad she could squeeze us in! (just kidding) We went to the first "pumpkin patch" and snapped a few photos and began choosing THE pumpkin but then discovered they were not yet open-on a Sunday afternoon at 12:15 pm! So we headed to the next pumpkin patch and repeated the whole thing but in less time. It was too sunny and my subjects were less than cooperative for photos. Quickly chose fun gourds for our harvest themed center piece and few little ones and 2 big ones. We plan to only carve one but Maggie needed one to make a pumpkin man out of (who knows but pictures will follow later). Not the "invisible" pumpkin Harper was lobbying for! So it was a good end to fall break with the WHOLE family!!

Homecoming Dance 2011

Lilly went to the Homecoming Dance this year with a SENIOR! It made big news at our house. The night before the dance, we went to a college parents' cocktail with our freshman and her date was a SENIOR (in high school) too! Funny coincidence! Lilly looked beautiful in a multi-shaded strapless dress of purples. And her date, Luke, wore a purple bow tie. They looked great together. We got to snap a few pictures before they headed off to dinner and the dance.

Spiders, snails and more!

We had a rainy few days and after the creek went down a few feet Maggie and I went to explore. We found a gazillion crickets, huge spiders, slimy snails and many more creepy crawlies who had all come out after the rain stopped. It was cool and weird all at the same time!

Labor Day Lake Fun!

We have had a big Labor Day weekend with the Carolina game Saturday and then went to the spend the day with our family and cousins and go out on the lake! It was a gorgeous day, not too hot, with a breeze and lots of sunshine! The kids got to tube and ski and just have fun together. We had a fabulous dinner that night at my sister-in-law's house. It was a great day for everyone!

First Football Game of the Season

It was the first football game of the season AND MY FIRST TAILGATE WITH MY COLLEGE DAUGHTER!!! Kate as been as school for three weeks and this was my first opportunity to see her and hug her and spend a little time with her. Yipee! We headed down to Chapel Hill around noon for a 3:30 game. We went to Tarheel Town so Maggie and her friend could see the cheerleaders and team. Then we headed over to our tailgate to wait for Kate. Tarheel Town had inflatables and lots of other fun activities but Maggie opted to forgo them all to see Kate! It was so cute! Kate brought several friends and then had her suitemate drop by too. It was so great to see her!!!!!!! She stayed for about 30-45 minutes then went on to the game. Carolina won 42-10. It was a perfect football Saturday!

Jamboree 2011

We spent all day last Saturday in Winston-Salem at a field hockey JAMBOREE! It really was a fun day. The girls left at 7:15 for their first game at 8:30. Maggie and I came around 8:45 after a coffee and bagel run. There were 4 scheduled games through out the day with a lunch break. Lilly started in 3 of the games and due to some paroneal tendinitis did not play the last game. We won 1 game, tied 2 games and lost 1 game (to a seasoned team, I might add). The girls played well and it was fun to watch. The day was windy (due to Hurricane Irene) and mostly overcast with some sun and temps in the mid 80's. Nice day for field hockey. We are looking forward to a great season at Page!!

First Day of 3rd, 10th and . . .

Well this will be the first year (in 18 years!!) that I do not have pictures of all my girls on the first day of school. I asked Kate what she would be wearing and if she could send me a picture. No such luck! So I planned to get pictures of the other two the morning before leaving for school. Maggie was excited and ready early. Her bus comes at 7:14 am this year so the fact that she was ready was a miracle. She went to bed at 10 because she was so excited for the first day of third grade! Anyway, she posed and smiled and completely complied with my wishes. Daughter number two not so much. Lilly now goes later, 8:55 am is when school begins so you would have thought I had plenty of time to snap a quick photo. Unfortunately not! Lilly is now riding to school with a "hot" boy down the street so she had FORBIDDEN me to take any photos once he pulled up. And she was not ready a second earlier so she dashed out to his car. I managed to get a few of them driving away. This really does not count.