Halloween

Genevieve had such a great Halloween this year. On Sunday, October 28th, we took her to the church's fall celebration and trunk or treat. We were only there for an hour but it must have felt like all day to Genevieve. She was so excited to go on the jupiter jump, that's literally all she could talk about before we got there. Once we got there, she wasn't having it. I tried to put her in the little kids jupiter jump and she freaked out. So we went around and played some of the games before the trunk or treat. Once all of the kids were busy trick or treating through the parking lot, Genevieve and I were able to get into the big kids jupiter jump. She had so much fun, she kept saying "I do jupiter jump momma." I literally couldn't get her out of it, I had to trick her just to get her to go trick or treating. We were the last ones to go through and trick or treat and just so you know, going last has it's advantages. People were just unloading candy on her. She came away with the biggest bag of candy for a 2 year old. Once we left and went home, it was forever before she fell asleep, she had so much fun she just couldn't wind down. I'm just glad she had a good time. (I wrote this back in November, but the computer was down and I couldn't add any pictures.)

Finally!!!

Ok, slap my hand...it's been almost a month since I've added anything to this so here is my explantion. Needless to say I started out all hot and heavy on this and then my computer at home just died. I was on it one night trying to update this and it just quit. I went to restart it and all it would do is go to a blank screen. It offered to start up in safe mode, tried that, didn't work. Tried to load it manually, didn't work. So I spoke to our IT guy for my company and he stated that I need to reinstall Windows and that if I could afford to update Windows that I need to go ahead and do that. We have opted to just buy a new computer and since Christmas is just around the corner and way more important than a silly computer, we will just have to buy one after the holidays. So until then I will be updating my blog at work...which is what I am doing right now (I swear I am a good employee). So just bear with me...thanks!

Pumpkin Patch

The annual tradition of going to the pumpkin patch took place on October 13th. For those who know us, know that Michael and I have been going to the same pumpkin patch since 2001, we talk about going all year long. Genevieve really enjoyed it this year, as you can see from the pictures. We initially went to McClain's where we bought all of our pumpkins, then we went to Carmichael's to take all of the pictures you see below.


I couldn't get her to look at the camera to save my life! Oh well...


They had a petting zoo that she, of course, throughly enjoyed. Unfortunately she kept moving around so not many of those pictures came out, most ended up blurry.


I'll have to get some pictures of her and our new Halloween inspired Snoopy and Woodstock inflatable. She just loves that thing.

Michael's Birthday

Michael's birthday was Saturday, October 13th. I made him a cake that we all enjoyed, especially Genevieve. That night we all went out to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and then we were off to the pumpkin patch. All in all I think he had a good birthday. Genevieve kept singing "happy birthday to you daddy," it was too cute!

Potty time!

We bought Genevieve a potty on October 6th since we kept getting notes from daycare saying, "tried potty." She was so excited when we put it in the cart to purchase, she couldn't wait to go home and try it out. So as soon as we got home, Michael put it together and there she sat...but nothing happened. Several days passed and still nothing, until Thursday, October 11th when the magic happened! We were getting ready for her nightly bath when she said "I need to go potty." So she sat down on her potty and it wasn't a few seconds later that she went. I was so excited and then she got all excited. Unfortunately Michael had to work that night so he missed it, but we couldn't wait to call daddy and tell him all about it. Daddy was so proud he told everyone at the bank!

Binky free!!!

I am proud to announce that it has been two whole weeks since Genevieve has had a binky. The mission to rid her of her binky started two Sundays ago when we decided to see just how long we could keep it from her. During the first day I caught her on her step stool reaching into the kitchen sink trying to retrieve one, but she was unsuccessful. As the days passed, her requests for a binky became fewer and fewer. And here we are binky free at last! I just refused to have the kid that still has a binky at four years old. This is not only a huge victory for Genevieve but for us as well (who dreaded leaving the house without one). I'm so proud of my big girl!

Company Scavenger Hunt

On Friday, my company closed our office for the afternoon to have a scavenger hunt at the fair. Sound crazy...well it was. I was on a team of six chosen at random to run around the fair with trying to snap pictures of hard to find items. The harder the item was to find, the more points it was worth, and you could earn extra points if you could convince complete strangers to be in the picture with your team. I had two missions on this scavenger hunt, one was to have fun and the other was to win. Since my fabulous husband manages one of the many Arvest Banks in Tulsa, we were able to get gift cards as prizes for all of the teams. We had a great time running around the fair looking like maniacs. And oh yeah...my team did win! Go Green!

A few cute purchases

So last week I saw a few things that Genevieve just couldn't live without. One was a new jacket (seen below) that Michael and I found at Ross (of all places). I just couldn't pass it up, it was only $14 and reversible. What made it even better was that I didn't have to argue with Michael about buying it (he thought it was pretty cute too). Plus, it's not even cold yet and Genevieve loves wearing it around the house.
The other thing was a new diaper bag (seen below). I don't think it is necessarily a diaper bag, but that's what I've made it. Found this great buy at the fair for $6. I have been so excited about this bag until last night, when we were all at Garden Ridge and found bags just like it (but in different prints) for only $3. Good thing is that they are so cheap I won't feel guilty having several different ones!

Genevieve sings

It's no secret that Genevieve loves to sing. She really shocked us when she sang her ABC's all the way through when she was 18 months old. Last night she started singing Jesus Loves Me. When I heard her sing it for the first time it brought tears to my eyes, it was so unbelievably sweet! It was so cute that we just had to call NaNa and PaPa and have her sing it to them. This is her singing Jesus Loves Me.



This is her singing The Itsy Bitsy Spider.


Something tells me that Genevieve is going to be a singer when she grows up!

At night at Incredible Pizza

About two weeks ago a vendor for the company I work for put on a customer appreciate night at Incredible Pizza. So of course, I wouldn't have to cook dinner, so we went. A girl I work with was kind enough to bring her camera to capture the fun and then share the pictures with us. We had a good time playing all of the games and driving the go carts. Genevieve had fun rolling balls up and down the ski ball game. This picture was taken in front of that game.