Country Girls

Last weekend we headed to visit Chuck and Susan at their house in the Shenandoah Valley. It was a gorgeous weekend, in a beautiful setting, with some of our favorite people.

We went to a Fall Festival one afternoon.

The Kindergarten version of Gene Simmons.

David was MUCH braver than I was, and
decided to ride Belle. She took him for
quite a ride. Thankfully there were no
trips to the E.R.

Lindsey rode Romeo, a much slower
moving horse.

Molly on Romeo sporting her pink
cowboy boots.

View from the back of the house.

View from the driveway.

Fun times in their pool.

Goggle girl!

Taking a time out for a root beer float.

Cowgirl Lindsey

Leading Romeo to the pasture. She's had practice
since she's been walking her own "horse," Willow.

Molly and Romeo on a stroll.

Checking out Belle.

Oh My!

I drove up in the carpool line and burst into laughter. Molly looked like a maniac! She must have played VERY hard at school today. When she left this morning, it DID NOT look like I had brushed her hair with an egg beater. This is the look from the front...


and this would be the look from the back...


Aside from looking crazy, she got in the car in a great mood excited about wanting to "win the ABC singing contest in school." She told me parents can't come, she just has to sing it by herself in front of the class and if she's the best, she wins a prize. She feels CERTAIN she will win. Well, I'll let you be the judge.

For The Love of Cocky

There was a lot for us to learn when we first moved to South Carolina. I quickly caught on that when people were talking about the "Cocks" around here, they were using the noun very differently than I had heard it used in the past. These people LOVE Gamecock football. Caleb, a little friend from the neighborhood, is such a fan, his parents paid "Cocky" to come for a little birthday half-time show.


Molly and her baby, were quite comfortable posing with Cocky.


Lindsey was more comfortable throwing a football at him. That was about as close as she got to him all party.

The Barrett boys LOVED Cocky. Walker, the one on the right, is the boy Molly is planning on marrying. He might have different plans.

All the kiddos and Cocky

Molly kicks her first field goal. She says football is now her favorite sport and she "goes for the Gamecocks and Lindsey goes for the Tigers."

A fun party for all of the Gamecock fans and non Gamecock fans. I could possibly get on board if they would only consider changing their name!

New Additions

Not any wonderful house addition or the birth of twins - just 3 furry friends that became part of the Cerra family last Sunday when they needed rescuing. Meet our newest family members...

Willow, the gentle giant is a 90 pound lab that with one swat of her tail can knock you to the ground. She's one of the sweetest animals I've every been around. She did come with a few bad habits; the love of lounging on all furniture, to include our bed. We need way more than a queen size bed to accomodate the two of us and this beast. Looks like I'll be doing dog training research on the internet.

Emma is adorable and WILD! She goes non-stop all day long and jumps and licks. I'll add those habits to my list when I'm looking for dog training tips.

Clovis is not from Stephen King's Pet Cemetary as you might think upon first look. He is absolutley the most pathetic animal that I have ever seen but he is loving and gentle and needs a home. So, the suckers we are, took him in as well. Hopefully he and Annie will become good friends.

Molly and Lindsey have missed Fletch and Arby so much they have welcomed the new additions and have enjoyed having them around. Molly said Willow reminded her of Fletch "because she is so mellow." Lindsey is excited Emma likes to play chase, run after balls, and play with toys. She said, "Fletch never wanted to play with me."

Life is fun and furry at the Cerra's again!

Holden's gift

Each of the girls wanted to buy Holden a gift just from them. We headed off to Target and surprisingly, they each picked a gift that Holden will be able to use and Aunt Erin and Uncle Rob won't have to return or stash away until they visit.

And since they shopped for the gift, they wanted to wrap the gifts by themselves too. Evidently, scotch tape won't do the trick; they wanted a roll of masking tape and I think they used at least 3/4 of the roll on Molly's gift alone.

The girls might be able to give Holden shopping tips one day, but he may want to stay away from any fashion advice they give. Check out their get-ups for the day.

Grammy sent home a package with David and the girls LOVED the skeleton pajamas. They really do glow in the dark. Molly belly laughed when she saw them for the first time. Lindsey loves them too, but wasn't into standing in total darkness to check out her reflection in the mirror. It was way too "spooky."

Molly's Halloween Party

Molly has been planning her own Halloween party since the beginning of September. She enlisted help from Lindsey and Cousin Hannah to help make "spooky" decorations that have been taped all over her walls, bookcase, and even froggy for weeks. Today was the big day. Before the girls entered her party room, Molly warned them they might be scared because of all of her decorations. Thankfully, no one passed out from fright when they saw Molly's hand drawn ghosts and smiling pumpkins.



The party planner was all smiles until a certain party guest decided not to color her Frankenstein the EXACT way Molly wanted her to. Copeland came to the rescue and told Molly "she'd copy how she was coloring." YIKES - I had no idea I needed to coach Molly on proper hostess etiquette.






Lindsey and her friends (siblings of Molly's party guests) had their own fun in Lindsey's room. Lindsey is a much more relaxed hostess. Anything goes - to include coloring on the table, dumping all of the glue out, and coloring outside of the lines with any color you choose to use.



My control freak - I mean daughter - finally let people leave "the craft station" and head outside for more unstructured games like run 3 times around the pumpkin, and beat the pumpkin with a broom stick.


Molly sent her guests home with candy necklaces, glow sticks, spider rings and the promise of a Thanksgiving party.

Who's the boss?

B and Grandaddy are in town and B and Lindsey were in the back of the car chatting about the various random things that pop into Lindsey's head.

Lindsey: You're Christopher's mom, too.

B: No, Grammy is Christopher's mom. I'm your mommy's mom.

Lindsey: So you're the boss of her?