Here Comes Santa Claus...

It's not even the middle of October and we already have an appointment with Ol St. Nick - crazy isn't it??? Even crazier - this is the FIRST time - in FOUR years I've been able to get an appointment with this particular Santa! The Santa at Phipps Plaza in Atlanta is apparently the King of Clauses! After William was born in 2007 - I saw an ad to make your appointment with Santa - so I signed on to the site - only to discover they were booked solid and it wasn't even Halloween yet! I tried again - year two and was too late - and the same scenario for year three. So after slumming it with the second rate Santa's for past three years - this year - I signed on the day the site went active and got one of the coveted spots!!!! If this Santa could get these two tots to say "cheese" - it'll all be worth it! Madison has no fear - so I don't think she'll cry - and William is now at the age where I can bribe him to smile with Santa and get a candycane - we'll see - check back on November 17 after our visit to the North Pole!!!

My Matilda

The Australian form of Madison is Matilda - so it's only fitting we love dresses by Matilda Jane!!! The are holding a contest for girls to appear in their Spring 2011 Catalog.... so a free trip to Seaside, FL and some free Matilda Jane clothes sounded good to me so I sent in a picture of Miss Mads. They had to be photographed wearing an MJ dress - so we donned the only one we own and topped it off with a hand-knit beanie Madison got as a baby gift (that just now fits her tiny head!!!) and some pearls and she does like she stepped straight out of the catalog - now we'll have to see if the judges agree! Whatever the outcome - she's My Matilda and she looks pretty darn cute to me ;)

Berry Patch Farms

Madi and I took a trip to Berry Patch Farms, just a few miles away from our house, for Pumpkin Adventure Take #2. We went with our play group - it's called the Double Trouble Play Group of Milton for Moms with two kids less than two years a part but my Trouble #1 was at school - so I just had Trouble #2 with me for the day which was basically double trouble anyway :)
Madi was in top form that day and said "thank you" at the appropriate times, "pumpkin" and pointed out a "cow"in the petting zoo. She LOVES to dance and now has a little routine. They were playing country music - her FAVORITE - so she did a little dance, waved to her fans, blew kisses to the crowd and took a bow. She is a very funny, precocious, little chatterbox. I'm beginning to think she's going to be an actress or a pop star because she's loves performing and does not have a shy bone in her body! She a little ball of energy which makes for a very tired Mommy!

Apple Pickin' in the North GA Mountains!

We made the trek up to Ellijay today - a town in the North Georgia Mountains famous for APPLES! Apple season peaked a couple of weeks ago - but we still found plenty of apples to pick in the orchards. We had an unseasonably warm weekend in Georgia - with highs in the mid-80's today so it was a bit warm out there! William picked an apple right off a tree and decided to eat it in the orchard while Madison decided she didn't like the taste of apples and called them "balls" and prefer to throw them! We came home with pounds of apples and two very tired tots! A great weekend in Georgia!!!

Happy Birthday to Me - I'm THREE more pix!

Happy Birthday to Me - I am THREE!

I cannot believe our little boy is a walking, talking, potty-trained, THREE YEAR OLD! To celebrate the last year of toddlerhood - we celebrated with CARS themed party, William's preschool classmates, friends and family. My mom flew in from Florida, Gramma Lossie, Aunt JuJu and Aunt Maxine were here along with about 10 kiddies. We jumped, slid, pulled the strings on a pinata and topped the afternoon off with hot dogs and a Lightening McQueen and Mater Birthday Cake. I am so proud of my little buddy - he really enjoyed the day, loved it when the kids sang him Happy Birthday and was just a perfect, happy little 3 year old. Can we just preserve this moment in time forever? Happy Birthday to our Sweet William - WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

Cutest Pumpkins in the Patch!

Well it's October - that means pumpkins, William's birthday - more pumpkins - fall & Halloween! To start off the month, we made the trek with my Mom - visiting from Florida - to Burt's Pumpkin Farm near Dawsonville, GA. The GPS got us lost and the local folk told us those GPS gizmos just don't well in these parts - but we finally found our way to the pumpkin farm in the rolling hills of North Georgia. William and Madison decided they would rather run through the hundreds of pumpkins than pose for pictures - but the month is young - there are more patches to visit!