goebbert's "oh-so-much-more than just" pumpkin patch

innocent enough. looks like a pumpkin patch.

but, wait, is that the purplish blue hue of giraffes tongue i see? why, yes. (notice isabel's look of utter disgust as she drops the carrot stick on the giraffe's tongue. and mom's look of concern as she eyes the muscular looking tongue near her child's pudgy little fingers.)

good old goats to feed.

the yearly fall pony ride.

amalea "milking" the cow.

isabel's wisp-o-mullet

isabel was born with oh so little hair (remember, baldy beauty queen?).

now look at what has happened to her hair. it is an odd growth pattern. the temples have less than a 1/4 inch of hair. longer and longer as you trace along the forehead to the center. then the top. and the sides. oh the glorious profusion found there!

just behold.

isabel is quite proud of her mane, often asking for it to be adorned with an assortment of barrettes, hairbands, ties, and such. always proclaiming, "i am beautiful!"

shoes, glorious, shoes!

may i have more shoes, please. amalea made out like a bandit on saturday the 3rd of october. she was the owner of 5 new pairs of shoes from a single shopping excursion.

some of these new shoes were the tying kind. mom showed her once how to tie at the store. then again hours later at home. and then amalea went ahead and tied this shoe that is pictured here firmly onto her foot completely on her own.

utterly amazing! she can definitely keep the shoes just for that.