Author Archives: Julie

Just Call Me Farmer Belle

Hey folks.  It’s me, the Little Miss.  I bet you didn’t know that when my Mommy was little, she dreamed of being a farmer who could talk to animals.  Well let me tell you…her dreams are my reality.  That’s right, ladies and gents, I’m the (Little) Real Deal.

Just call me Farmer Belle.

Two weeks ago, at our neighborhood’s Oktoberfest, I took my first pony ride…and used my farmer powers to tame the mighty steed.

I also got to win my Daddy a prize at the ball toss, and try my first taste of cotton candy!

And then last weekend I was able to visit the motherland…a real farm!  Mommy, Daddy and I traveled to Green Acres, a farm about 15 minutes from our house, and I went straight to work!


Like any good Little Agronomist, I made sure to…

Tend to the goats (they ate right out of my hand!);

 

Check out the corn and hay crops (i.e. get lost in the corn and hay mazes…don’t worry, we didn’t have to call 9-1-1 to find our way out);

Enjoy some of the pretty wildflowers;

And – one of the most important fall farmer activities – pick some pumpkins!  Okay, okay.  So I didn’t actually pick a pumpkin.  But I sure had fun playing around them!

 

By the end of our back-country-frolic I was T-I-R-E-D!  But that’s alright.  I took a big nap when I got home, and dreamed of all the fun I’ve had as Little Farmer Belle!

 

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Farewell to summer

Fall may be here, but our memories of fun summer adventures with the Little Miss are still fresh in our minds.  Since our trips were packed so closely together, it felt as though we were living out of suitcases for weeks on end…

…But all of the trip planning, bag packing and toddler corralling were SO worth it.  Because as I see it, you can’t beat the simple joy of sitting on a beach while you watch your beloved child delight in splashing through a wave, digging for seashells, or tottering after a seagull.

Our summer ended with one last “hurrah” to the shore, thanks to my sister (Ashley) and her family.  The week together was not only a great opportunity for seaside fun and family bonding…


(Annabelle’s Uncle Joe was there too!  Just stuck behind the camera…)

…But also a great opportunity for the cousins to share some important life skills.

Like how to conquer the mighty waves by singing “sand in my pants, now do the boogie dance”…

 

How to track seagulls using all sorts of creative “angles”…

How to get your grandmother to do just about anything for you by simply flashing a sweet little smile (even if “you” were throwing sand at her just a few minutes before)…

And how to sport a comb-over, and look ridiculously cute in the process…

Our travels may have come to an end (for now), but that doesn’t stop me from dreaming about all the great adventures we can take with our Little Munchkin next summer.  Now if I could just finagle a way to let us spend the winter in Hawaii, we’d be set…

 

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I’m a big girl now

Hey world!  It’s me, the Little Miss.  Guess what?  I’m not a baby anymore!  (Pay no attention to my Mommy getting all teary-eyed in the background.)

That’s right!  I’m a toddler now with my very own big girl shoes!


Special thanks go out to…
my buddies, Ava and Juliana, for my awesome shoes,
my cousin, Haley, for my stylish outfit, AND
my cousin, Emily, for this new facial expression that I use about 1,000,000 times a day

I’m not only walking these days, I’m cruising in my cool pink and white kicks!  And you know what I do when Mama tries to take these shoes off of me?  Two words, people…”temper tantrum”!

You know it.  You gotta do what you gotta do sometimes.  But don’t worry, after giving Mama a quick lesson on the importance of keeping an entire ensemble intact (regardless of her “no shoes in the house” policy), I made sure to give her lots of hugs and cuddles.

I’m a pretty sweet kid.

 

 

 

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