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Fall Festival, Friends and Clara Craziness

Brynn was invited to her first friend birthday party sleepover for Saturday night. I think I was more nervous about it than she was, as I was remembering all the times I had gotten homesick at sleepovers when I was younger. She was pretty excited, though. Mostly I think because she told us multiple times that they would be having dessert for breakfast. Whaaaa!? She got her gift wrapped and bag all packed and I dropped her off yesterday afternoon. That was the last I heard/saw of her until I picked her up this morning for Sunday School. Turns out they really did have dessert for breakfast this morning! So, she thought that was pretty cool. This birthday girl is Brynn's classmate and actually doesn't live too far from us, so maybe they can get together to play or have another sleepover sometime. Brynn ended up being the only girl at the 'party.' I think they invited just a couple girls and Brynn was the only one who could make it. I'm glad she had such a good time.

All ready for the sleepover.


Speaking of friends, after Brynn left, Clara and I had Amanda and Adria over for a visit. It was so hilarious to watch the girls interact. Clara kept trying to either clobber or hug Adria, and Adria wasn't too sure about that.
sillies


Fun with the AC vent.


It was so beautiful out yesterday, we ate supper on the deck. It was sure weird not having Brynn around.

Daddy's Girl



Bathtub shenanigans!


She has started to take her washcloth and clean the edge of the tub now. She looks like a lil old barkeep. Ha.



Rheault Farm Fall Festival was this weekend as well, and we couldn't miss out on that. We went this afternoon and what a beautiful day. Not surprisingly, it was very busy there.







We ran into Rosha and her parents.




Brynn picked out 'the ripest pumpkin,' according to her. :-) It sure was a nice one. So, we had to get some pictures with it.






Dana and Brynn have been going on a bike ride almost nightly since it's been so nice out. I'm glad Brynn is getting so much use out of her bike yet this year. Meanwhile, Clara and I played around outside a bit before bath time. Just this weekend Clara has gotten more adventurous and will walk all the way across a room or the down the hallway, rather than her maximum of five steps at a time. She still prefers crawling most of the time though.




Chattering





Comments

carrington said…
So glad Brynnie had a fun sleepover! I was thinking you guys were probably at Fall Festival this afternoon - was a gorgeous day. Wow - can't wait to see sweet Clara walking more. Just warms my heart to see her and Adria together - so neat.
September 27, 2015 at 10:36 PM
Anonymous said…
Adorable, every last one! Thanks for having us over again!

-Amanda and Adria
September 28, 2015 at 11:22 AM
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