The Greatest Show on Earth!!

A few weeks ago we went to the circus with some friends in Bowling Green. We were lucky and got box seats at a discounted rate. It was nice because the kids didn't have to sit still in their sit the whole time, they could run around and be silly!

I have to admit that I wasn't really looking forward to the circus. I remembered going as a child and it was fun but, it didn't really sound too thrilling to me at this age! Mitch wasn't thrilled either but, we knew Annie would love it! It turns out we were wrong!! We all three enjoyed it!! They had the elephants, lions, and other animal shows that they kids thought were fun AND they had magic shows that really left us adults wondering "How in the world did they do that?"!! It was such a fun experience and I'm sure we will do it all over again in a couple of years!

She Works Hard for the Money

Last year Mitch and I opened Annie's college savings account. Annie has been saving some of her own money to put into her account for "when I go to college" she says. She loves when we go to the bank because our friendly drive-thru teller, Jessica, always gives her 2 suckers! And although Annie doesn't like suckers for more than 10 seconds she still gets SO excited every time! She and Jessica are best buds! Annie was really excited last week when we counted up some of her money to take to the bank! We counted $50 worth of quarters and some dollars that she has either earned or were given to her by grandparents. She held her head high and was so proud of herself as she carried her bag of money into the bank! Jessica was almost as excited as Annie to see her inside the bank! Here is my proud girl with her loot!

Dashing through the snow...

Things Annie Says

Annie has been saying some cute things lately and I have to write them down before I forget.

The other day she picked up a Fancy Nancy book and said "This is my favorite book, Fancy Fancy!". So cute! Then, she began to read it and said "Once uponce a time".

Yesterday she came home from school and Mitch asked her what she did at school she said, "I pway superheros". We thought this was funny because we have never even talked about superheros. Then he said "What superhero were you?" she replied "BATMAN!". Later when I asked her how she learned about Batman she said "Ben!" with a big smile on her face! We haven't heard her talk about Ben as much this year but apparently the spark is still there!

Before bed last night she leaned toward me with her hand cupped to her mouth and said "Can I tell you a secret?". I said sure and she leaned in and said "Mrs. Heidi (her teacher) said warm it up ships!". I had no clue what she was talking about. When went upstairs and I had her tell Mitch and he could not figure it out either! She probably said it twenty times and we guessed every imaginable thing we thought it could be but, she kept saying "No, warm it up ships!". Finally, we gave up and I went to put her to bed. I asked one more time and said "what were you doing when she said that?". Annie replied "Shakin' my booty!"! Then I said "did she say 'warm up those hips?". She said "Yes, warm up those hips!". :)

The Flu

My sweet little Annie girl has the flu! Yes, I am that Mom that cancelled her flu shot appointment and completely forgot to reschedule and now my child has the flu! On the up side, Annie has been in the best mood! Besides her cough, which is getting much better, you wouldn't even know she is sick! She is a trooper! Mitch and I actually joked last night about keeping her on Tamiflu on a regular basis! ;) We have watched the Polar Express 2 1/2 times this weekend and I think tonight we are going to ride in the car to look at the lights on 109 in Lebanon. We are trying to stay in and away from others so we don't infect them. We are making the best of this situation and still having a great weekend!

Anything but shy

Annie has always been really talkative at home, I mean REALLY talkative. To the point where you sometimes tune it out and then occasionally say "cool" or "yeah" and nod your head like you are completely involved in the conversation but you really have no idea what is going on. In public though she tends to be pretty shy. In the past few days she has done a complete 180. This weekend she walked up to complete strangers and said "I'm Annie. What's your name?". Then the person normally asks how old she is and she says, "I'm 2(while holding up 2 1/2 fingers) almost three(then the rest of the third finger comes up). She just randomly has conversations with people! Last night while Mitch was trying on shoes she played basketball with the sales associate at Dick's for about 15 minutes. Then the proceeded to play hide and seek and soccer! Needless to say, she is becoming a social butterfly!

I'm Minnie!

A trip to the pumpkin patch!

Fall is one of my favorite times of the year! And it is not complete without a trip to the pumpkin patch! We went to Bottomview Farms again this year because they have fun activities for the kids and it doesn't feel commercialized like some of the others. I think the sweet little lady that takes your money at the entrance is the owner!

**Side note: I just realized I put these pictures in reverse order! Oops!

This slide was really fun! We both took

a turn taking Annie down it.

I kinda wanted to

try it by myself!

The corn hut

Annie truly loves any type of farm animal!

Examining her pumpkin

The search begins!

We went the 3rd weekend and

they still had a ton of pumpkins-big and little!

So excited and ready to go!