Belated Halloween Photos

Happy Birthday Abby!!!! We already had the birthday cake at Abby's party but I insisted on running to the store (in my Cat in the Hat costume) and getting cupcakes. It's Cat in the Dorothy! Those shoes lasted al of about 5 mins. It's not Halloween if I can't dress up. My costume from last year was inappropriate so I went wearing my Dads! I'm the cutest Cat in the Hat you ever saw! Abby had a hard time saying, "please" and "thank you" but she did great at taking the candy and knocking. Weirdly enough I believe this was the house that it was someone's birthday also! That basket I am carrying for her also has a stuffed doggy from last year...

My kid may not like the birthday singing but she loves the sugar! I swear she actually considers where to start when eating that. My beautiful little girl has grown so much. I can't believe its been two years since she came into my life. Jeff got to hand Abby her "cake" and that made her rediculously happy. This was the moment before the screaming and hiding came. Apparently "Happy Birthday" scares her....and me.

Hanson Awareness Walk

Zac getting out of the bus before the walk! Isaac announced while walking, "We're Hanson and we're walking to raise awareness of poverty in Africa and provide shoes!" Taylor gathering the masses! Isaac surrounded by fans! At one point Taylor lost Zac and Isaac despite the fact that there were a good number of girls with each. This is him looking for them! Zac was silent pretty much the entire time he walked. However when girls nearly crossed the street on a "Don't walk" sign he had a moment where he freaked out.

If you look closely you can see me all the way on the left with Abby in the stroller. At that point I was standing in the street watching Zac's outburst. He wasn't actually angry but I think he found the obsession a little silly. You would think that he would be used to it. Abby and I finally got ahead of the pack....we were very tired of hitting people's ankles! Abby looks like she is bored but she really loved going on the walk. She was clapping and screaming, "go, go, go." It looks like Zac is signing an autograph, but I was just happy to be near him!

At about a half mile when we finally regrouped with Taylor, Hanson stopped to give a speech on what our generation can do to change the world. They reminded their fans that with every pair of shoes we purchased TOMS shoes donated a pair of shoes to children in Africa. Apparently a few shows prior they had reached their first goal of 50,000 shoes donated! The "rally" started to scare Abby so we walked a few feet away from the crowd so I could look for something to fill Abby's sippy cup. Zac came over to ask me how old Abby was. We talked about how my child seemed older because of the long blond hair and the "adult-like" clothing. Zac mentioned that his nephew, Ezra, also has a Halloween birthday. Zac was really nice and very approachable (especially as he approached US)!

At this point I was actually checking out Zac's feet. Random Fact: Zac has hobbit feet!!! This was the point in the conversation when things started to get awkward....he walked away shortly after which made me happy cause I am boring in comparision to his younger fans. Isaac seemed a little off that day. He wasn't mean, actually nice....just sort of preoccupied. In my happy head this is Taylor looking at Abby. I was quite happy to finally be in front...I got to walk with all three of the guys and if I hadn't been able to go to the concert I would have been happy after the walk!

He seemed pretty preoccupied! But he and I still had a conversation about how the hand stamps would work. I mentioned that I HAD to go home, and he looked at me crazy-like first, then he remembered (saw) Abby and was like, "oh you HAVE to go home." I mentioned Grandma was watching Abby and that I needed a break with which he agreed! My feet are the feet on the top left and the middle feet are Taylors. This was more of our conversation on the handstamps! Isaac smiling for the first time since I had seem him that day!

Abby's Birthday Party 2

Abby eating a cookie she didn't make at the cookie decorating station. I looked away for a second and Abby ran away from the party, this is me bringing her back. Abby's Halloween birthday cake! Abby gets scared by singing for some reason. Poor thing didn't even want to blow out her candles. She finally calmed down when she realized she was going to get CAKE! Presents are fun, except when you have to move onto the next one. It's her party and she cried when she wanted to! I got to hand the presents to her and help open them. I love being a parent and the joy of getting to pretend I am the kid!