More Fall Fun!

We've been having lots of fall fun around here lately! Here are a few pictures of what we've been up to lately :)

Painting pumpkins with Daddy :)
{We strategically planned this activity for when Hadley was already in bed!}

Yes, swimming is a fall activity in Texas! ;)  We had a few days where it was starting to feel a bit like fall, but it's been HOT again the past couple of days! The lighting is terrible here, but I love this picture!

In one of our books {maybe one of the Berenstain Bear books?}, there is bobbing for apples. Ever since reading about bobbing for apples, Shelby has insisted that we need to bob for apples. So, that's just what we did! ;)

Of course, all of the apples we had on hand were too big for even Daddy to get a hold of...so we sliced the apples & tried again! ;)  The expressions on each of their faces crack me up! Hadley had no clue what we were doing & Shelby was delighted!

We thought we could get away with just doing this activity once and "checking the box," but Shelby has been asking ever since when we are doing it again. ;)

Georgia Football, of course! :)
Auntie Em got this dress for Shelby when she was a baby, and now it's Hadley's turn to wear it!

I tried to find a picture of Shelby wearing this UGA dress when she was around this age, but couldn't find it anywhere. :(  But I did manage to find this picture that Angela had posted on FB of Shelby in the dress with Adam...can't believe they were ever this little, but at the same time it feels like it was just yesterday we were sitting on Angela's living room floor with those babies!

Shelby has really been into Georgia football this year, so it's made it even more fun than usual! Here is Derek enjoying the game with his girls :)  Derek can never sit down when UGA is playing, and apparently his girls can't either ;)

Grammy sent the girls a new book for Halloween, and almost immediately after opening it Shelby exclaimed: "We better write her a thank you note!" My mom would be proud I'm raising Shelby right ;)  After writing the note, Shelby insisted Grammy & Grampy needed a picture, too. I left her to work on her picture while I switched out the laundry, and when I came back she shouted: "Look, it's Queen Grammy!" :)  Her ability to draw/paint has really flourished in the past couple of months! It seems like we've gone from scribbles to masterpieces (aka actually being able to identify what she's drawn, ha!) overnight!

Shelby & Derek at Donuts with Dad at preschool :)

Shelby absolutely ADORED painting her pumpkins and kept asking to do it again, so we picked up a couple extra little pumpkins at her school's pumpkin patch and attempted it with Hadley this time. I was convinced this activity would lead to a major meltdown for Hadley (which was why she was in bed the first time we did this), but I was so wrong! Hadley absolutely loved it! My plan was for Shelby to start first so Hadley would know what to do. But before Shelby could show her the ropes, Hadley just sat down, picked up her brush, and started painting like she's been doing it her whole life! She was very serious about her painting!

We'd already made trips to two of the big farms/pumpkin patches in our area, but we made a little trip to Fiesta Farm again this weekend since it's so close (about 3 miles from our house).

We've had a low key day today--sleeping in, cinnamon rolls for breakfast, family run & playground time, painting, lunch, and baths followed by naps for Derek & the girls. Leftovers is on the menu for dinner tonight, and then Derek & Shelby are headed out for a Daddy/Daughter date at Barnes & Noble! :)  Happy Sunday, everyone!