Myla as Cookie Monster....

Well, Myla finally got to experience costume wearing for Halloween. Two years ago she was too little, and last year she and I were both sick. She was so excited to get to be Cookie Monster, as he is her favorite resident of Sesame Street. She put the costume on great. We had some issues with her trying it on, but evidently she got over them!

Dressed and ready for the Fall Festival at church.

One Happy Little Cookie Monster!
Greeting Grace aka Minnie Mouse. Grace had already found the cotton candy.

Myla loved watching everyone in their costumes. When we first got there, she just would watch people and die out laughing. It was the funniest thing.

This is her demonstration of how Cookie Monster eats his cookies

Sweet Grace still enjoying her very blue cotton candy.

Robbie as the most precious Mickey Mouse I have ever seen!

Attempted group photo...ha! Think again!

Myla, Grace and I about to ride the train. These two are seriously like two peas in a pod!

Finally a decent one of the two of them

Myla about to go into the Christian Life Center to play games and get "tandy" (candy).

She was not too fond of the games. She wasn't really interested in playing any of them, but we finally managed to get her to do some of them so she could get some candy. Here she is eyeing the "Go Fishing" game. She finally did it once she realized candy was involved.

Her favorite thing by far was the bounce house. I think she could live in one of these things. She LOVES to jump!

Myla's friend, Joshua, joined her in the bounce house.

Seriously, could you not just eat him up! I love this little stinker!

Myla and her friends, twins, Jack and Caroline, pulling the ducks out of the pool. This was Myla's favorite game. She really didn't care to get candy, she just wanted to pull the ducks out....

over and over and over and over and over again!

Daddy and Myla getting one last train ride in before we called it a night!

Arkansas Trip...long post....lots of pictures!

Last Wednesday, Myla and I headed to Arkansas to visit my dad, stepmom and sister. The main reason we went is because my sister, Maggie, was on the homecoming court at her high school, but we made it a little longer trip so we could visit with them for several days. We had a great time! There are a ton of pictures below documenting the trip, but I just thought I would do them all in the same post....so here goes....

In the car on the way up there, I figured Myla would sleep for several hours, but I was wrong. She slept for about 5 minutes out of the 6 hour drive. It was my fault because right after she fell asleep I stopped to get gas and go to the restroom thinking she would go right back to sleep, but she didn't. Oh well, she did pretty good, but about an hour and a half from getting there she started to get really fussy and anxious to get out, so I stopped at a Dairy Queen and got a blizzard...as you can tell from the above picture, she really enjoyed it and kept her entertained for at least 30 minutes!!!
On Thursday, the dress up day for Maggie's school was costume day, so she went as a fairy. Here are she and Myla before she left for school.

Friday afternoon was the homecoming pep rally, so we all went to that to watch Maggie. Myla was very interested in the band and all of the cheerleaders, but she was most interested in Maggie. When she was being escorted out, she just waved and waved, and kept saying, "It's Maggie" or "Hey, Maggie!" It was so funny!

Me, Maggie, Myla and Deddy

(don't make fun of my spelling of "Deddy", that's just the way we've always spelled it!)

Beautiful Maggie!

Myla became quite obessesed with the Swiffer Vacuum cleaner. She ran the batteries down several times. I am thinking she is definitely getting one of these for Christmas, and I can put her to work!

See, she loves it!

Maggie and Myla Friday night before the football game

Myla with Maggie all dressed up. She looked stunning!

Papaw, Myla and Macy

Maggie and Deddy

Maggie and Macy

Myla sporting her football overalls. We had to bundle up once we got outside because it was cold!!!

All bundled up and ready for the game.

Deddy and Maggie coming onto the field.

Queen Maggie!

I was so excited she got queen. I think she could have cared less! She is SO laid back it is not even funny!

Me and Myla trying to stay warm until halftime so we could watch Maggie twirl.

Maggie changed out of her dress to twirl at halftime. I was impressed!

Maggie in her majorette outfit with her crown on....her night was full of activities!

Maggie stealing kisses from Myla before we headed home and thawed out!

On Saturday me, Myla, Deddy and Macy went to a local pumpkin patch while Maggie worked. We had a great time! Myla was a little hesitant at first to do anything, but she finally came around and had a good time.

Running for the pumpkins...she just kept saying, "pumpkin patch" over and over!

Myla and Macy on top of the "mulch mountain". It was a huge hill of sawdust that the kids could run up and down. Myla finally starting running up and down it by herself.

Papaw and Myla walking back to the hayride.

About to go in the corn maze.

Myla leading the way through the maze....we finally made it out. She and Macy went through it twice.

Getting a drink of water after navigating the corn maze.

Later Saturday afternoon, we went to Yellville's local park. They have great kid play equipment. Myla had a great time running and playing, as usual!

With all the playground equipment around, she managed to run down to an open field and find these football sleds. She couldn't figure out what they were for!

She thought it was a car. She sat down and acted like she was using that big circle as a steering wheel!

I told her she needed to push it.....

but she just couldn't muster up the strength!

Little diva putting on Macy's sunglasses.

Ha!

Finishing up on the swings! They are always the most fun!

Thanks, Deddy, Macy and Maggie for a wonderful trip. We had a great time and can't wait to come back!

Pumpkin Patch...

Today Myla and I finally visited the annual pumpkin patch at the Episcopal church, St. Peter's. We have been wanting to go, but the rain has delayed us week after week! Myla was so excited to go, and when we got there she told me she wanted to get her baby sister a pumpkin...so sweet. So we got a "baby" pumpkin for the baby, and a bigger one for her!

Finally at the pumpkin patch!!
YIPPEE!!!
Running for the pumpkins!

Sweet girl taking a break from running through the pumpkins.

"This is so much fun!"

On the run, as always!

Pointing to herself after I asked her, "Where is Myla?", trying to get her to look at the camera!

So many pumpkins, so little time!

She found a stick and was going around touching all the pumpkins with it and counting them. Doesn't take much to entertain sometimes!

Finally....looking at the camera and smiling (a normal smile)!

Giving her baby sister's pumpkin a kiss!

In deep thought...who knows!

Gotta love the posed, fake smile!

Again..."Where's Myla?"

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Just for memory's sake....

2007

2008

Didn't have ONE picture of her looking at the camera. She was out of control last year!

2009

Man, time flies!

Funny Girl...

During the past couple of weeks when it has been raining so much, Myla has been wanting to put on Michael's rain coat every night when he comes in from work. Well, this particular night, Michael put her in it and laid her down. I just thought the pictures were so funny because the jacket swallowed her whole She got a kick out of it too!

Future Weather Forecaster??

From the looks of this video, I don't think we have a future meterologist on our hands! She was just having fun with the umbrella on an unbelievably beautiful day last week!

Disney on Ice....

Last Saturday night, Myla and I had a fun-filled evening with Mimi, Pey Pey and Henry at Disney on Ice in Memphis. We had dinner at Blues City Cafe, which was SO good, then we walked to the Fed-Ex Forum for the performance. Myla was a little unsure at first of what to think, but after intermission, she was completely into the show clapping, waving, blowing kisses, etc. She had a great time! Thanks, Mimi and Bodie, for our first Disney on Ice experience!

Mimi and Myla at dinner
Waiting on the show to begin.

Mom bought Henry and Myla a program and these funny hats came with them.

Myla in her "Cars" hat.

Mickey and Minnie...always the crowd favorite. Like my brother said, no matter how old you are seeing Mickey and Minnie always make you smile! :)

Henry enjoyed the show from start to finish.

Eating gummy snacks at intermission. We decided to have these rather than the $10 bag of cotton candy!

At intermission Myla looked through her program with Mimi. We have read it probably 100 times since we got home. She loves looking at it, and she will pick it up and say, "Read it to me, Mama."

Here she is finally getting into the show. Everytime something new would come out, she would make this face like she was in complete amazement!

Having a great time!

Waving to some of the characters.

Clapping at the end of the show!

Watching the finale in amazement. It really was beautiful!

Myla in her flower hat that Henry so sweetly gave her off his cotton candy.

Myla and Henry on Beale St.

Henry and Peyton

I love this picture. It was the last one of the night walking back to the car. She gives the best hugs!

While we were on Beale St., Myla really enjoyed the music!

It's a...........

GIRL!!!!!