Halloween and Half-marathons

We have been working hard on learning how to pump ourselves on the swings. We live around 2 blocks from Hazel's (future) elementary school so on the weekends, we often walk over and use their playground to burn off some extra energy.

new shades

Self sufficient!

 As luck would have it, Tom and Margie's neighbor's in Huntsville have a son that is OUR neighbor in Nashville. We hang out with Chris and Emma Everett on the occasional weekend and Hazel and their kids Iris and Sarah have a blast! It's even better when we get to leave the mess at their place :)
We went trick or treating at their place -- meaning, a bunch of families met up, ate dinner, and then the parents lugged their kids around the neighborhood for about 45 minutes. It was fantastic! We brought a red wagon, brought some roadies for ourselves and walked up and down the street. There was very little traffic so we have the streets to ourselves and Hazel flew from house to house.  I think this is Hazel's new favorite holiday.

Sean ran a half-marathon in Huntsville. He ran super fast and Hazel was pumped to see him run by us.... and then she got distracted with a peanut butter sandwich.

Hazel turned 3 and the solar eclipse

Hazel turned 3! We have so many friends over at our place for a pretty casual but super fun backyard BBQ with cupcakes, face painting, water balloons, and sand creatures!

mom gets facepainted

Birthday tiger!

having fun at day care

There was a solar eclipse on August 21st 2017 and Nashville TN was pretty darn close to the epicenter -- meaning, it was about 2 minutes of 'total coverage.' Eclipse viewing parties were happening everywhere, but we decided to hang out on our front lawn. We took work off and hung out with YiaYia, TP, and the rest of us. It got so dark that the street lights came on... it was pretty neat. Hazel was mainly concerned with her goldfish supply running out.

Timelapse of solar eclipse in Nashville

Hazel the assistant brownie batter taster

 Hazel goes to daycare with a friend whose parents/grandparents really go ALLLL out and bring in costumes for ALL the kids, treats, music, purses, etc. Hazel loves her Minnie Mouse outfit and sometimes hops into it on weekends.

minnie mouse outfit for friend's birthday

 Hazel was also been REALLLY into Peppa Pig lately. Well.... really, for the last 6 months. If we have a 'good' day at daycare, we get to watch 1 episode of Peppa Pig.
So, luckily, Peppa Pig came to the Nashville Opry so we went to see it. Hazel wasn't really sure what was going on (partially because we sat sooo far away it was hard to see the character faces), but she got the idea. It was pretty fun Mommy-Daughter time.