And the fall festivals begin...

 We left after school last Thursday heading to Pigeon Forge for a few days of fall fun. We barely made it to Anniston before we had to stop at a CVS and purchase a DVD for her to watch on Big Daddy's DVD player in his car. I didn't even know she knew what a TV in the car looked like, but she spotted it first thing and begged and begged for a movie. I don't know how familiar you are with the DVD section at CVS but the options are limited. I saw a cartoon bear on the front of one, jerked it from the box, paid for it, and headed back out the door. When we started unwrapping the package we realized it was the Spanish version of Brother Bear. Adam just couldn't figure out how I didn't realized that before I bought it. However, in a fortunate turn of events the actual movie was in English.

On Friday we went to our second annual Maryville Fall Festival. Last year when we went she looked like this...

They have the typical fall festival things (crafts and food) plus a whole park filled with blow up kid toys. This was the closest thing to a smile I could get.

Before we left, Big Daddy had to do a little fishing at the pond beside where we stayed.

 When we got to the festival she wasn't going to have any part of the bounce house. One of the girls working there talked her in to going inside with her. That was all it took. She was hooked.

 She came down the slide countless time and almost lost her pants every single time. (That is mainly my fault because those are one of the first ones I made and the waist is slightly big.)

 That night we waited a sweet forever to eat dinner, but while we waited she learned ring around the rosie.

 She became friends with the ducks and fed them every morning.

 Saturday we went to a pumpkin patch just outside of Pigeon Forge. They had a huge tramoline type thing that was attached to the ground with a generator blowing air under it. I don't know if you can get a mental picture from that, but it was a recipe for a lot of laughter from her Daddy and Big Daddy. They bounced and bounced and bounced some more then Big Daddy couldn't figure out why his back was hurting all day Sunday.

 Of all the fun things they had to do at the pumpkin patch all she wanted to do was "wing."

 She went down this huge pipe slide a few times.

 And finally picked out her pumpkin.

She spent a lot of time counting to 10 and working on her ABCs on the ride home. Unfortunately, (for all parties involoved) she spent very little time napping during the ride.