Halloween- Foofa

Big Girl Bed

Paige graduated to her big-girl bed today! She was super excited about the switch...actually all we did was take off the front of her bed, so now it is like a day bed. We thought we had a guard-rail in with our conversion kit to make it more of a toddler bed, but we were mistaken. It seems we only have the conversion kit to make it into a full size bed (we won't be needing that for a while), and I found out it costs an extra $89 for the guardrail...jeez!!


Anyway, Paige loves her new bed. When she saw it for the first time without the front crib rail she exclaimed, "Oh Daddy, it is so beautiful!" and then she climbed in and laid down. Of course, we had to take some photos of that...here is our big girl!

Halloween Surprise

When we checked our mail today Paige received a special surprise from her Aunt Jill and Uncle Mikael. Paige was super excited to get some mail of her very own. This excitement intensified as she opened the package and discovered what was inside...her Aunt Jill knows her very well!

Pumpkin Carving

Paige and I spent some time this afternoon gearing up for Halloween by carving a pumpkin. We decided to go with a cat this year...actually it is called 'cosmic kitty' in the pattern book. He has a bit of an evil look to him, but Paigey still liked him.

Amazingly, Paige enjoyed the pumpkin carving this year. She was not completely terrified of the 'guts' like she was last year. As we began to clean out our pumpkin last Halloween, she ran away when she saw me scoop some of the 'guts' out and then watched from afar. Today was different; she actually stood close by, examined the 'guts', scooped some out herself, (using a scooper, though, not her hands) and even helped me carve a little bit! It was a lot of fun!

Paigey with her pumpkin!Checking out the 'guts' Helping with the 'clean-out'

Paige took this picture of me...she did a pretty good job!

Happy with the finished product!

All lit up!

Brandt's Dairy Farm Tour

Paige and I went on a tour of a dairy farm today. Paige's grandma, Kathy, invited us to go along with her. Paige was pretty excited to see cows, although she sees them every time she goes over to her grandma and grandpa's house. However, they don't have dairy cows, they have Herefords. So, seeing how cows are milked was a new experience for her (and me too!). BTW, my camera date got reset somehow, so the date is wrong on all my pics...but I am sure you would have figured that out since it is definitely not 2005 :)

This looks a little painful, but it didn't seem to bother the cows at all!

All the weaned baby calves were lined up outside, so Paige got to go down the row talking to them. She was saying, "hello and how are you doing" to several of the calves. She even told each one goodbye before she moved on.

Pumpkin Patch

Neil, Paige and I went to the pumpkin patch in Jefferson City today. It was a Kid's Adventure that our playgroup planned, so there were a lot of friends there that we knew. Paige loves to go to the pumpkin patch. Her favorite thing there is the corn box, but she really enjoys the hayride, the animals, and looking for pumpkins in the patch a lot, too! It is always difficult to convince Paige to leave when it is time to go...here are some photos of the fun we had!

Scarecrow PaigeyPaige and her friend, Kacey.

Posing with the pumpkins...and looking cool! On the hay ride...going to choose a pumpkin!

Our friends; Heather, Dave, and Kacey. In the pumpkin patch...Paige picked her pie pumpkin.

On the way back!
Paige and her playgroup friends in the corn box.
They even had a basketball goal, so Neil taught Paige the art of dunking (assisted).