Junior Beauty Queen

While Lorelai was at the American Girl Fashion Show, local beauty queens came to help the girls style their hair.  Noel, the reigning Miss Edgefield for Woodmen of the World (WOW), was the girl assigned to help Lorelai.  Noel and Lorelai just clicked and Lorelai was asked to be the junior counterpart to accompany Noel when she makes appearances as a representative of WOW.  Pretty cool, huh?

 

Last weekend Lorelai attended a crowning ceremony to receive her sash and tiara.  She is now officially a WOW girl, or in this case WOW WEE since she's the junior version.  Here is Lorelai with Noel.

Peek a Boo!

Before Boo at the Zoo

As mentioned in my previous post, before we went to Boo at the Zoo we strolled through Riverbanks Zoo for a few hours.

 

Ready to hit Riverbanks!!

This was a zebra made from recycled materials.

Waiting for the pony rides.

Giddy up!

In the Lorikeet exhibit.

Feeding the Lorikeets.

Riding the carousel of endangered animals.

Ma with the flamingo dressed as a witch that matched her shirt.

Ma bought these cuddly creatures for her two sweet grandkids.

Boo at the Zoo

The Saturday before Halloween Lorelai, Miller, Ma, and I hopped into the Explorer and headed down to Columbia to visit Riverbanks Zoo.  We visited the zoo for a few hours before closing time (pictures to follow in a later post) and then we went to the car to change into costumes to get ready for the evening's activities.

 Miller as the Red Power Ranger all suited up and ready for candy.

I wasn't sure how chilly the evening would prove to be, so I brought his ski cap just in case.

Lorelai as Sulley.

I didn't wear a costume, just a purple wig.

Ma all decked out in her blinking candy corn necklaces and eyeball glasses.

Here's something you don't see everyday ~ Sulley milking a cow.

 Fun in the Foam Zone!

Ma's fun glasses.

Cover Girl

While participating in the American Girl Fashion Show, the photographers of the event took pictures of each girl against a back drop that they later turned into a mock-magazine cover.  Here are Lorelai and McKenna on the cover of "Carolina Girl" magazine.

Just to Get Things Started

Here are a few pictures from the trunk-or-treat that we went to last night.  On our way back to the car we ran into Rob, Lisa, Sierra, and Chase.  We stopped off for a brief photo shoot and let the kids run around a bit to get their "candy energy" out.

 

Chase was Mike Wazowski, Miller was the Red Power Ranger, Lorelai was a High School Musical cheerleader, and Sierra was Rapunzel.

My adorable Power Ranger.

I dressed as a hippie.