Big Girl Bed

Scarlett is now in her big girl bed!

The toddler bed just seemed too small so we went ahead and up-sized. I find comfort in the fact that this is still her crib since it was the conversion kind. Her little teeth marks are even on the foot-board from when she was a baby since that was the front rail of the crib which I like seeing too. She really likes having a big girl bed "like London," and she doesn't roll out of it when she's asleep!

And she's done smiling....

Spring!

We didn't do much of anything during Spring Break this year which is just exactly what we all needed! Scarlett's preschool was out and so was Chris, and while we did a lot of relaxing around the house, we also had some fun. We took Scarlett to the zoo for the first time. It was a beautiful sunny day, almost hot! We didn't take a ton of pictures, but we all had a great time. They have a great children's zoo and Scarlett said her favorites were the alligators and the flamingos of all things.

We've also been doing some "practicing."  She's been practicing on the big-girl swings which actually scares me to death.  I've seen several kids at the parks we go to just flop right out face first.  She does good though.

 

We also practiced pedaling, and finally got it down! She would not pedal her trike but always wanted to just scoot herself around on it in the grass. This drove me crazy because as physical as she is, I know she could pedal. We took her out on the sidewalk and kept at it until she did it!  She did not want to stop and kept going up and down the sidewalk.  Now she's ready for a little bit bigger  bike....good thing her birthday is right around the corner!  She's already called Grandma and Pa and told them she wants a bigger bike!  

Roller Ball Game

We received a Wii for Christmas, and Scarlett is always asking to play "that roller ball game" now.  My sister had the idea to take the girls out to a real live roller ball game. I was unsure if they'd like it, but it was a lot of fun! This will definitely be something we do as a family every once in awhile now.

 Just look at that form!

Pumpkin Carving

We had our first family pumpkin carving event a few days before Halloween. We bought some of those pumpkin carving kits (which actually work by the way) and had some fun! Scarlett loved playing in the pumpkin goo.  It kept her busy for a long time while we carved away. I can say that she now fully understands the word, slimy! 

She pretended like she was cooking...

We had a huge mess to clean up, but she had such a good time.

Ta Da!

Pumpkin Patch OK Style

We made a trip to OK this weekend to see my parents and have our holiday pictures taken.  On Saturday before the OSU game, we went out to a pumpkin patch.  It was COLD and WINDY when we got there, and we were not prepared, but Scarlett had a blast which is all that matters, right!? We went on a hay ride, fed some animals, complained about the wind, went through a muddy corn maze, picked out some pumpkins to take home, complained about the mud, and best of all....Scarlett rode her first pony!

Daddy and Scarlett and their boots!

Practicin' her rodeo moves. 

 

They have "nighttime" corn maze adventures....can you imagine!? No thanks. 

 Scarlett shot down this slide; good thing Pa was there to catch her.  

After coming down she said, "I'm a space ship!"

My new shoes, boo hoo. 

 

Even though I stayed by Scarlett when she rode the pony, I was very surprised she liked it so much.  When she got on she said, "Yee haw!"  I tell ya, this kid is a riot.

 Scarlett's dorky parents...

Blurry, but the best family shot of the day so I had to include it.