Spooktacular and New yard

My school Spooktacular was Friday night, so Mia got

to dress up in her costume early. She is a Teradactyl from

the Teradon family and she will tell you so. She is still completely

fascinated with dinosaurs and she was a hit. People can't quite seem to get

over the fact that a little girl is obsessed with dinosaurs but it's true. I had to

get over my own sadness not being able to dress her in something girly, but I'm a believer in

letting kids be who they want in life and on Halloween, so here she is :)

PTA really did an amazing job, there were over 20 carnival games,

a live DJ and more. It was definitely a fun time, now we need to catch our

breath because we have Trunk or Treat at the church Wednesday night,

her school parade/party Thursday as well as her dance class party Thursday,

then off to Aunt Brooke's to St. George to go to some amazing pumpkin farm festival,

then back home for Halloween on Monday, oh boy!!! Did I mention kids go to school on

Halloween this year, and with my fun class of 3rd graders this year, I might loose it.

Sunday morning we decorated our pumpkins with these cool

potato head things we got at Party City. It came with a million pieces and

it was so easy and fun. Definitely worth the 8 bucks!

and there they are...

We got this cute pumpkin plant that Mia loves.

Now onto what we've been doing the last 2 weeks!! This

is the only pic I could find of a before, except it doesn't have our

courtyard, so imagine that is there..... and

now look!!!

isn't it beautiful??

Mia standing on her very own grass!! She is beyond excited!!

part of the courtyard, Strawberry tree, I can't show the other

side because it's not done, I will post more

look at this cool rock wall! Our landscaper is AMAZING!

And now to the backyard, look at all the grass!!

trees and roses

The whole is the soon to be sandbox, more pics to come

just a cute pic, I will post more pics when the front side yard is

done too, we are so excited to have a yard, we've been saving for 2 years,

so we are happy! We are just putting chat on the rest of the backyard, since we will want a pool sometime

in the future (way future probably) and there was no sense in spending money on that part when we have to dig it up anyway :)

fun little pumpkin patch down the street

being a ham

this cat is so funny, he LOVES napping with her ( yes she is

in her bed under her bear) sometimes he gets so mad when

we wake him up, he's such a good little friend, it sounds strange

but they even play hide and seek together, he LOVES playing with her

they even fight like siblings :)

these two are also very funny. Every night, Rick lets Bentley in

through the back door and Spock gets on his hind legs and swats his

butt all the way to the laundry room. It is soooo funny. He is definitely the

boss around here. I feel like I'm running a zoo sometimes . I will post a video of it.

Look what my dad found by his pool!! Sooo cool!

We brought him to our house, but he started making a

crying sound so we took him back, I can't figure out what kind

he is. Awesome :)

Mia of course fell in love, this one loves anything that moves

and breaths. She didn't want to let him go.

of course the cat wouldn't leave him alone and at one

point the toad jumped out, he's super fast!

Mia very excited about decorating for fall

We went to Gilcrease farm today to pick pumpkins.

Mia was so cute and when she posed she said, "Merry

Pumpkin Picking day!"

She was very determined to find the "perfect " pumpkin

We ended up with 5!!

besides the wind, it was really fun!

Dad came and tried to keep up with his crutches, he

did pretty good

Since it is a farm, we let her drive

Then we went across the street to another farm that had

baby kittens, oh boy! That's all we've heard today, "I

want a baby kitten!"

They had cows, sheep, goats, chickens, huge bunnies,

and much more

They even had a little train to ride

and fish to look at

found a spot to wait for the horse ride

she was putting on a show for everyone, she LOVES to dance

and is in tap/ballet this year, so she is definitely being a ham!

she was smiling the ENTIRE time on this horse. Too cute!

It was a very fun day, more pics to come. Mia has been so obsessed

with cars for the last 6 months, and I need to get it on tape. She spent an

hour with my dad going through the car/driver magazine showing him every single

name of the cars- honda, Mercedes, BMW, you name it, it's amazing. She memorizes

their symbols/style and can name them all. It's so funny to watch a little girl who looks

so girlie, yet she likes nothing that has to do with being a girl. She will only shop for dinosaurs and

cars. I guess we have the best of both worlds with this one. She's definitely a treasure!!!