First trip to the zoo!

The first Sunday in November had beautiful weather, so we ventured out to enjoy it.  We took Alyssa for her first trip to the zoo.  We headed back to the children's zoo area in the back.  She got to see some deer, a porcupine, otters, an eagle, and even got to pet a goat!!  She had fun playing on the slides too.  Then we walked around the zoo to see the other animals.  Not all of them were out and awake yet, but we did see the lions, bears, monkeys, and the elephants and giraffes.  We even got to see one elephangt getting a bath.  I think Alyssa had a lot of fun, and we'll definately be going back soon.

Trying to take a picture of the two of us...I'm almost never in them.

Look how big my hands are...lol

It was a spectacle bear...just like on Diego!!

Ready to catch me, Mom??

Looking at the snakes...Alyssa knows what they say "ssssss".

Otters..

Porcupines..

A beaver's nest.

Isn't this adorable??  So innocent...

She loved the fish in the aquarium.

Where are we going??

Halloween!!

Alyssa had a little more fun this year for Halloween. We took her to the fall festival at the Methodist church down the road. They had games set up...and a bouncy house, which she LOVED!! We practically had to drag her away from it screaming. Anyways..here's some more pics of her costume.


Trying to go up the slide to the bouncy house.

Ready to jump!

Little Ladybug....

We decided to take Alyssa to the Maddy's school fall festival on Friday night. We had a great time...Alyssa got to play some games, see friends, and got lots of candy. She got in some good practice for Halloween. She got to be a ladybug this year...I wanted to get a punk rocker costume for her, but it was too big. Maybe next year. She ran around grabbing candy out of the boxes and playing the games.

She knew right where to put the pumpkin's nose.

What are all these punkin's for?

Wow...Mom actually got in a picture...lol!

She pulled about five ghosts off the tree....ha ha, we had to pull her away from it..

fishing for spiders..

She was looking for a shiny coin.

Alyssa, Maddy, and Austin in the background.

Bean bag toss...or more like bean bag push...ha ha! Alyssa decided to put the bag through the hole rather than toss it.

bugs were the theme of the night....Maddy loves to cheese it up for the camera.

Alyssa's first haircut...

We finally had to breakdown and get Alyssa's hair cut. I didn't really want any of the length cut off, but it was starting to get into her eyes and all. So...we had it trimmed up a little and her bangs cut. She looks sooo grown up now! She did a lot better than I thought she would...didn't even really cry.

Before...

She got to pick out the chair....it was a red fire truck.

The chair was a little to high for Miss Lucy to cut her hair...

Starting to get a little upset...

She was watching a Max & Ruby dvd...it was a lifesaver.

What a cute smile....how precious is that?

This is her new pouty face...she's got the bottom lip working!

After...what a relief!!

Alyssa's new playground..

Alyssa has a new toy in our backyard...a big playground with a slide and swings. She is loving it, and can climb the ladder all by herself. The only hard part is getting her to go back inside..ha ha!!

Before the playground was built!! She had fun on it then too..

Helping Daddy do a little yard work...can you see her tongue sticking out? She was working hard..lol

She's getting a haircut soon!! She looks so shaggy here.

The playground!!

Going up the ladder!

Ready to go down the slide...