A Fall Breakfast with the Kurtzs and JPO

Since it is difficult to get the Kurtzs, Olivers, Bracewells and McCullicks all together, we decided to try breakfast! Who has anything to do at 8:30 am on a Saturday morning???

Adaline did a pretty good job until the end of breakfast. This is a picture of JPO stopping Adaline from running into the street. As I told Jenny, it takes a village to raise a child - I didn't even see her dash towards the road! Yikes. Adaline is holding the pumpkin JPO brought her, complete with her own Halloween bracelet. Very cute!

I grew up with the Kurtzs and Olivers, so it was very special to get the group together, although it was a bit chilly - our first real fall morning this year.

As you can see, Adaline was quite a pistol by the end of the morning. We will have to get together again soon!

An Evening with the Reicherts

We had a great Saturday evening out with Jill, Tom, and Repp Reichert. Repp and Adaline ran circles around the adults - they were such fun to watch.

Repp is a GREAT bubble blower and will no-doubt teach his soon-to-arrive little brother the ins and outs of blowing bubbles.

Adaline and Repp had even more fun at the outdoor restaurant we visited - there is a boat fountain in the middle of the dining area, and they enjoyed throwing little rocks into the boat. I'm not sure either child ate much dinner - but they had lots of fun!

Mimi's Breast Cancer Walk

Mimi and Poppa returned from three weeks in Russia, and what do they do to catch up on their rest??? Mimi walks a 13-mile breast cancer walk.

Where's Mimi???

Here she comes!

Can you believe she made it? We were so proud of Mimi... The walk raised over $115,000 for breast cancer research!

Mommy-Daughter day!

Adaline had the day off from school, so Mommy decided to take the day off too! We had lunch with our friends Kathryn and Patrick.

Patrick and Adaline are only one day apart in age. He is such a cutie - and said "Yes, Ma'am" and "No, Ma'am." Very impressive. I asked Kathryn to teach the secret to instilling such good manners in Adaline!

We asked the kids to hug good-bye - but Adaline decided it was time to be a two-year old and not oblige... :) Oh well. Maybe next time!

Glamour Girl

Adaline's personality is coming out more and more each day. She is getting the idea of "posing" for pictures - and sometimes the pictures turn out so cute! These are some of my favorites from October...

When I put this outfit on her, I suddenly realized that she was no longer a baby - what a big girl she has become!

Bryan hates it when Adaline pulls out the pacifier - but this picture was too funny, and I had to include it...

Auntie "Nona" gave this to Adaline for Christmas - what a cutie-patootie!

Teaching and Learning

No pictures today - but two Adaline items to update you on...

1. She figured out how to do lace-up toys yesterday in school - the first child in her class to figure it out. :) Bryan and I aren't proud or anything... Unfortunately, she now wants to wear her lace-up tennis shoes all the time, and Mommy prefers the velco tennis shoes... Oh well.

2. Adaline taught a little boy in her class, Grier, how to give high fives - she apparently encouraged him to do it over and over again. Ha!

Have a great Thursday.

Take Three with Santa

Well, we tried again this year. Adaline was excited in the car about meeting Santa, and she was still talking about him when we arrived at the Junior League Marketplace (which was FABULOUS this year, by the way!) - but when we approached the stage and saw a man with lots of hair and a beard, she decided Santa wasn't so great after all...

Santa thought giving her a present to play with might encourage her to like him - but no luck...

Bryan thought she might be willing to at least sit on Santa's lap - but you can see how well that went. I'm not going to post the picture that I think will be our Christmas card - but you can only imagine what it must look like after having seen these shots. Wingate Downs, the photographer, tried and tried to get a good shot, but alas... We will have to wait for take four next year!