A beautiful fall day in Richmond

Yesterday was a reallybeautiful day - 75 degrees and sunny - and we all spent the afternoon outside. Brooke is such a big girl now that she wants to help with everything, so we put her to work! She helped wash the car and rake the leaves in the yard - here's a couple of shots of her "doing her chores".















After we finished raking the leaves into a pile, Brooke had a great time jumping into the pile!

Happy Halloween!

Brooke really enjoyed the Halloween season this year. Some of the highlights of her Halloween are:

* Picking out pumpkins and helping carve them. Brooke liked scooping out the guts and helping her Mom design the faces.

* A trip to Nona and Grandpa's house where she got to go to a pumpkin patch and go on a hay ride - and get spoiled by her grandparents!



* Dressing up and Trick or Treating. Brooke was a kitty cat this year, and loved walking around and saying "MEOW!" She went trick-or-treating to about 10 houses this year, and really had a fun time. After each house, Leslie would ask her if she was ready to go home and help me hand out the candy, and Brooke would say "No Mommy, I need more chocolate."

Apple Picking

A couple of weekends ago, we took Brooke to Carter Mt. Orchard just outside of Charlottesville. She really liked hiking around the orchard and picking apples. We had a lot of fun watching Brooke explore and really enjoyed seeing the beautiful fall scenery.