It's been an eventful couple of weeks for us....and with Halloween on the way, I don't think it will slow down too much. These are some of our favorite moments recently:
Tylie loves to read books. This picture just makes me laugh so hard....she looks so grown up and independent. I'm glad we've been able to instill a love for reading in her. I know it will benefit her for the rest of her academic life.
Because of a strange and random course of events, Tylie had to come to work with me one day. The kids were ecstatic to see her, and I had to remind them all day long that school work still came first. Tylie did a really great job of keeping herself entertained and letting mommy do what she needed to. At lunch time, when she and I were just hanging out, she climbed into a box by my desk....too funny.
It took a while to convince her to fall asleep in such a new and exciting place, but she finally nodded off and took about a 45 minute nap. It wasn't nearly long enough, but it got her through the rest of the day without a complete meltdown.
On Thursday when I picked her up at the babysitter, Tylie couldn't stop asking for her dada (in sign language, SO CUTE!). He had a JV football game to cover that night, and it was only about 5-10 minutes from our house, so I took Tylie to see him. She had so much fun running around in the grass and banging on the fence to get his attention. When the game finally ended, she ran out onto the field to meet him.
One of the ladies in our ward arranged for a story time at the local pumpkin patch. We joined in the fun, and I was surprised at how well Tylie sat with her little buddies and paid attention to the story. It was very cute to watch her sitting in the hay engrossed in the book.
She even got so into it at one point that she stood up and walked right over to the guy telling the story. She was concentrating so hard, and all of her focus was on him.
Of course, that also happened to be at the climax of the story when he shouted "CRACK!" and all of the kids jumped.....especially Tylie....
He felt really bad for scaring her, but we got her calmed down quickly, and she still gave him a smile in the end. Then it was off through the patch. She immediately headed for the baby pumpkins and picked out one that we just had to take home with us.
Thanks to a dear friend (Martie, we love you!!), we got free tickets into the South Carolina State Fair! So, we took a couple hours off of homework, school applications, and the monotony of life to take Tylie to her first fair. It was a lot of fun, and we didn't even have to spend much money....just one treat....how can you resist with all the delicious aromas wafting through the air at lunch time!?!
Measuring Tylie...sorry kiddo, I don't think you qualify for any of the rides!
All of us taking in the crazy atmosphere.
The arts and crafts building. Brent was such a trooper to tag along through all the cake decorating, quilting, scrapbooking, cookie, crafty displays. Tylie wanted to ride on his shoulders all day long, and most of the time he obliged.
My favorite picture of the whole day. My two favorite people in the whole world having a great time together.
The petting zoo was a huge hit. There was a momma and baby donkey, and they were the softest, sweetest animals ever. They came right up to us and let us snuggle them a little. I think Tylie thought they were dogs...which she loves...so she enjoyed them a lot.
The Bug's very first funnel cakes. They were absolutely delicious!
What else can you do after a long day at the fair?!? She slept the whole way home, and then for another couple hours after we got to the house. She even let mom and dad get a nap in too!
We had a really good time, and feel blessed to be able to do things like that together. Now we're gearing up for one of my favorite holidays of the year...
