Furman Homecoming and Disney on Ice

Last weekend we headed up to Greenville for Furman's annual Homecoming weekend. Jeremy and I are proud to say we've been to every single Homecoming weekend since we graduated (er, I guess since we started) college. Although we do seem to spend less and less time there each year as we know fewer people :-( Despite the drizzly, cold weather we got some great pictures Saturday hanging around the Bell Tower. When we got home on Sunday, Sarah and I turned around and left for Disney on Ice with our friends Leslie and Melanie. It was so much fun! Sarah enjoyed every minute of it even down to the trolley (MARTA) ride. We'll, she didn't so much love the MARTA ride back when we had to stand up on the train because it was so crowded...but she loved everything else :-)

Enjoy the pics! Also, I've noticed that I only have one blog "follower" and it makes me a little depressed :-/ If you are a reader (often, seldom, or anywhere in between), I would love for you to join as a follower :-)

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I have been following this blog for a little while now, and the Not Me! Monday! posts are really funny, so I decided to start posting some of my own:-)

This week...(and there's no way all of these happened in one day)
1) I did not walk out of the Carter's store with a new load of clothes Sarah does not need, and I most certainly did not leave the entire stroller inside the store, only realizing it was missing when I got to the car and opened the trunk to put it back inside. (By the way, in case you're wondering, I did have Sarah with me).
2) I would never let Sarah paint while wearing a brand new Halloween dress without a paint shirt, and never, ever, would I let her get green paint on the white part of the dress! (it came out Aunt Mary!!!)
3) I did not let Sarah mess up the packaging in several brand new pairs of shoes at DSW and I did not let her take the "sticks" out of the shoes and wander around the store banging them like drumsticks on all of the mirrors.
4) Speaking of shoes, and this is the worst thing I would never, ever do: I would NEVER let Sarah wander around an antique store without holding my hand, and I would never let her out of my sight long enough to then later see her holding a package of silicon beads from inside a shoe IN HER MOUTH. You know, the beads that say DO NOT EAT all over the package, as if anyone is dumb enough to put them in their mouth or let someone small put them in their mouth. Just so you know, I guess you can actually lick the beads without any major medical disasters, as long as you don't eat the whole package...but I wouldn't try it if I were you. Finally, when I noticed what Sarah was not doing with the package of beads, I certainly did not go over and rip the beads from her hand and proceed to spank her on the hand in the middle of the store, as if it was her fault that I was not paying close enough attention to her in the store!

Fall Fun

Fall is here! It's pumpkin patch time! I decided to buy a Stone Mountain annual membership, so Sarah, my mom, and I took our first trip out there on Friday to visit the Pumpkin Festival. We had fun but it sure was HOT for October! Sarah painted a little mini pumpkin, decorated a princess crown, and put up with me in the pumpkin patch while I tried to take pictures. Then we went to ride the SkyRide. Sarah totally loves anything mountain, train, or trolley related (thanks to our summer trip to Pigeon Forge), so I told her we were going to ride the trolley that goes up in the sky to the top of the mountain, and she was fascinated. Overall, the pumpkin festival was nice, but the Christmas festival is much nicer! We can't wait!

Today, we all headed out to Watkinsville to Washington Farms to have more pumpkin patch fun. Here, Sarah totally impressed me by riding the cow train in her very own seat all by herself!!!! Jeremy and I just knew she was going to back out kicking and screaming when we tried to make her sit by herself, but she surprised us and loved the whole thing! Good girl Sarah! She also loved the slide, hayride, duck races, mini gourds, and petting zoo. You can tell that Jeremy liked taking Sarah on a wild go-cart ride :-)

I also recorded Sarah's conversation with herself when she woke up yesterday morning, just for kicks:
Sarah: Gonna be strong at Nana's house. Watch Bambi at Nana's house! Gonna be bigger! Gonna be strong! Gonna be strong! (sigh) I'm tired. Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go. Hi ho! Tweet tweet. MY birdie. Tap the mat (tapping the mattress). I'm ready to go now at Nana's house!

There's another new post below this one...too many pictures for one post!

2 Year Old Portrait Session

We went to Portrait Innovations on Thursday for a belated two-year old picture session. Michael took some great pictures for us in the summer, but I was itching to have some more pictures taken, so off we went. Sarah did a fabulous job and was able to follow some directions from the photographer, which made the session so much less stressful. Of course, we ended up buying more pictures than we need (because we needed NONE, and we got the "free" CD, so here are some of the pictures :-)