Gymnastics

It has been a while since I've taken pictures of Libby at gymnastics. I just happen to have had my camera with me the other day so I that I would snap away! Although the pics never turn out well because the parents are all on the other side of a glass wall! Well, they are still good enough for me to enjoy! Hopefully it's enough to satisfy your curiousity as well!

Libby is on the bar on the right with the purple leotard on.

She just got that outfit that day. Libby picked

it out...it has doggy bones on it!

Libby is doing really well on the bars. I think it was just this

summer when she was still scared to flip around them!

Here she is working on her bridge.

(Back in my day they were called back bends!)

Anyway, she's supposed to fall back into a bridge from

a standing position. She is still having trouble with this.

She does well up to this point. She's just leaning into

position right now.

It's when she starts to fall back that she messes up.

Look at her legs!

That's ok! We just keep practicing!

Libby is on the far right.

They are doing spider handstands over to a forward roll.

Just in case you were wondering!

Trick or Treat!

After much anticipation, Halloween finally arrived! Libby was so eager to go trick or treating that she even agreed to take a nap that afternoon! Of course with this new daylight saving time, it didn't even get dark until after we got home...so it was pointless to have gotten Libby a costume that had a lighted skirt! It also made it more difficult to tell which houses were welcoming trick or treaters because it was hard to see if the porch lights were on or not. All of these are things I'm sure Gov. Daniels did not consider when he changed DST! Of course, Libby noticed none of these things and was perfectly content going door to door in the daylight begging for candy with all her cousins! I was happy to see chocolate made a comeback this year after a very disappointing bucket full of hard candy last year! Let's here it for chocolate! OK...enough of my rants...on to the pics!

Here is my princess....literally!

This is actually a witch costume, but at the last minute

she decided she was just going to be a Halloween Princess,

so we ditched the witch hat!

Here is Libby with two of her cousins, Abi and Emily.


Here is Libby being held at knife point by Nathan.
He's her most favorite person (besides me of course!) in the whole
wide world, so she didn't mind him threatening her life!


The porch of this house was "haunted" and the
people who lived there were dressed up as well.
The kids thought it was cool!


This pot belly pig greeted trick or treaters at one house.
Ironically, Libby did not want to interact with this pig.
Libby apparently only likes farm pigs!
This pig was even dressed for the occasion!
It has wings and a tutu if you can't tell!


This was our last stop of the evening...Toni's house.
Libby decided she would put on her monster mask so she could
give Toni a big scare!
Kids this age are so funny because they actually believe
they scare us!
Well, sometimes Libby does scare me, but it has nothing to do with the mask!

Halloween Morning!

To Libby's surprise, the Great Pumpkin had come to visit her while she was sleeping Halloween Eve. When she awoke in the morning and came downstairs she noticed a bag with a card sitting next to her pumpkins. She became very excited as she ran over to the table to find her name on the card and quickly read it to see who it was from:

Happy Halloween

from The Great Pumpkin!

Although Libby did think it was HER pumpkins that brought her the bag of goodies and not "The Great Pumpkin" from the Charlie Brown movie!

Oh well...if she wants to believe her pumpkins did it, what does it matter?!

Her she is unwrapping her first present...

Nothing says Happy Halloween like

Halloween Barbie!

Somehow the Great Pumpkin knew Libby loves homework.

He brought her two new math workbooks!

She was ecstatic!

She also got some new notebooks and stickers.

The girl loves to doodle and "write" notes, bills, etc!

Here she is with her new Fancy Nancy book.

Even though it's a level one, they are still a little tricky for her to read because of all the big fancy words Nancy uses!

Alas, Halloween Barbie is out of her box, and shortly after this picture she was out of her clothes!

Apparently, Hannah Montana wanted to borrow her dress...

and Barbie wanted to be a rock star!

Halloween Activities

For Halloween we decided to go to the Children's Museum Haunted House and Boo at the Zoo. We didn't get a chance to make it to the zoo this summer so Libby was really excited to go for Halloween. We invited Libby's friend, Sydney from preschool, and her mom and brother to go along with us. Now Libby was so excited to go because she had a friend to go with her. Luckily the weather cooperated and it was a very nice day to be outside! Everyone had fun but it was a very long day. Although I think the mommies were more tired than the kids!

First stop, Children's Museum.

The kids were amused by the statues!

This is probably my favorite picture!

The statue kids are playing tug-o-war, so the real kids

decided to join in too!

They thought that was hilarious!

Here is Tyler and Libby posing with a giant dinosaur leg.

Next stop...Boo at the Zoo!
Sydney is a vampiress and Libby is a witch...
zombie witch or monster witch. She's funny!



Lightning McQueen, Vampiress, and the Good Witch!

The kids posing against their will. They wanted to get right in to see the sharks!

Libby petting a shark. Her arms are finally long enough to reach down to pet them!

Libby was in a picture taking mood...

Lucky for me!

Here is another of my favorite pictures.

It almost looks real, which makes it that much more funny!

Libby and Sydney going for a ride on the haunted train.

Trick or Treat time.

Libby and Fred Flintstone.

Some sort of fairy, maybe?

The kids take a spin on the carousel.

They soon found out it was spinning backwards!

They thought that was so funny!

Libby wanted me take her picture with this ghost.

She actually wanted to climb up the hill and stand next to it,

but mean mama said no!

Some more posing with the props.

This was at the very end of the zoo and the kids were

still willing to pose for pictures!

It was a wonderful day!

One last picture...

Libby the firefighter!

She made me take her picture twice because she thinks

it's funny!

Libby and her Great Pumpkin

Libby was so excited Saturday when I told her we were going pumpkin shopping! Of course she also thought it would be time to trick or treat! After we looked at the calendar and counted the days until Halloween, she was able to once again get excited about getting her pumpkin, and not trick or treating for 13 more days! In the past I have taken Libby to fancy pumpkin patches and spent $40 or more on pumpkins. This year I decided to skip the pumpkin patch and go to a local produce stand down the road. Libby wanted to get four pumpkins...one each for mommy, daddy, Libby, and of course Ginger. Now given my history with expensive pumpkins, I told her pumpkins were very expensive and she could get one big pumpkin and 3 little pumpkins. I had $50 cash in my pocket, ready to shop! We found a BIG pumpkin, and three little baby pumpkins that fit in the palm of my hand! We went to the cashier, I held my breath as I waited for the grand total...The lady said, "That will be $2.50." Huh? The big pumpkin was $1.00! I was so excited I almost went and picked out 3 more big pumpkins for my baby! But I didn't really want to carve them all, so we just said, "Thank you" and left! WooHoo! I'm sorry fancy pumpkin patch in the city...I don't think you will be seeing us again!

Here is Libby with her $1.00 pumpkin and a giant spoon getting ready to clean out the pumpkin. She did think it looked a little gross inside!

She's going for it....


Eeew! Pumpkin guts!
She was loving every minute of it!

Here is the finished product!

Notice the three little pumpkins!

We just decorated those with a sharpie marker!

Ooooo...scary!

Well, not so much!

You can't tell, but the candle is actually lit in this picture.

Libby wanted me to get a picture with her sitting behind the pumpkins.

Ok!

Mommy's First Haircut...

Well, let me clarify...Mommy's first time cutting Libby's hair! I know, Daring! I've always been one to chop on my own hair. It started way back in middle school when I wanted a spike! I figured I could just do it myself! It was special looking, even for a spike! But I've tried to contain my hair cutting urges with Libby. For one reason, I didn't want her to think it was ok to start chopping her own hair off. Secondly, it's one thing to give yourself a bad haircut, but to do that to your own daughter?! What if the scissors slipped and she ended up with a spiked mullet or something?!

Now that Libby is in school all day, it's harder to get her to the beauty salon for a hair cut. I figured I could handle a simple trim, and she's old enough now to understand that she can't cut her own hair...so I went for it! Libby was actually very excited to learn I was going to cut her hair right in the middle of the kitchen! Mommy was a little slow, but Libby was very patient and sat fairly still the whole time!

Here is Libby after her haircut before I dried it.

Not bad!

The back of her hair was a little tricky. Many of you may not know that Libby actually has very curly hair...underneath! The very top layer of her hair is straight, so I straighten her hair when I dry it. Anyway...it was a little tricky to cut the back because every time I would comb her hair out to cut it, it would boing right back up! As you can see in this picture its a little frizzy in the back. I was afraid it wouldn't lay right when I fixed her hair.

Ta-Dah! Here is the finished product!

It all turned out, even the back! She looks so cute with her short hair!

Overall, the haircut was a success!

(Although now without all the weight of her hair, she does wake up with a fierce bed head! I guess you can't have it all!)

Playdate with Josie

A few weekends ago, my friend Vosko invited Libby and me over for a play date. Aaah...so this is what people who don't work all weekend do! Josie had just gotten a new tinkerbell outfit and Libby was instructed to bring her dress up clothes as well! Libby also brought Josie some puzzles that she had outgrown and wanted to give to Josie. Vosko accused us of making a mess! Hmmph!

Libby and Josie working on a puzzle together.

Let the dress-up begin!

Libby also brought over all her play jewelery.

These were a couple of fancy looking girls!

Jewelery can be used for accessorizing...

or just something to snack on!

Libby thinks she's still little enough to play

on Josie's ride-along pony!

Mess? What Mess? Vosko is crazy!

Here is Jack participating in all the fun!

Do they get any prettier than this?!?

I know how much Vosko likes having her picture posted on the internet...

so this one's for you, Vosko!!

Who loves you now?!