Fall Fun

I have always loved Fall and loved everything that comes with it - cooler weather, getting sweaters and boots out again, the leaves changing color, and of course the pumpkins! Yesterday Meg and I visited a pumpkin patch and came home with WAY more pumpkins than I was planning on but she just loved so many of them. There was also an incident where she was pointing to a pumpkin she liked with her foot, then stepped on it only to find out it was rotten and her whole leg went into the pumpkin right up to her knee! She was a great sport about it though and we still had a lot of fun. 
Here are some pictures of our visit.

This big guy now rests on our front porch. It is a gorgeous pumpkin and a great choice by Meg!

She ran around the entire pumpkin patch checking out every possible option. She insisted on picking some up and broke one along the way. Luckily the farm owners were very nice!

These are only two of the pumpkins we bought, however they are by far the biggest of the bunch. Meg got to ride all the way up by the car in the trailer.

First Day of School Photo Shoot

Meg was supposed to go to JK this September but we decided against it for a variety of reasons. Our plan up until last week was to keep her at her preschool another year, and then the Montessori school called and said they had a spot for her! We were very excited because it offers the best of both worlds - more focus on learning in a classroom environment, combined with the security/safety we loved of her preschool.
Montessori follows the school calendar so she had her first day on Tuesday. She was excited and nervous but she did REALLY well. There were no tears, just her looking out the window as we drove away. Mom had a few tears after leaving because it really made me realize our little girl is growing up! 
We were anxious to pick her up. When we got there she came running and jumped right into daddy's arms. She told us all about it and was very excited. She said she didn't want to go back to preschool again. She was very excited to have a new friend, Avery, who lives right behind us. 
All in all, a good start to a new school year.
Below is our some pics of our photo shoot the morning of her first day.

Big smile, wearing her new outfit and new backpack! 

Model pose

Silly pose

Getting out of the car when we got there