Preschool Halloween Parade Extravaganza

Today was Leeza's 3rd Halloween Party and her first preschool party and parade. She was WOUND UP like a crazy woman. I took 79 pictures trying to get her to look. I was trying to get a picture of her with another lil fairy princess and Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) but Leeza just ran away, beating the train table with her wand.

All the kids looked SOOOO cute and the lil parade was REALLY cute. Her teachers made her a cute lil goody bag, and her mean ole mommy just ate all her candy corn out of it. (shhhh)










I really LOVE her lil preschool. She has so much fun there and it's so good for her to interact with other kids besides just her boring ole mom.

Costume Option Number 3 and Sean's costume

The warm front has arrived in Florida..it was muggy muggy HOT HOT AND HUMID this morning at 5 am for my run. I arrived home soggy, sweaty, and disappointed that this is REALLY the week of Halloween and it's a FREAKIN SAUNA!
So...there is NO WAY I can make Leeza wear her Elmo costume. It's gonna be tooooooo hot! She loves it, but she won't want to keep it on.

We had our Kindermusic class/Halloween party today so she was going to go as surfer girl..when I remembered a ballerina/princess/fairy costume we had in the closet that she received as a Christmas gift last year from my parents. I also happen to have a matching purse that I found perusing Ebay last spring..PERFECT!






Kindermusic was fun. They got to paint a wooden Halloween magnet (she picked a witch), eat a Halloween cookie (which she crumbled all over the floor), and get Halloween stamps, (always a hit) and then they got a goody bag with a lollipop in it.

Here she is after class with her lollipop, which her STUPID MOTHER let her eat in the car, where she kept sticking it all over her legs and arms just to annoy me because she could. You'd think I would not continually be outsmarted by my precocious lil 2 year old. {sigh}









You'd think I'd be smarter because I gave her a chapstick for her purse on the way to class and she DECIMATED it all over her hands. {insert double sigh here}

Anyway...I like this last option. It's cool, cute, and very "Leeza-esque" in it's pink finery. She has a Halloween parade at school on Friday and I think she will be the belle of the ball. She won't wear wings or a tiara, which is fine, it's still cute!!


Yay!! Halloween dilemma solved!! Just call me Nancy Drew!

Here is Sean's costume..can you guess what he is? He is a Taliban member. The hat, scarf and jacket are from Afghanstan..a gift from a friend. He thinks he is too cool with his fake cigarette. He also has a gun (not pictured). He won 3rd place in the costume contest Sunday night in the youth group at church. I think he will end up losing everything but the hat cuz he will most defintely sweat to death in this African heat we're having.

Elmo or Surfer girl...either one's a winner!!

Here is Leeza and a few of her buddies from Kindermusic and preschool at a lil Halloween party today!! We have Elmo, a bumblebee (Alexsa), dracula (Jackson) and another bee, Alexandra.

She liked wearing Elmo, but got HOT even though it's sleeveless. She looked SO cute though! Even if its too hot for trick or treating, I already got my money's worth out of it watching her run around the house so excited to look like Elmo!







Even though it's snowing in some parts of the country, Florida is experiencing a "warm spell" and humidity is on the rise. UGH! However, even though it's hotter than blazes out, the cool front we had has made the swimming pool FREEZING. Plus, our heater is broken. I got Leeza a wetsuit to try to help cuz I NEED THIS HIGH ENERGY GIRL TO SWIM! I figure if Elmo is too hot to trick or treat in, she makes an adorable little surfer girl! We got the pink Body Glove "skin" to go under her wet suit...I thought she looked too cute for words.

If she didn't want to be Elmo, or a surfer girl, or even a ballerina outfit she has, she could always just go as herself..the apple of my eye! :)











I think we are still gonna need to fix the pool heater. Although Leeza wasn't shivering today, she wasn't in much of a swimming mood..but she sure looked darn cute!

Family Fun at Hunsader Farms!

We took our first trip to Hunsader farms on Sunday, October 25, 2009. I found out about it on FACEBOOK from one of my friends. I know I AM addicted to facebook, however,I learn about such fun things to do!! We woke up to a suprisingly cool morning on Sunday..it was 62 degrees on my porch (in the shade!) and it felt great. Unfornately, once we got to the farm, the sun was out, and it was closer to 11 am and it got HOT, but we still had a blast. Jillian even came over, and we started off our day by driving thru our favorite donut shop on the beach for egg sandwiches and pumpkin spice donuts. YUM!

Right when we walked in, we got to see this amazing motorcycle stunt show. Leeza was mesmerized!








Jillian borrowed one of Leeza's bows! Isn't she cute?




Jillian and Sean have such a good time together.



Leeza wanted out of her stroller..so Sean hopped in!!




Hey..GET OUT OF MY STROLLER!!!





So do Leeza and her Daddy!!!





We met Karen, Ryan and Mike there too! Ryan and Leeza are only 5 months apart and they are pretty darn cute!





Ryan and Leeza got to ride their first pony! It was so cute! Leeza was not scared at all..in fact, I think she would have preferred to gallop away in the sunset..off to find her handsome prince. :)













Gotta get some "fair food"..snowcones that turn your mouth blue!







And wow..MY FIRST EVER CORN MAZE!!!






They even had "corn maze" lifeguards..thank goodness we made it out alive!!



Man...walkin miles and miles thru the corn maze sure makes a gal thirsty!!


Yay! We made it out unscathed...the heroic mom's...Jennifer, Karen,and me!


Only in Florida...a scarecrow in a bikini!!


The kids had a blast feeding the goats. Leeza LOVED the goats..she fed them grass,and some corn.











It's so fun having friends with kids all the same age.
Ryan turned 2 the end of March, Leeza turned 2 early September, and Angie just turned 2 last week. They're all very different personalities but really cute together!






It's REALLY hard to get a picture of Leeza looking at the camera, much less three 2 year olds. However, as I heard Joe telling the husbands, "Oh, she'll chase her around until she gets one, don't worry". So yes, I chased Leeza around the pumpkin patch but it's worth it. I hope she appreciates my diligent photography and blogging dedication. Even if she doesn't, I know I will. It's so fun to document this stuff because time goes by so fast and it gets hard to remember all the fun things we get to do!!








There is not much more precious to me than my sweet lil pumpkin having fun in the pumpkin patch!







Playing at the farm all day makes a gal tired. Leeza was SNORING in her car seat,so I just let her stay in the garage in her car seat until she woke up. I pulled up a chair in the driveway and downloaded my pictures!It was a great day and I can't wait until we can go next year!