My Second Day Called Halloween

Today was the day called Halloween! Mom didn't have to go to big work as early this morning, so I got to sleep in! Yay! And I got to watch the Backyardigans on tv!

It was cold, so I wore my pumpkin hat. :)

I had a good day at Mrs. Leigh Ann's. We had a party for the Day Called Halloween. Then I went to Grandmom and Granddad's to wait on Mom. We had pizza with everybody and then Colin, Brenna, and I put on our costumes. I was excited about wearing mine!

I went trick or treating at Mrs. Darlene's house. That's it. That's as far as I made it before I got tired and was ready to come home. Oh well.

When I got home, I sat with my Minnie Mouse pumpkin to have my picture made.

Mom made this pumpkin for me today. It has my name on it!! I like it! And it's not a real pumpkin, so I can keep it for next year!

I watched Dora and Diego and their Halloween adventures and now I'm going to bed. I've had enough excitement for one day! Happy Halloween!

Weekend Update...Pumpkins and Number Nine!

Saturday was a fun day! Mom and I woke up and played. After we played for a while, I took a nap. When I woke up, we got ready and left. We went to Olive Garden to have lunch with Bobby on his birthday! Hooray for Bobby! I got to have lunch with Uncle Hoppy, Granny Kat, Katie, Bobby, Aunt Mere, Uncle Corey, Colin, Brenna, and Mom. Grandmom stopped by to say hi to Bobby, but she didn't eat because she doesn't like Olive Garden food. More for me!! I loved my lunch!! After lunch (and cupcakes), we went to Target and then to WalMart. When we got home, I took a nap! I was worn out!!

When I woke up, look what Mom had done:

A Cocky pumpkin! I love it. I like to go over and talk to it. Of course, I was so glad it was Game Day. Since my boys were off last week, it's been a long time since I've seen them play. I was all suited up for the big event!

Have I mentioned how much I like Mom's pumpkin??

I enjoyed the football game. My boys were playing the Tennessee Volunteers. I am confused about what they are volunteering to do. They wear orange, so they are already bad in my book!! The Gamecocks looked different without Marcus (who was celebrating his 20th birthday on the sidelines), but they got the job done. 14-3, Gamecocks win! Elmo and I were glad!

(Another fun fact for the day...The orange Tigers lost their game! Annas do NOT like Tigers!)

Sunday was a little bit of a rough day for me. I am growing a lot of new teeth in my mouth. Mom has counted four, but you all know that I do not like her poking around in my personal mouth. My mouth hurts. I didn't really want to eat much at lunch time at Grandmom and Granddad's. I did fight through the pain to eat brownies and ice cream, though. I played the best game of peekaboo ever with Granddad while I was inside my little fence. After that, Mom and I came home and I took a nap.

When I woke up, Mom had carved my Halloween pumpkin. Minnie Mouse! Just like my costume!

After a little while, I got ready and Mom and I left. We went to church for dinner. Lots of people were glad to see me. I had fun and I had some good food.

It was quite cold outside when we left, so I got to wear my monkey hat!! I wore it all the way through WalMart and didn't take it off when we got home. I know I look good!!

I went a little nuts when I got home. I ran all around the room and squealed and climbed on the couch and chased Sadie. Mom said I was a wild woman. I was just excited because the Gamecocks are Number 9 in the BCS rankings this week!

I'm winding down now. It's definitely time for bed. Tomorrow is the day called Halloween!

Almost the Weekend!

When I got up this morning, Mom said it was going to be cold today. That meant I got to wear my sweatshirt!! I was dressed just like Beary!! (Except he doesn't wear pants...curious...)

I had a great day today. Grandmom took me to Mrs. Leigh Ann's and I had lots of fun and a good nap. Mrs. Leigh Ann brought me home this afternoon on her way to see her Granddad. He isn't feeling well, but I hope he feels better really soon!

When I got home, Mom and I went to Mrs. Andrea and Mr. Brad's house to take Landon's birthday cupcakes. I played with Landon for a little while. Then Mom and I came home and played.

I had some dinner and Aunt Krystle and Uncle Chris came by. No Bradyn. He was with his Grandmother. Aunt Krystle and Uncle Chris brought me a Halloween present from Uncle Chris's Mom!

It's a great pumpkin bag and some books!

I really loved the Dora book! After I read my new book, I put my pajamas on. I've played some more and now I'm ready for bed. Busy day tomorrow!! It's Bobby's birthday and GAME DAY!!!

Pumpkins

Today was a busy day. I got up and got ready to go to Mrs. Leigh Ann's. Little Einsteins wasn't on. That bummed me out.

But Beary cheered me up. I love that Bear.

I had a good day at Mrs. Leigh Ann's. I played on the deck at Grandmom and Granddad's. That's where I was playing when Mom came to get me. She didn't take me home though. She put my Halloween costume on and we went for a ride with Grandmom. Aunt Mere, Colin, and Brenna went in their car. When the cars stopped, we were at The Peach Tree. We went to the pumpkin maze and had our pictures made in our costumes.

I would show you Colin and Brenna's costumes, but Brenna has her eyes closed. I got pretty tired and hungry while we were out there. Mom was trying to get a picture of us together. This is probably the best one.

We dropped Grandmom off at her house and came home. I had some dinner and played. I took a bath and then I watched It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. I was confused about why I couldn't watch Dora, but I liked Charlie Brown, too. I'm pretty tired now, so I'm going to head to bed.

Failure to Communicate

I had some technical difficulties last night. The little place on the computer wouldn't read the little card that my pictures live on. Mom growled at the computer and it's working again tonight. Hrm.

I had an okay day yesterday. I didn't get in trouble, but I didn't feel quite right. Y'all wouldn't feel right either if you had four teeth coming in on top and an unspecified number coming in on the bottom all at once! My little mouth hurts!

Mom picked me up and brought me home. When I came in, I said "Hey, Sadie!". Then I played for a little while so Mom could make some cakes. Then I went to bed.

Today was a good day. I had fun at Mrs. Leigh Ann's. Grandmom and Granddad kept me while Mom was at little work. Then we went to Groucho's for dinner. Mom met us there!! Colin, Brenna, and Aunt Mere came too! I had some squeezy fruit/vegetables, part of Brenna's grilled cheese, some chips, some pickle, some of Mom's turkey, and some cookies. Yum.

When I came home, I watched Dora and got ready for bed.

I think I'll go there now. Night night!

Loooong Day

Mom didn't let me sleep in my bed last night. I think she thought I would escape again. Hrm.

I had a pretty good day today. I had fun at Mrs. Leigh Ann's and then I played at Grandmom and Granddad's while Mom was at little work. I was SO glad to see Brenna today. I haven't seen her in a long time because she has been sick. I wasn't allowed to play with her. I missed her!

I played outside with Brenna and Granddad. Granddad blew bubbles and I played soccer and rode my tricycle! Mom finally came to get me. We had spaghetti for dinner and then we came home.

Because it was past the time that we usually get home, Mom said I could go to bed and take my bath in the morning.

Thank goodness! I'm exhausted!

Weekend Update...Spider Monkey Edition

This was a good weekend, even without my Gamecocks! (They were on a break this weekend. Mom says it's called a "bye week".)

Yesterday, I got up and had some breakfast. I played for a while and then I took a nap. After my nap, I watched some football with Mom. Mrs. Lesley came and watched some football with us. Then we went shopping together! We went to Old Navy and Marshall's. I got some new shoes!! When we came back, Grandmom and Granddad came to my house. (They kind of had to. I was playing with Mom's keys and she sort of locked the door behind her without getting the keys.) They came to let us in. Then we went to dinner together. I had shrimp, french fries, hushpuppies, some of Grandmom's baked potato, and some of Granddad's sweet potato. Yum!! After dinner, we came home and I got ready for bed.

This morning, I surprised Mom by showing up in her room. Mom always waits in her room until she hears me talking on Sunday mornings. This morning, I got out of my bed and went in her room to see her. She freaked out when she saw me. Then she started calling me a "spider monkey". I guess maybe I wasn't supposed to get out of my bed. Oops.

After breakfast and a nap, we went to Grandmom and Granddad's for lunch. After lunch, we came back home and I took another nap. Mom made a cake while I slept and when I woke up, one of the ladies from big work came to pick up the cake. After that, Mom and I went to Michael's.

When we came home, I had dinner and Mom took my picture with two of my pumpkins.

Then she did something funny. She put all this stuff on a table and started doing stuff to one of my pumpkins. I watched her. It was unusual. When she stopped, she turned off all the lights and this is what I saw on my pumpkin!!

DORA!!

On a pumpkin! Oh, I love it!! My Mom is so fun sometimes!

Now that all of that excitement is over, I think I'll go to bed. I wonder what Mom will do to my other pumpkins....???

Eek! A Mouse!

Today was kind of a weird day. My BFF wasn't at Mrs. Leigh Ann's. Poor Brenna has been sick all week! But Josh and Lauren were there because they didn't have to go to school today. I had a pretty good day.

Mom came to pick me up. We went to WalMart to pick up a few things. We picked out some pumpkins to bring home!

When we got home, we played for a little bit and then Mom made dinner. After we ate, I watched the Backyardigans and Mom did some stuff. Mom has used her powers for good. She made my costume for the day called Halloween. She finished it after dinner. I had to try it on, of course. I really like it. :)

Mom asked me to sit with two of our pumpkins, so I did.

I am very serious about being Minnie Mouse.

After I tried on my costume, I got ready for bed. It's been a long week and I think I need the rest!!

Brrrrrrr!

Well, all of a sudden it's cold. It was 80 degrees a couple of days ago. It was in the 40s this morning. Brrrrrr. Time for cute warm clothes and hats!

I had an okay day today. It wasn't the best day ever. Grandmom got me from Mrs. Leigh Ann's and brought me home. I played with Mom and played by myself.

After dinner, I took a bath. I'm pretty tired now, so I'm off to bed. Mom is working on a project for me for the day called Halloween...

My Bad...

After a very good night's sleep, I got up and got ready for my day. Grandmom came and got me and took me to Mrs. Leigh Ann's.

As I get older, I am learning that there are some things that you are just not supposed to do. I am filing them away for future reference. I put something in the file today. Apparently, you're not allowed to pick up the phone and push the 9, the 1, and the 1, in that order. It seems that if you do this, the police will come to check on you. The police are very busy people (Mom said "Seriously, how busy could the York police be?") and I guess they don't like to come out just to hang out. Mrs. Leigh Ann told me not to do that again. I'll try to remember that.

Grandmom came and got me this afternoon and brought me home after Mom got back from little work. Mom still doesn't feel very well, so Grandmom thought that would help her. Grandmom is so great. We brought dinner home and I got to have yummy noodles with Mom.

I've had a bath now and I'm ready for bed. It was a busy day.

I'm sorry for calling the police, EE. Lesson learned.

Failure

Sorry about yesterday's blog. Mom is not feeling well and she fell asleep before she remembered to put the computer down low enough for me to reach it. We are both very sorry.

I played for a little while this morning before I went to Mrs. Leigh Ann's.

I had a pretty good day. Mom had a long day at big work, so I played at Grandmom and Granddad's. Mom came in for a minute and left again. She went to see the doctor. I can't believe where she had to get a shot!!!

It's pretty late now and it's raining. Boo to the rain.

I'm going to have to go to bed. I'm so tired from waiting all day for Mom!!

Sad Gamecock

Today started out okay. I had breakfast (regular breakfast AND an apple cider doughnut!) and played while I watched Yo Gabba Gabba. After I played for a while, I took a bath and then took a nap.

When I woke up from my nap, we went to Grandmom and Granddad's. Because I had slept for so long, we almost missed lunch! Everybody was almost finished when we got there! Luckily, they saved us some food, so I got to eat. After lunch, I played with Mom in my cage. That's when the news came.

Marcus Lattimore will not be playing football for the rest of the season. That bad, bad #5 from Mississippi State hurt his leg so much that he has to have surgery. I hope that #5 feels like the dirty dog that he is. This is really bad news for my Gamecocks. Cocky and I both needed a hug.

But in the words of Coach Tanner, it's time to "win anyway". Maybe Coach Tanner needs to go talk to the football team...

After this bad news, Mom and I came home to take a nap. After our nap, we met Granny Kat, Katie, and Bobby for dinner. We went to O'Charley's. They didn't have a highchair for me. Boo. So we went to Longhorn. They didn't have a chair for any of us. We tried Chili's. They were closed. We ended up at Olive Garden. That was fine with me. I'm a noodle junkie. I ate a whole breadstick and some of Mom's ziti. She said I ate more of her ziti than she did. I couldn't help it. It was good.

After dinner, we came home. I played for a little while and now I'm finally ready for bed. You might notice that there are no pictures of me today. Mom is a slack photographer. (She's allowed to forget every once in a while, as long as she doesn't make it a habit!) I'm sure I'll be back in front of the camera tomorrow.

Apples and Pigskins

After breakfast this morning, we got dressed and went to Aunt Mere's. We all (except for Uncle Corey) went to Windy Hill to the Apple Festival! We listened to the Johnny Appleseed story, talked to some goats, and went on a hayride!

I got to pick out my very own pumpkin!

I saw the piglets again as we walked around the farm.

The best part came when we went to sit down. I had an apple cider doughnut!!

And some apple cider!!

And I tried some of Mom's caramel apple! It was all so yummy!

While we had our snack, we listened to Mr. Mark's band, Easy Pickin's, play. I love banjo music!!

When we were finished with our snack, we left the festival. I was EXHAUSTED!

I slept for a long, long time after we got home. When I woke up, the first half of the football game was over!! I got my gear on and watched with Mom.

It was another rough game for my Gamecocks, but we were victorious once again. We suffered a great loss though. My Gamecock, Marcus Lattimore, was hurt in today's game. We're not sure yet how badly he is hurt, but I know that I hope he feels better really soon. He's such a great guy and such a great football player. He doesn't deserve to be hurt.

After the game, Mom let me watch the Backyardigans. Then we went to WalMart. When we got home, we had dinner and watched more football. Those dirty Tigers. Blech. I didn't pay much attention to that. I was playing.

With the exception of our Marcus getting hurt, it's been a pretty great day!!

Friday!!! Woo Hoo!!

It's Friday!! Time for the weekend! Yay!!

I got ready this morning, had breakfast, played, and used my laser eyes on the tv.

I had a pretty good day at Mrs. Leigh Ann's. We had spaghetti for lunch. I made funny faces. :) Mom came and got me after big work and we came home. My baby and I watched Super Spy while Mom made a cake for Nora Grace.

Mrs. Jessica, Mrs. Pam, and Landon came to get the cake and I got to play with them for a minute. Then I had dinner and took a bath. Now that I'm clean, I'm ready for bed. Mom says we're going to Windy Hill tomorrow. That means one thing to me....DOUGHNUTS!!!