The Carltons!

Happy Halloween!!

Wow, what a great & super busy month October has been.  We've celebrated Kendall's Birthday with friends & family, Kendall started school and attended her first FIELD trip to a pumpkin patch, we visited another pumpkin patch with friends,  have been busy with dance & swim classes, enjoyed Zoo Boo at the Houston Zoo, and even spent a weekend trick-or-treating & camping with Yogi Bear.  It's been a great month!  I know with the upcoming holidays, things won't slow down. But, I promise to keep posting pics here.....even if I am a month behind! 

 

I hope you all have a wonderful and Happy Halloween!!

Charoltte's B-day Party

Kendall's friend, Charlotte, had her birthday party the weekend before Kendall's.  Kendall's Grammy & Pawpaw were in town.  So, Grammy came with us, to the party, and the guys went fishing, at Nana & Grandy's house.  They caught a lot.......But, Kendall wasn't about to touch one! :)

Kendall was really excited to see all of her friends.  We had been out of town a lot the past month.  So, it had been a while!!  She had fun playing croquet with Raegan.......

.......and swinging with Owen

She was excited to get to play with Rylie too.......

They all ran around, having so much fun!!

Kendall took a little break, and hung out with Grammy, while her friends ate dinner. 

Then, it was cake time!!   Happy Birthday, Charlotte!!

Birthday HUGS!!

Group Hugs!!  So sweet!

When it was time to go, the girls started acting silly, as always!!  Ring around the Rosey!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Charlotte!  We had a great time!!

The Week of September 28th!!

You know how I like to drag out the celebrations as long as possible.  Well, Kendall feels the exact same way!  Kendall's actual birthday was a lot of fun!  The day before, she had swim lessons.  So, I  made her a special swimsuit to wear........

........and she sure wasn't short on the presents.  I think  she had presents showing up daily! (Thanks to everyone that sent gifts!  We appreciate it so much!!)

She also had her 4 year old, well-check appointment.  She had to get 4 shots, which was no fun! Her stats are: 33 lbs and she's 39.25 inches tall.....about 40% for both.

She also did a vision and hearing screening.  Her vision is perfect.......and she was too weirded out by the big earphones to take the hearing test.  Ha!  They said it's totally normal for the little ones to not be able to complete the hearing test.  So, we decided to skip that one.  :).  I did get a picture of her taking her vision test.  How cute is this?? 

September 28th, the BIG DAY,  she woke up to a big surprise......... lots of presents!  I let her open one that morning! 

Then,  I took her to the movies to see Dolphin Tale.  She's been asking to go see it ever since we saw the previews in July. 

Kendall & I both loved it.  It was a really great family movie!! After the movie, we decided to check out the new cupcake place in town. 

It's not nearly as good as Sprinkles.  THANK GOODNESS!!  It might be dangerous having a REALLY good cupcake place nearby! ha! 

Kendall licked off some of the icing and then we tossed the rest.  It was a fun birthday stop.  But, I doubt we'll be back! :)

After the cupcakes it was nap time.  So, we headed home.  Later that night, Kendall requested birthday brownies for dessert.  So, we made some together.  She LOVES helping in the kitchen.......especially when she gets to lick the spoon!

CHEESE!!!!

After dinner (Johnny Carrino's......her absolute favorite restaurant!) and a bath, it was finally time to open her gifts!  She wanted a LOT of things for her Birthday.  But, her two specific requests were a "Smurfit" doll and "Rapunzel Table".  So, she was excited to see that she got a "Smurfit!".......

She also got a Jessie Costume......

A ton of Strawberry Shortcake toys, lip gloss, fingernail polish, books, movies....

Mimi & Poppi sent her a Barbie & Gift Card.....

 

Grammy also hooked her up with a ton of gifts & gift cards!  Gotta love that!! 

After Kendall was done opening all of her gifts, we asked her if we forgot anything.  She quietly replied, "My Rapunzel Table".  Then, Jimmy snuck around the corner with this huge box.  She was SO EXCITED!!

She was SO EXCITED to get her Rapunzel table. She's been asking for one for MONTHS!!!!

It was a great little birthday celebration!  Her big birthday party was a few weeks after her actual B-day.  So, more Birthday pictures will be coming soon!!

Pensacola Day 7!

Someone was super excited to hit up the beach!!! Look at my little posing queen!!

Kendall was really excited to get to spend the day at the beach with her Daddy!  She knew he could find the really big shells!!

It just doesn't get more precious than this!

Kendall & I sat along the beach........

Then, we'd wait for the waves to come up........

......and totally splash us.  She thought this was so much fun.  Several of the waves knocked her back.  We laughed so hard! 

What a fun family day at the beach!!

We hit up the pool for a little while and then grabbed lunch.  It was fun morning!  

After Kendall's nap, we went down to the lobby for a kids storytime that they offered.  Kendall was the only one.  :(.  They read her a little story and gave her a snack.  She enjoyed it!  

  We walked around the hotel a little bit and snapped some pictures.....

They had a photographer walking around taking pictures!

Then, We went to the pool to hang out...........

........& grab an adult beverage!! 

I felt like I had to have a Bama Breeze!  YUMMY!!

Some pictures of us on our balcony!  Do you see us, just above the sign??? 

Just being silly in our hotel room. 

The hotel handed out flower leis.  So, Kendall had to have a pink one!!

Then, we were off to dinner.  We decided to go back to Peg Leg Pete's.  It was just down the street from our hotel.  So, it was close-by and fun!

Sitting outside waiting for our table to be ready.

The next day we flew home!  We took a few pictures in the lobby before we left!

It was a bummer to be heading home because Pensacola was such a nice, beautiful, and relaxing getaway!  But, we had to get home and get ready for The BIG 4th B-DAY!! 

 

Fun Trip!  Thanks Babe for letting us tag along, while you worked, and for a super fun weekend together!!!

Pensacola Day 6

Jimmy was finally done working and was able to enjoy Pensacola with us!   So, as soon as he got off work, we switched hotels & checked into Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Beach Hotel. 

You can't go to Pensacola and not stay there, right?? Right!!  The hotel was extremely nice!!  We were impressed!  The rooms were enormous and we loved that!!

The room keys were attached to lanyards, which was a fun touch!  Kendall wanted a pink one.......that she put around her neck, right away!

Kendall was chillin in the lobby! 

After we got checked in and unpacked, we headed off for a little road trip!  Our first stop was to Flora-Bama (You know the song, Bama Breeze? .......Well, This is the place!!)

It was a fun bar on the beach! They had a live band and Kendall decided to start dancing away!

Cute pics!

Kendall had to go potty.  So, off we went.  Once we got in there, she was really upset to find that someone had written all over the walls.  I explained to her that writing on the walls was "The THING to do!".  So, she was happy to add to the collection.  Am I a bad Mom, or what?? 

Jimmy joined in and wrote on one of the bar walls too........

We loaded up on t-shirts and Flora-Bama souveneirs before heading to our next destination!  It was a fun pit stop, for sure!!

Then, we were on our way to our next stop.....

We were off to Lulu's!  (For those of you that don't know, Lulu is Jimmy Buffett's sister.) Lulu's is a HUGE restaurant, beach bar, gift shop. 

It was a really fun place for dinner & drinks! We had a table right on the water.  So, the view was great too!

The food was AMAZING!!!  Best food I've had in a LONG time!  We even splurged and got the Bread Pudding made out of Krispy Kreme donuts.  Talk about yummy.........

There were all sorts of fun Buffett decore all over the walls.  Here's Buffett with his sister Lulu!

Flora-Bama was a fun pit stop.  But, the food at Lulu's was totally worth the drive!  What a fun little road trip!!!

 

Pensacola Day 3, 4, and 5!!

Day 3: After laundry and breakfast, we headed to the beach.  Kendall's friend was there with her Mommy too.  So, they got to play together and look for shells! 

We stayed at the beach for quite a while.....

Then, pool time!!

We ate lunch with our new friends, at the pool.  Kendall LOVED that!  I think there were 3 Mommies & 5 kids.  So, a fun lunch, for sure!  Then, we were all back to our rooms for naps!

 

That night we ate dinner at Peg Leg Pete's.  It was fun pirate-themed restaurant and bar.   Kendall's really into her little Disney pirate cartoon.  So, she loved this place!!

The food was great and we enjoyed a fun, laid back evening!

 

Day 4:

Beach again......

 

We built sandcastles and just had fun playing  in the sand.......

Just singing away.......

Then, we hit up the pool.....and another late lunch.  This was our lunch spot, all week!! 

That evening we had dinner at  McGuire's Pub. 

It was a fun dinner spot! 

They have dollar bills all over the walls & ceiling.  They say that they have over a million!! 

The food was GREAT and we had a wonderful evening! 

Another fun day in Pensacola!!

 

Day 5: Was really uneventful!  Kendall and I hit up the beach. 

We weren't there long before it started pouring down rain on us.  So, we RAN back to the hotel.  Kendall thought it was so much fun.  But, she wasn't happy that I didn't let her swim in the rain.  There was quite a bit of thunder.  So, I was expecting it to get bad......which it did.   

After changing, We hung out in the hotel room for a while, waiting for the rain to slow down.  Finally, Kendall & I loaded up in the car and ate lunch at McD's (her request).  Ha! 

 

That night we were all just exhausted........You know beach life is so hard! ha!  So, we ordered pizza and ate pizza in our jammies!!  Uneventful day, but really nice!!

Pensacola Day 2!!

Kendall & I had a great week at Pensacola.  Our days usually went something like this....... got up and did a load of laundry, had breakfast, hit up the beach, then the pool, grabbed a late lunch at the pool,  back to the room for nap time, hit up the  beach/pool some more, and then back to the room to shower and get ready for dinner with Daddy! 

 

Can you tell that it was a really rough week for us? :). Ha!!  

 

My little beach bum!!

Kendall is really into Strawberry Shortcake now and one of the SS movies is about the beach.  So, she's trying to chill like Strawberry Shortcake was doing in the movie!  he he! 

Playing in the sand!!..........You know how I love these close-up pictures!!

Kendall & I had a blast playing in the sand........

The weather was SO NICE.....kinda overcast, a little windy, but just PERFECT!!!  I loaded Kendall down with sunscreen although there wasn't a ton of sun..........THANK GOODNESS.......because I have never burned so badly in my life!  I had to wear a t-shirt for the next 3 days because my shoulders were charred! :(.

After playing in the sand,  we hit up the pool.  Kendall met some kids that became her new BFF's for the week.  She had so much fun swimming and playing with them. 

Once Jimmy was done working for the day, we headed off to Jimmy Buffett's bar, Landshark Landing, to check it out and grab a drink. 

It was a fun little bar on the beach. 

Kendall wanted to pose in front of everything! 

I LOVE these pictures of my TWO FAVORITE PEOPLE!!  LOVE THEM!

They had all kinds of sand toys & fun things for kids to play with!  Beach Bean bag toss!......

Fun pics with Mommy!!

After Landshark Landing, we headed off to grab dinner at Flounders.  No pics. :(.  It was our least favorite restaurant there.  So, I guess it's no surprise that I didn't take any pictures there!. But, what a fun day and evening together!!

Happy Anniversary!!! Woo Hoo to 6 Fabulous Years!!

Jimmy & I celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary yesterday.  We got a sitter and went to church and out to dinner.  It was great food, great company, and a fun night out.  Kendall LOVED having a sitter come play with her.  So, it was a great night for all!  I had hoped to post a picture of us at dinner last night.  But, I totally forgot to take any pictures.  So, here's one of us, on our favorite Date Nights......the Buffett concert!! 

Happy Belated Anniversary, Babe!  It's been a wonderful 6 years!  I enjoy having my best friend by my side!   I am looking forward to many more sweet memories & many years together!!  I love you!!

Pensacola Trip

We flew into Pensacola and Jimmy had to rush off to a meeting.  So, Kendall & I got unpacked, did a little grocery shopping, hit up the beach shops, and then hit up the beach before sunset! 

Kendall was dying to play in the sand.  So, that's what we did!  

Our hotel was on the beach.  So, we walked out the gate and immediately found 4 million shells.  I didn't think we'd ever make it to the water.  Kendall was way too busy picking up shells.  They were everywhere!! 

Kendall & I stayed on the beach pretty late.  We were both enjoying the PERFECT weather. 

It was getting dark.  So, I figured that I better feed her, or I just might not get my Mother-of-the-Year award.  So, we picked up some gourmet pizza across the street! Dinner in our Jammies!! 

We had a wonderful first day!  Too bad Jimmy had to work and missed all of the fun!!  :(

Sneak Peek!!!

I'm obviously way behind on blogging again!  But, hope to get busy, blogging away, real soon.  Until then, here's a sneak peek as to what is to come!! 

 

After our Disney trip, we were home for less than a week and then we flew back to Florida.  Pensecola this time.  Jimmy had a business trip.  So, we tagged along and were total beach bums all week!  Kendall & I hit up the beach & pool every day!  It was so nice and relaxing!! 

After returning from our vacations, I was in full-speed Birthday Mode!! 

Kendall & I spent her B-day doing all sorts of fun things.  But, a big hit was the new cupcake bakery in town!! 

Kendall had her 4 year old check up.....4 shots!  Yuck....

Then, Grammy & Pawpaw came in town for a little over a week.  So, Kendall got totally spoiled by them.....

Then, the Big Rapunzel B-day party.........

We had Kendall's 4 Year old pictures made.  This was taken as we were about to walk out the door! 

Then, she started Preschool!!

......and then had her first Field Trip, to The Pumpkin Patch, on her second day of school!  She even got to ride a school bus for the first time!  Big excitement!!

It's been a busy month for us!!  I promise to post a million more pics and all of the fun details soon!!

First Day of Preschool- Oct. 11, 2011

Kendall started preschool today!!!  We talked it up for weeks now and she was super excited about going.   She loves her school uniforms......the dresses.  So, getting ready for the first day was no problem.   Jimmy surprised us and snapped a few pictures.  I was too worried about getting her ready, on time, to smile for the camera. he he! 

We took a few pictures at the house!! 

All ready to go!!!

Then, off to school we went! 

Jimmy & I both walked her in the first day.  We took her early so that way she could eat breakfast with some of the other kids and kinda warm up to the new environment.  She got really nervous once we got into the classroom, which surprised me since she had been so excited walking into the building. 

But, we started talking with her teacher and then she seemed ok. 

One quick pic before we left.........

We were walking out of the building and Jimmy said, "Wow, you did really well." and then the tears started rolling.   I didn't cry for long.  But, I can't say it was an easy day for me!  I was dying to know how she was doing, even though the school called me to let me know what she was doing great!! So, I went and spied on her at recess.  I was pretty far away, in the car, taking pictures.  So, they aren't great.  But, I did see that she was having fun..........looks to be singing with her arms stretched out!!

She also seemed to become buddy buddy with some little guy!!  They played together most of the time!  (Kendall's teacher later told me that they were so cute playing together and both seemed to like each other! ha!)

 

After I saw that she was all smiles, I left!  Just call me the Mommy Stalker!! I know!! I know! :).

Nana came with me to pick Kendall up from school. 

She was so excited and being super silly!  Apparently she loved everything about school!! 

After school, we took Kendall to McD's for lunch (since she was too excited to eat there).

Kendall LOVED school!!!  She told me all about how they read a book about soup, learned the letter P, wrote their numbers, talked about the Mail Lady (Community Helpers), sang a prayer before lunch,  how some kids got in trouble for not listening during circle time......but, she didn't get in trouble because she listened, they pretended there was danger on the playground......a fire and had to slide down the slide to get away from it, they read a book about a pig and a pig party, made a new friend......a boy......but, she doesn't remember his name.  But, he had a superman shirt on (Apparently his school uniform was dirty), she ate bread like she did on vacation (a biscuit), drank milk....white milk.....not chocolate milk, and made a dr. hat, and colored. 

 

What a wonderful First Day of Preschool!!!!

Flight Home.....

The Orlando airport is loaded down with cute Disney shops.  Kendall thought she needed to pose with any character she saw! 

Kendall found a new accessory for her Halloween, Pirate Princess, costume!

Fun times at the Orlando airport! ha!

Her and her Daddy were all decked out ready to watch the Texans game when we got home!! 

Fun treats to eat at home! 

We had a WONDERFUL trip to Disneyworld this year!  We're already looking forward to next years trip!!

Last Night at Disney!!

We decided that we'd do the princess dinner at our hotel again, for our last night!  It's Kendall's favorite and a walk across the courtyard!!  She was VERY EXCITED to see them all one last time! 

My little Princess with her Daddy!!

Kendall got to see Prince Charming!!!

Then, Cinderella.......

The Silly Step-sisters.........dancing around!

and Lady Tramaine...... 

Kendall got another birthday cupcake!!

Funny Story.......

Kendall took one bite of her cupcake and decided that she really didn't want it.  

So, Jimmy decided to eat it.  He took one bite and Anastasia ran over to scold him for eating KENDALL'S birthday cupcake.  he he!

Kendall looked scared.  So, Anastasia said that it was nice of her to share.....and walked off.  ha!

Dinner was great and we had a fun night!  After dinner, Kendall watched a little tv in the lobby.  They have these precious chairs, tables, etc. for the kids to sit at & watch fun Disney movies!

Then, Kendall wanted pictures of some of the fun tiles on the floor!

Next year.........she wants to have Tea with a Princess!!

We had a great last night at Disney! 

Last day at Magic Kingdom!!

It was our last day at Disney World.  We took a few pictures from our hotel room's balcony first.  

Pictures with Minnie & Mickey!

We told Kendall that we'd do her favorite things, all over again!!  She wanted to ride the cars first!  She's one dangerous driver!!

The teacups were next!

Then, we stopped by to see White Rabbit.

Off to ride the Pooh ride again!

Then we rode Dumbo.......

Posing for the camera.......

Off to ride Dumbo AGAIN.....

Off to ride Snow White's Scary Adventures!

We saw some characters doing a little show and dance in the street.  So, we stopped by to let Kendall join in.........

Then,  We stopped by to say bye to Woody & Jesse .......

Kendall just loved being silly with Woody & Jesse!  So much fun!!

Off to see Donald Duck too!!

 

Kendall wanted to ride the flying carpets one last time!

Then, Kendall wanted to see the fairies again!

 

.......and Peter Pan! 

Kendall commented on how he looked different today.  :).  I guess she's catching on quickly about there being more than one Peter.....or more than one Rapunzel! :( 

Then we saw the Princesses again!  You can't spend 10 days at Disneyworld and not see Cinderella 4 million times, right??

We had to say bye to Mickey & Minnie too!

Pinoccio gave Kendall eskimo kisses!  Kendall LOVES doing eskimo kisses.  So, she thought it was Too Funny!

We had a great last day at Magic Kingdom!  Lots of characters, lots of rides, and lots of fun memories!!

Chef Mickeys!!

That night we went to Chef Mickey's for dinner.  We had a little bit of time to kill before our reservation.  So, we hit up the gift shops first.  Kendall found all kinds of new things that she NEEDED. 

Then, we were off to dinner......

Kendall got to meet Goofy first. 

Then, Mickey came by.

Kendall gave him a kiss!  Too Cute! 

Kendall was loving the attention!!

Then, she got another birthday cupcake! 

Kendall was really happy to see Minnie next!!

She had to show her the hot pink fingernails!!

So happy to see Minnie Mouse!!

Hugs & Kisses!

Donald came by our table next.....

Pluto was the last character to stop by.....

What a fun dinner!!

I love getting to have a fun dinner with my 2 favorite people!  Awwww, just precious!!

On the way out of the restaurant Kendall wanted to say good-bye to Goofy!!

Fun  Night!!

Magic Kingdom with Our Little Alice!!

We took a few pictures of our hotel before heading off this morning.  Kendall wore her Alice dress!  We had a game plan to meet her today.  So, we wanted to make sure she had her dress on.  Kendall was SUPER excited to get to wear it! 

Apparently the cleaning ladies do some sort of march through the resort every morning.  Interesting!

WE LOVED our resort!  So0000 beautiful!!

We headed over to The Magic Kingdom.  Everything is already decorated for fall.  Love it! 

We headed straight for the teacups!!

Then we just kinda hung out around the teacups & waited for Alice!  We knew she'd be there soon! Kendall was too busy dancing & singing anyway!

Sure enough, guess who arrived??

She walked right up to Kendall and asked her if she wanted to ride the teacups with her and White Rabbit. 

They walked to the side gate of the ride and waited for their turn.  So, Kendall got to chat with Alice for a long time. 

 

Kendall couldn't have been happier!

She said that Alice chatted with her the entire ride.  She was on cloud 9!

 

After the ride, Alice, White Rabbit, and Kendall walked over to the wall where she typically hangs out. There Kendall got her autograph and picture taken with them again!  Can you tell that she's giddy??

What a special treat for our little Alice!!  She loved every minute of it! 

After meeting Alice, we headed off to ride some rides.  But, We ran into Chip & Dale!!  So, had to stop!

........and Stitch, AGAIN!!

Then, we rode the Astro Orbiter

You can see our resort from the ride.....

Then, We rode the Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin ride.  I didn't get any pictures inside the ride.  Just this one.  But, it was fun!

Off to see The Step-sisters again!

The Fairy Godmother was there too!

Just so sweet!!

Then,we watched the Move it, Shake it, Celebrate it parade. 

 

Kendall was excited to get to dance with Jesse!

Then, we grabbed some lunch. 

Kendall was cracking us up!  She's obviously met way too many princesses this week.  She's got their "little spill" down.  In a really sweet voice, Kendall would say, "Well, Hello Princess.  Would you like me to sign your book?"........

.........Then, she'd kiss the book (like Rapunzel did) and start making small talk with us, "So, which state are you from?".  They actually would always ask where she was from and Kendall would always say Texas.  Ha!

After lunch we were on a mission to find Peter Pan.  Kendall spotted him the day before and we were on our way out of the park.  So, we told her we'd try to find him again.........and she wasn't about to let us forget it either!  Luckily we tracked him down. 

Did you know that Peter Pan is one of Kendall's new imaginery friends.  YEP, he is!

We watched Mickey's Philharmagic again....

Rode It's a Small World again......

Rode the carrousel again.....

Rode Snow White's Scary Adventures again.......

Rode Peter's Flight again.....

We spotted Pinocchio

Then, we did a little hat shopping!  Tinkerbell first.....

She was having too much fun!

Now, off to see the Princesses again for the 4 millionith time. 

After a super fun morning we were exhausted and ready for naptime!  Kendall loved checking out the latest creation in our hotel!!