Our Lil' Lovebug: Fun Fall Weekend

We actually had some fall weather this weekend! I was a little surprised to say the least. I knew I wanted to spend Saturday outside. So we decided to head to Boo at the Zoo. We have gone every year since we have been here in El Paso. Gracie loves to go to the Zoo. Her first time going was when she was two months old! Like I said in my previous post, Halloween is just not that big of a deal in our house, I just love the excuse to dress her up in cute things! I love to look back and remember how cute she was the last two years:

And this year is no different!

Gracie and I had a lot of fun walking around the zoo. I love that she has gotten big enough that she can walk on her own. We made sure we got there early enough that we beat the crowd. We timed it perfectly because we were able to watch some of the animals eat. The giraffes were so close! I barely used my zoom on this picture:

Gracie as usual had fun watching all the animals. She knows so many of them and the sounds they make. If she doesn’t know, she will ask. Here are a few pictures from our day. We had to ride the carousel twice, which was where she was being the most photogenic. This girl is one hard girl to photograph. I sure hope she behaves with Emily when we have them taken next month!

After the zoo, we had lunch the two of us at Chedder’s. We had fun coloring and just chit chatting. This girl definitely takes after her mama in the chatting part! I am sure her Papa may call her a Chatty Cathy just like he did me when we were in high school! I don’t think Mike knew what hit him when I walked through the door! ha ha!

The rest of the weekend was pretty much spent at home. We did attempt to go to the pumpkin patch on post, but I got irritated at the mom’s there since they weren’t watching their children and taking 10 pumpkins when they only paid a dollar, so I swooped up Gracie and we went for ice cream!

At Gracie’s school, they set up a mini pumpkin patch so I took my camera and tried to get a picture of Gracie. This is what I got:

I can really tell my camera is on it’s last leg! These were the best ones between the sun, Gracie being silly, and my camera! Come on Christmas, mama needs a new camera!

I also took a couple of pictures of me picking her up. There are a couple that are blurry, but I have to include them because you can see how big she is getting. As a matter of fact, I talked to her teacher about when she is going to be transitioning into the preschool room. She is definitely ready to go, I don’t know if I am ready for her to go though!!!! I do have to admit, she is getting to be quite the big girl!

She was showing me her art. She can usually pick out which one is hers.