HUH????
NO...STOP Paparazzi...do NOT take my picture!!
I'm not looking...I don't care what you say!
Throwing a fit...I'm trying not to laugh...see how she has her eyes shut real tight!!
Rolling over...mommy is doing her best to ignore
We're all smiles now!
This is hilarious! Wish I would have thought of that! Scroll down to the end of my blog and pause the music before you watch it!
I'm finally posting Halloween pictures! Click on the collage above to see the pictures bigger! Manze went trick-or-treating with her friend Lainee! They had fun and Manze loved riding in the wagon! Once she got use to going up to the door, she became an old pro! She would walk up, say "Halloween", then she had to get the candy herself! She would say "buh-bye-ye" then walk away saying "wagon, wagon." One time I looked over and she was taking all of Lainee's candy out of Lainee's bag and putting it in her own bag. Then, when we were at Lainee's house she helped herself to the bowl of candy at the doorstep! She was hilarious! Needless to say, she had a lot of fun!
Photos by Monique McGonagill
We took Manze to the fair for the first time this year! We met her friend Richard and his parents and they had a blast! Manze had a little bit of a meltdown when she had to get off the carousel (she was crying "horsey, horsey" as she was being dragged off). She also didn't understand why she couldn't just walk by herself (not in her stroller or holding our hands). After we got through those trying moments we had a great time! Needless to say, we were all exhausted when we got home! Manze rode a lot of rides and her daddy took her down the big yellow slide (every time they went over a bump, she would say, "WHOA"). Mommy had to go on almost every ride with her. I realized how parenthood has changed us...we spent the whole time at the kiddie rides and never went near the adult rides! The fair is all about Manze and nothing about us! We had fun and can't wait to take her back next year!!
My school had a float in the Homecoming Parade! The theme was Holidays and our holiday was Halloween! Here is a preview of Manze's Halloween costume (she's a butterfly). She has some cute butterfly tights for actual trick or treating! Manze rode the float and LOVED waving and throwing out candy (the candy she threw did not go too far :o)!
Here's Manze hanging out at home! She ate her first KFC biscuit and she LOVED it...she loves anything with bread!
Swinging on the swing
Playing on the slide and look, she even liked the sand! Unbelievable since she HATED the sand at the beach and cried everytime she got near it! We are going to Pensacola next weekend for my Aunt's wedding and staying in a beach house...maybe she will like the sand this time (I'm not holding my breath).
Manze's new favorite word is "No!" And let me tell you, she knows how to say that word A LOT of different ways. She likes to cross her arms and say "NO!" Here she is above doing that to me. I couldn't get her to look at the camera so I could get a good picture of her doing that. Everytime I would yell her name for her to look at me she just turned, crossed her arms and said "No!"
Manze just loves to put on everyone's shoes! I catch her all the time walking around the house in my shoes, Tommy's shoes, flip flops, whatever she can find and stick her foot into! So, when she went to visit her Mimi and Poppy the other night Mimi stuck some green play shoes in the toy box for Manze to find! Manze immediately put them on and walked around the house! I hate to break it to Tommy but I think she's going to have a shoe fetish! All her little friends seem to have the same problem...they will be swapping shoes when they get older!
Mississippi State running back Christian Ducre, right, signals touchdown as he put the Bulldogs ahead of Auburn to stay in Auburn on Saturday. Mississippi State upset the Tigers in Jordan-Hare Stadium 19-14. 
Jumping off her chair!
Going back for more!
Manze loves to play dress up! Here she is putting ona bunch of her winter hats!
She's done with the hats and my picture taking by now! She is going to have ADD when she gets older...she can not sit still for ONE MINUTE!!!! She's constantly on the go!
One of my all time favorite movies is Ferris Bueller's Day Off! I was in the 5th grade when this movie came out and my parents took me and my "boyfriend" Ched Hudgins (can you believe I still remember his name???) to see it! I lived in Chicago at the time so that made it even cooler (I couldn't think of a better word than cooler, sorry). Imagine my surprise when my friend sent me the link to this story about a possible Ferris Bueller's Day Off Sequel! I know what you're thinking...leave a good movie alone! But, this sounds really good! Check out the story!
I'm so excited about the game tonight! The first game of the football season is always exciting! I'm hoping my bulldogs do well! I dressed in my maroon MSU shirt today (I forgot to dress Manze in her cheerleader uniform...what was I thinking??) and there was a lot of excitement at school! Of course, one of my students is a HUGE LSU fan (or her parents are) and she was dressed to the "t" in LSU garb! I wanted to get a picture of us together so bad, but I forgot to borrow a camera! My camera is still broken and it is killing me! I'm missing all kinds of great pics! Anyway, GO BULLDOGS!!!!
Manze was so tired after a long day and she fell asleep in her bouncy seat at 7:00!! Check out her socks...can you tell her daddy dressed her in her night night clothes?? He pulled her socks up over her pants! Ha, ha!
Manze would not look at the camera. I was trying to get her picture before she got into the pool!
Here is Manze with her very first swim instructor, Miss Erin! She was wonderful! We loved having her teach Manze swim lessons and we loved getting to know her! Manze was too busy watching the bog kids swim in the big pool to pay attention to the camera! She had her last lesson tonight at Maley Swim School and she had a BLAST!!
I have become a huge High School Musical fan! That's not hard considering I'm a 2nd grade teacher!! My students were so pumped up about the premiere of High School Musical 2 Friday night they could hardly contain themselves Friday! They were telling me all about the HSM parties they were going to! Since they behaved themselves all week and we got all our work done, I let them watch High School Misical on Friday! I wish I had brought my video camera. The girls were singing every song and you could definitely tell no one has had vocal lessons..ha, ha, ha! They were so cute! Manze and I went to a HSM party ourselves! We had a blast and Manze danced to the songs! We ate "Bop to the Top" tacos, "We're all in this together" milkshakes, and "Get Your Head in the Game" cookies! It was great! We can't wait for High School Musical 3 to come out! If you haven't seen any of the HSM movies, you need to! They are really cute!! 
