Brought to You by the Letter F....

Johnny Appleseed's Prayer

Happy Birthday, Aunt Roro!

Robyn, Brad's sister, is the first to kick off a month of birthdays!! We have Robyn's today, my mom's on the 7th, Brad's on the 20th, and AC's on the 30th!! Whew....busy month, but a fun one to celebrate!

Could It Be Fall?

Today has been fabulous in regards to the weather. When we got home this afternoon, we went straight to the yard! It was too beautiful to stay inside.
We took Carly (AC's baby doll) on a walk:

And she even had to take Carly's backpack. She said, "In case Carly isn't happy, I need to have her things with me." Of course.

 

 I'm not sure what was going on at this point, but AC stopped to give Carly a pep talk.

And this is how we ended the walk. AC wins Mother of the Year.  

 After our walk, we went and played in the backyard. The people who lived here before us left a ladder going up to a big tree. AC was feeling brave and decided to climb up the ladder. Little monkey.

DWTS

AC is a huge Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) fan, so she has been counting down the days to the new season that starts tonight. She even had a particular dress up outfit picked out to wear during the show. When we got home tonight, she made score cards so she could play along with the judges after each performance.

Friday Night Football....

It's no shock that our family loves a good football game! Every fall, we try to make it to atleast one home football game for one of the local private schools where some of our teens from church attend. This is the first year we don't have a teen participating in some aspect of the football gam (player, drill team, etc.), but we still wanted to go to a game. We had fun tonight, but I just wish it had been cooler....maybe we'll go to another game this year in November! AC loves everything about a high school game - the players, the band, the cheerleaders, the people, the concession stand!
I looked back through the blog and found a picture from every year's football game:
2007:

2008:

2009:

Tonight:

And a good family picture! Two thumbs up for the successful self-portrait!

Play-Doh Plus

Our dear friend, Brandee, gave Anna Claire a new super Play-Doh set complete with 20 different colors, all kinds of shape cutters, etc! This will entertain AC for hours. I have to leave the room b/c I am a playdough purist, and her color mixing makes me cringe. Oh well. 

She's saying "Thank you, Brandee" in this picture.