First Pistons Game

Tonight the Ballard's were invited by the Bologna's to a Piston's game. Of course we said YES and I admit all I could think about were the cute pictures I could take! Livy was decked out in her Pistons gear. She loved watching everything that was going on around her and of course made friends with the strangers sitting in back of us! And even the theough the Pistons got crushed we had a great time! Thanks Bologna's for inviting us.

Watching the game with daddy!

The family- look at the gummy little grin!

I am pretty sure she could be the Pistons mascot!

Livy and Mackenzie- cute as can be!

Gotta Love the Shirt!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from our little penguin!!!

Seriously... how cute is she???

Pumpkin Carving!

Tonight was pumpkin carving night... a favorite night around our house. We had some friends over, drank some apple cider, ate some apple pie and carved away... oh and took lots of pictures too. Olivia actually really got into it and LOVED the pumpkin guts.

Helping mommy scoop out the guts!

What is this???

No fears of yucky gunk here!

She loved squeezing the guts!

She just had to have one taste... and after one taste she did not try it again. Smart girl.

Even the tootsies had some fun!

Happy as can be with her pumpkins!

Closer and Closer

We are getting closer and closer to Olivia taking her first step (mommy is NOT happy about this by the way). She is standing and balancing great and moves her left foot out in front of her. She just can't quite figure out what comes next. She thinks it is great fun and loves how excited mommy and daddy get. We say "YAH" and she starts clapping her hands immediately.

Greenfield Village

Tonight we, along with our good friends the Bologna's, headed to Greenfield Village for some Halloween fun! Despite the rain we had a great time. The Bologna's little girl is 3 months younger than Olivia, so as you can imagine, we were very excited to dress our girls up in their Halloween costumes. Mackenze was a beautiful little flower and Olivia was a cutie pahtootie little penguin. 800 carved jack-o'lanterns lit our path as we went trick or treating. My question is this: How long does it take to gut and carve 800 pumpkins?

Seriously... how cute are they?


Our little pengiun was DONE with pictures at this point!

LEAVES!

So I have been counting down to the time when I could take pictures of Olivia playing in the autumn leaves. The time finally came and then I realized that we do not have any trees at our house. No trees = no leaves. So what would any good, picture taking obsessive mother do? Find the nearest park of course. Hey, at least I left the rake at home! While I did get some odd looks from spectators, Olivia and I had a great time playing, throwing and eating leaves (okay, only Olivia ate them).