Mia enjoyed her first "major" holiday, Halloween, with lots of fun activities.....all the while dressed as a duck! It wouldn't be a party if she wasn't with her partner in crime, Tripp, who loves wearing his bumble bee costume (no seriously, he goes crazy when I pull it out of the closet - he jumps around like a maniac until I put it on him!).
The week started off with a trip to the "pumpkin patch" on Monday evening. Now I had the pleasure of growing up in the Midwest where we went to Whitehouse Farms to select great big pumpkins and were able to pick apples in the orchard, but unfortunately South Florida is a little different.....the front lawn of a church constitutes a patch, but we'll take what we can get! There is a trade-off for the year round fantastic weather and the true essence of fall is one of them. Since Mia knows nothing different, she went about picking out the perfect pumpkin, got measured next to the "How Tall This Fall" sign and enjoyed watching all the big kids run around!
Next up on the Halloween circuit was Mommy's book club, which of course was fall-themed. Since this was Mia's first time attending a meeting, she got to lead the discussion about this month's book, Elmo's Monster Mash :) The next night we were supposed to attend a Halloween party, but since I'm usually beat by the end of the work week, we decided to stay in and have a family dinner on the patio, where Mia enjoyed her first taste of real food, sweet potatoes, and loved them!
The Beautiful Babes Book Club....where lots of eating, drinking and chatting (not about the book) takes place!
The rest of the weekend was jam-packed with fun parties and get togethers with Mia's friends! We spent Saturday with Pebbles (Aunt April) and the Lemasneys at their neighborhood Halloween block party and Sunday we went trick-or-treating with a bunch of our friends in The Heights. Although Mia didn't bring home any loot this year, she did try to steal Zachary's sippy cup and thoroughly enjoyed the wagon ride around the neighborhood with all her little friends! Next year Mommy looks forward to you filling an orange pumpkin with lots of her favorite treats....that she will of course check thoroughly :)
The cutest little duckling around!
With her boyfriend, Brogan as Frankenstein, and his big sister, Carrigan as a ladybug
Family photo op - Wilma, Pebbles, and ducky (next year Mia will be Pebbles and Tripp will be Dino so we all go together!)
Enjoying the beautiful weather outside during the Halloween block party
Mia's 1st Halloween and pumpkin :)
This little ducky is learning to fly with a little help from Daddy!
Ready to go in the wagon....
Hmmmm...not a big fan of my sippy cup at home, but I think I might want this one! I'll take it now that the lion isn't looking....
Staring intently at Zachary, the lion
Daddy and his co-worker with me and my new friend, Jude
Now that all the festivities are done, this pooped little cowgirl is ready to ride off into the sunset....
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