Pumpkin Patch 2011

Girls getting in some snuggle time, how this warms my heart.
Then off we went to the pumpkin patch. Definitely one of my favorite fall activities. Lily and Aubrey get to go through the school this year, but we couldn't skip out on this fun family event.
Lily was really working it, trying to get one of these pumpkins for her room. Something about the fairy godmother and a coach!
Apparently there was a girl in the hay tunnels that looked a lot like their cousin Delaney, whom they both adore. This girl wanted to play with Aubrey only, not Lily. This upset Lily greatly. How she resolved this issue was to follow the girl everywhere inside the hay trying to get her to play. We didn't know about any of this until we got home, and Lily was recalling the afternoons events to us. I think we better discuss other ways she could have resolved the issue! She was also insistent that we call Delaney to discuss what happened!
Hadley's first trip to the pumpkin patch!
Even got faces painted. Love Aubrey's pose for the camera!
Now that's leaving the pumpkin patch in style!

Beautiful fall day 2011

Lily had a few projects for school that wanted objects and observations of things that occur in the fall. So lovely for us, as it was the perfect nudge we needed to get us out of the house on a glorious fall afternoon.


Taking turns holding the fuzzy caterpillar we found along the way.

Aubrey's own haircut

Our little sneaker. I should have guessed something was up that morning when Aubrey was adamant about brushed her own hair, and didn't want me touching it at all. The day was busy as usual, with an extra worry as this occurred the day of Lily's head trauma at school. All day long I kept looking at Aubrey, trying to figure out what was going on. I realized that night as I was brushing her teeth, I looked closer at her hair and realized why she looked so off all day long. She had given herself a mullet. She had chopped of hair on both sides of her head, just leaving a few long strands in the back.
We were alone in the bathroom together, Aubrey and I. I asked her if she cut her hair, which she sheepishly admitted. Then states "don't tell Corey!" Later as Corey was talking to her about it, asking her why she cut her hair, her reply was "sometimes my brain makes me do things!"
Yikes, that reply totally cracks me up, but scares me a little as well.
Never a dull moment in this household. Above is the beautiful blonde hair that she chopped off, dug out of the garbage can in their room. I never did get a picture of her head. The next day I pulled the few strands into a ponytail, until Corey took her to the salon to get it fixed.

Lily head injury, take 2

This picture is of poor quality, not really showing the extent of Lily's latest head injury. This is the second one in the last 2 weeks. We got a call from the school to come pick Lily up. She had gotten off the school bus, and not watching were she was going ran into a pole. Instantly had a huge goose egg on her forehead with a bruise and abrasion. Although she didn't even make it into the classroom that day, I was glad that this incident happened there rather than at home. Would have looked really suspicious if it had occurred again at home! My bruiser, we really need to work on slowing down a little, and obviously watching were we are walking. I have to say I have the same problem!

Flexibility

This expression is priceless, not really even sure what to comment here.
Hadley is seriously beyond flexible. She doesn't like to have things on her feet, am assuming it's because it makes her toes unsuckable!
Both Lily and Aubrey absolutely adore Hadley, and as you can tell the feeling is mutual.

A girl's just gotta accessorize!

Oh, our quirkly little Lily Bean. She has always had her own little sense of fashion style. Crazy clothes combinations, loves lots of jewelry, all that kind of stuff. She came out of her room the other day with these jewels glued to her! She couldn't find one for an ear, so she decorated a piece of paper herself to attach!
Do you think she might want her ears pierced?
Oh, also note the bruising to her forehead and eyes. That is from the other day when she was so excited to eat ice cream that she ran down the hall with her PJ's over her eyes and ran into a wall corner! She actually have herself 2 black eyes! Her statement the next morning "I usually run into doors, not walls!"