JA Fall Carnival... 3 months later!!!

Ok, so I don't know how this one slipped away from me, it was saved and I guess I never posted it! Anyways, since I already uploaded all the pictures and did all of the hard work, the least I could do was post them. These are pictures from Gentry Claire's first official Jackson Academy Fall Carnival! She will begin in their three year-old program this August (I know, it's hard to believe). It really is quite a family already and we are so excited to be involved in this year's events. Here are a few from the October night!

Paps, Nana, and Gentry Claire on the train that circled the football field~ choo-choo!

Nana and Gentry Claire, still on the train, it might have been getting a little past her bedtime!

Brian and Paps. Go JA!

Gentry Claire watching the middle school girls sing karaoke... oh my goodness did she want to get on that stage!

We couldn't drag her away from the performers!

Picking out our real Christmas tree

Ok, again, I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet... but we are already feeling the Christmas Spirit. So after church this Sunday, we went and picked out our traditional real Christmas tree. We compromise... and always get a real Christmas tree to put in our front window. The faux tree (my fav!) will go up after Thanksgiving! But I have to admit... I love the pine smell that already fills our house :)

All decked out in her Christmas outfit... told ya'll we were already feeling the Spirit!

Climbing up the bricks to get a closer look.

Look ma! A tree as big as me!

We were at Lowe's and they had some really cute blow-up lawn decor!

Kid-sized reindeer stable... complete with reindeer and their elves!

It's good to be a kid!!!

P is for Potty Training :)

Miss Gentry Claire is potty training :) It's a lot harder than I thought it would be. There are lots of false alarms and oops moments, but we're working on it. She sure looks cute in her big girl panties though. Look at that hinnie ! (Is that how you spell that?)

Here she is posing in her big girls panties!

Playing in her playroom, with her big girl panties on.

Swim Class

Gentry Claire has been taking swim class at Maley's Swim School since her first birthday. She really loves it and has grown so much since she first began. At the beginning, I had to get in the water with her and we would learn together. Her daddy and even Nana got in the pool a couple of times. And not that we didn't enjoy it.... but we were really excited when she started her 2 year old classes!! Now she goes in all by herself (with the teacher of course!!!) and has class in the big pool like a BIG GIRL!!

Gentry Claire watching her friend Milla about to jump in!

Swimming like a fish... kick,kick,kick!!!

Looking for some goodies in her teacher's pail.

Gentry Claire and her friends sitting by the pool watching each other take their turns.

A Daisy for Halloween

Here is our sweet pumpkin dressed up as daisy. Brian's mom (Nana Joy) brought the trailer to town and Gentry Claire had her own private hayride through our neighborhood. She really had a great time. We accessorized with a red hair bow and her ladybug rain boots!

Our Little Pumpkin

Happy Halloween from the Lumpkins!

Here are some of the pictures from Gentry Claire's pumpkin patch photo shoot. They were taken by Monique McGonagill who was so kind and patient to work around our crazy schedule to take these. You can visit her website at http://www.mcgonagillphoto.com/

She tried to play shy at the beginning.

Still getting a little warmed up.

Here she is in her John Deere outfit... a Mississippi girl!

Starting to ham it up for the cameras.


My favorite :)


That's right, she's wearing her very first tap shoes.
She thinks she's Mumbo from Happy Feet... she loves them!


Happy Fall Ya'll!
We'll post trick or treating pictures really soon!