Gingerbread House

A couple weeks ago my family and I bought a kit...

A kit to make a gingerbread house AND train. 

Of course, Nate was pretty thrilled with the train idea. 

(Or was it the candy? Hmm...)

Even though the instrustions seemed like they came from Ikea...

and it never got to that "just like the picture on the box" level...

it was still pretty fun to make with mom and Nate.

After we were done decorating...

 

Nate was being a perfect little angle next to the house when...

 

Nom!

 

He kept acting like he was going to take a big bite out of  both the house and the train. 

 

  

And even though there was no hole in the side of the house...

notice the missing candies on the roof?

Hmm... suspicious.

Kiko

This is Kiko, the new baby giraffe at the Greenville zoo.

He's about 7 feet tall...

And looks just like his dad, Walter..

And his mom, Autumn

Walter and Autumn seem to really enjoy Kiko. 

 

And Walter and Autumn seem to like each other too. 

Seems like a sweet little family...

Congrats to Autumn, Walter and the Greenville Zoo.

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If you want to see more of Kiko and his family you can visit the Giraffe Cam.

Happy Halloween!

Wow, it has already been about a month since I last posted. 

Time seems to really fly. 

Just thought I would stop by and say "Happy Halloween!"

Unfortunatly, there are no costume pictures this year...

there seems to be a cold going around.

Here's some jack-o-lanterns though!

The kitty is mine and the "creepy face" is Nate's.

(Of course, Nate only did the design, not the cutting!) 

Hope everyone has had a fun night!

Apples

It's already starting to feel like fall...

and when I think of fall I also think of apples. 

A couple Saturdays ago (I meant to update then) my family and I went Apple picking.

The following are some pictures from the little trip. 

My two little brothers. haha

Nate wanted to try to pull me in the wagon. It didn't work out so well.

Nate sees and sits on a pumpkin.

Nate explains why he wants the "pumpkin pumpkin."

Nate riding with him new pumpkin friend in the wagon. haha

Apples.

Superhero Birthday Party

 Last Saturday was Nate's 3rd birthday!

 

It was full of balloons, cake and superheros!  

We had Captain America shield cupcakes (they were actually pretty good!)...

And even Captain America himself!

 It ended up being a pretty fun party. 

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Also....

I tried out for the Youth Symphony Orchestra last week and got in!

I will be starting practice this Monday.

I'm pretty excited about that. 

Hope everyone is having a nice day!

Mindy Smith

Well, unfortunately, I don't have any pictures from strings camp...

Although I will say that it was a blast!

At the end of the week, mom and I went to a Mindy Smith concert. 

I have been listened to her since I was little and it was really fun to finally get to see her perform live. 

She not only has a great voice but also acts normal on-stage.  

(By normal, I mean she didn't act like she was better than anyone else.)

She joked around about how she really doesn't like crickets in her house, how she bought a box at the Goodwill because she thought it might have some great treasure in it, and how she had a hole in her stocking that was bothering her. 

In all, she seemed like a really nice person. 

Here's one of her songs, if you have never heard of her. 

Strings Camp

First day of strings camp and so far... it's a blast. 

I may or may not be able to post pictures later. 

When the week ends, I'll say if I will be able to or not...

and maybe when I do that I will go ahead and post more pictures of the trip out West. 

Sorry for the lack of post... I'm trying to get back into a routine with this blogging.