Halloween

For Halloween we trekked over to the Yates' place for dinner and to deploy the troops. Alex had been battling sickness all week and only made it out for one round of trick-or-treating. You know she was feeling it when she passed up free candy.



Hannah Montana, Harry Potter, and a Goofy Pirate.



Practicing their trademarks.



Yahtzee family shot.



Lily gears up for the fun. Sorry, no candy for her this year - there aren't too many candy bars that can be gummed.

A whole lot of characters.

The ladies and the Lily.

Halloween kisses.

I laughed, I cried, it was better than cats.

Rosa Lee Carter Fieldtrip

Halloween day Alex & Cote hit "Pumpkinville" at the Leesburg Animal Farm for a field trip. Cote was one of the responsible ones - if you can believe that, since she was one of the "chaperons". The weather was unseasonably warm.



Always in character this one.



Kiddie hay ride.



Cote adopts one of Alex's schoolmates for the day.



Deer Alex.

Alex shows the city girls in her class how to feed a farm animal.

Alex demonstrates her nice form for the camera.

Alex on the merry-go-around. These things are almost extinct.

The teachers hold a line up to identify the misbehaving kids. All of them were ID'd.

I didn't know the Leesburg Animal Farm had monkeys too.

Defenders of the Fort.

The chaperons' biggest job of the day was lugging all the jackets around (next to not losing a child of course).

Lily Bath time

Just a random night of the post-bath time shenanigans. Lily is all decked out in her "Lily Girl" towel, aka "Bo-Bo". Of course Lily's towel is named "Bo-Bo" because Alex's "Alex Girl" towel is named "Be-Bo". This all makes sense to us, I assure you.



Lily loves that clean feeling.



Lily on the move.



Scary monster.



That is Lily roaring.



All cleaned up on the big comfy chair.

Clydes fall festival 08

Audrey and Alex joined forces to tackle the Clydes fall festival. Their favorite things were the pony rides, the petting farm area, and the live music. Alex remembered the Pony that she rode last year - and she pointed out that Audrey rode the pony she rode last year.



Audrey the cowgirl.



Giddy up.



There is a new sheriff in town.



"Hey, who turned out the lights?"

Alex gets to pet the ducks.

Audrey corners the turtle while Dave supervises.

Alex and Audrey check out the chickens.

Time for music.

Big pumpkin.

Pumpkin carving

Time to carve pumpkins (the vegetable kind that is). Alex drew the designs and daddy attempted to cut them out. While they were not the fanciest pumpkins in the neighborhood, they certainly were the most unique.



Draw twice, cut once.



Alex even gets to cut some of the design out.



PumpkinElla.



PumpkinElla and mommy.

Lily and PumpkinElla.

Big kiss for little Sis.

Pumpkin three.

Playing around after all the hard work.

Weekend in Charlottesville

The Yates, Kerri, and the CoteNance 4 headed to Charlottesville for the weekend to catch the UVA game and check out Monticello. The history of Thomas Jefferson's estate balanced the tailgating and beer from the day before.



Kerri and Lily hang out.



Ryan gets his game face on.



Girlie girls.



Appears that Lily is tailgating with her jammies still on.

Cavalier dude.

Game time.

Alex keeps warm with mommies jacket.

The crowd starts to get rowdy.

Hoos winning?

The UVA cheerleaders.

Yeah team.

Alex showing off her spirit.

Lily bow.

Ry-Ry.

Justin gives the experience a "thumbs-up".

Group shot.

The crowd goes wild for a UVA victory.

Terrify the Tarheels.

"U V A"

Post-game party.

Once again, we've pooped Lily out.

Family shot at Monticello.

Say "Jefferson"