Pretty Princess - Halloween 2009

This year was Carson's first year she could really pick out her own costume and she was determined to be a princess, Sleeping Beauty to be exact. Mommy was really hoping she wanted to be Fancy Nancy, but I totally lost that battle. Trying to argue with a child of an attorney and some who tends to argue just in general...you are going to get one stubborn child.



Carson was able to were her dress to school on Friday. They were having a whole school Halloween party and a little parade. I remember having those parades in elementary school, but I don't think they do them any more. Anyways...in my effort to be better at taking pictures, I took my camera to her school to get pictures of her and her friends. I didn't get them all because some of them were busy eating breakfast. Food comes first. I don't blame them!





She had a great time at the school party and was ready for Saturday. John and I decided to make Saturday her special day. We took her to see her first movie at the Theaters. We took her to see "Where the Wild Things Are." And she loved it! She wasn't scared at all! The only time she was upset and cried was at the end of the movie when it was over. She didn't understand and she missed the "Wild Things."

After we got home we put her down for a nap so she would be ready to go trick-o-treat after dinner. And boy, was she ever! Here are the rest of the pictures from Saturday night! She had a big night and lots of candy!

Pumpkin Patch

Over the weekend, John, Carson and I were able to make the trip out to Chesterfield, Missouri to Rombach's Pumpkin Patch. We were thinking we were being smart by going right around 12, hoping that maybe a lot of people would still be at the 11:00 church services and just making their way home. But that was not the case....at all! Rombach's was just as crowded as it ever is, this time of year. It was even a cloudy and chilly day, but that didn't stop half of West County!

Even though half of West County seemed to be there in their parking lots, it wasn't too bad once you got inside. We decided to let Carson look around and pick out a pumpkin that she liked.



We told her that pumpkin was too big. So we decided to move on to smaller pumpkins that are more her size. And we found a lot. She finally decided on a nice little pumpkin for herself.



Next we needed to get at least one family picture before we picked out a pumpkin for mommy and daddy. We were lucky to find a very nice person to volunteer to take our family picture in front of the huge pumpkin pyramid.



Then it was on to find just the right pumpkin for mommy and daddy...I guess in reality it would be our family pumpkin.



Even with the clouds, crowd and by the end some rain, we had an amazing time at the pumpkin patch.

Behind the Times

I have been putting off putting together a blog website for my family for about four or five months now, but I have finally gotten myself into gear and have started one. Now...the hard part...what do people want to know about me and my family?

I read this on a friend's blog (Thanks Erika!), things should be kept light and simple, so I guess I will just keep things pretty basic. John and I have been married for almost one whole year now! And we have a wonderful daughter who just turned three in August and a fabulous dog who turned 7, also in August.

Our daughter, Carson Olivia, is just full of herself. I am sure, some people are like, "Carson, for a girl?" and we actually meaning behind that name. When I was pregnant with Carson, my Aunt was fascinated with the whole "Bennifer" and "Bradgelina" phase and she decided that our baby needed a name like that. So she took the first syllable of my last name "Car" and the last syllable of John's last name "son" and so we have Carson. I know it might be somewhat of a stretch, but it does mean something to John and I and I guess that is all that matters.