October 2009
Grandpa Mark has always grown pumpkins in his garden, even way back when Mommy was a kiddo. One special thing that he used to do for Mommy, Uncle Matt & Uncle Ryan is to carve our names in them when they were still small and as they grew, our names were scared in the pumpkin skin. He continued this tradition when his grand kids came along. Even though Clara is only 20 months old, this is actually her third year with a special pumpkin. We have tried to get her photo with them every year and hope to as long as Grandpa keeps growing them.
October 2008
October 2007Wow, I know it is cliche, but it truly is hard to believe how fast the time goes by as kiddos grow. Clara is changing so quickly and has become quite the little conversationalist (wonder where that came from :-). She proves to us EVERY day how much she knows and we are continually having "Whoa! moments" of pure disbelief: Did she really just correctly identify the three letters in that word? She couldn't have just counted to 12 on her own? She hasn't really memorized the plot of Caps for Sale (the current favorite book), right? It has been two weeks, how could she possible remember where we put that? We are continually AMAZED and fascinated with our sweet little girl!
Hanging on the front porch
I didn't have my camera at the time, but when we went a pumpkin patch owned by a family friend, we were able to have a great conversation while Scout stood at the porch and arranged the small pumpkins. It was just too cute and she was having so much fun. When we got home with the pumpkins, she went right to work arranging them in groups despite Mommy's efforts to mix them up for a nice display! 
My favorite photo of the day. It's cute and she came up with this happy little expression when I asked her to smile.
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