We have been very busy lately. These are a few pictures from our most recent adventures and such. I am trying to spend lot of family time together, celebrate Halloween, prepare for baby, get Thanksgiving put together and shop for Christmas all at once. All that isn't easy at 39 weeks, lol.
We took Eliza to Bentonville's Toyland event again this year, where Walmart vendors hand out little free toys and you can see some cool new stuff for your childs Christmas list. We had a lot of fun and the weather was perfect. Eliza will not be getting this car, we just let her sit in it. haha
For Halloween Eliza had two costumes, one for nice weather and one for bad weather. I think it was about 80 degrees when we went Trick-or-Treating, so she was a fairy princess. She is constantly playing with her wand and turning me into various animals and then changing me back.
We also went to the grand opening of a new park by our house. Lake Atalanta (yes that is spelled right) has been under construction for the last year. This revamped park is a great addition to Rogers. There is a natural splash pad, several playgrounds, a tree house and miles of walking trails around the lake. Eliza especially loved the splash pad, even though the water was very cold.
The lake was very busy opening day, so we walked a little ways on the Greenway Trail to go. This was a good idea, until my flip-flop broke and I was stranded at the park until the reopened the roads around it. Dan went back to get the car and then picked us up. That was not very much fun.
Pumpkin Carving. We decided to just decorate the outside of some pumpkins, but Eliza saw a carved one and loved it so we did that to. She was a very good helper for Daddy and they made some great jack-o-lanterns.
Daddy and Eliza practiced on her balance bike, she is still getting the hang of it.
We went to a pumpkin patch!
We also have been working a lot outside and Eliza helped clear out a small drainage ditch on her Volvo.
39 weeks and Eliza thinks my belly is hilarious. She asks me if I can "take it off" and is pretty interested in it. We haven't explained much about where baby sister is because I don't want her asking strangers if they are expecting a baby sister. One of her little cartoons had an episode about a juice stand and Eliza is fascinated by it. She is holding two juice containers because she likes to put out cups and serve her "customers". She calls it "play summertime juice". Daniel and I are her customers and we have been getting plenty of cups of juice. She is so happy to play this and her face just lights up when you tell her it is delicious juice. She even mixes some of the flavors together and that is pretty good to. The floor under her juice stand is also very clean, because it gets mopped a few times a day. haha
We are just a few days away from baby girl #2, so I am not sure when I will be posting again. I might just put some pictures up real quick one day soon. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!
