Heidi, Don't Move!

Heidi, stay very still and don't move!! You have to hold the tree up! If you move it will fall! You stay right there!! I will go get Mommy and Daddy!! OH NO! I can't walk yet!! I guess you will have to stay there and hold the tree up all holiday season!! I'm going to get some milk and cookies.

Love,

Brett

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!

It's tree decorating time!!! I love Christmas! I got to watch Mom and Dad decorate the tree last year, but this year I helped! It was so fun taking the ornaments to Mommy and telling her where to put them on the tree. Our tree ended up looking so good! But it is a little confusing?!? All the ornaments are tasty treats, so I want to yank them off and eat them all!! I love Christmas decorating!!

Love,

Heidi

We love each other!

Halloween 2010!

Heidi: Halloween 2010 was an exciting time for us this year! We did many fun events!!

Brett: My favorite part was the milk drinking!

Heidi: Brett, that's ALWAYS your favorite part. So, first of all we went to Harmon's tree farm out in Gilbert.

Brett: It was a farm, but I didn't see any cows. Cows make milk, you know!!

Heidi: I know Brett, I know. Well we ventured around Harmon's a little bit and took some pictures with all the apples.

Brett: How many times have I told you Heidi, they are not apples, they are PUMPKINS!

Heidi: Pumpkins, apples, same thing, I eat them all.

Brett: I wonder if they make pumpkin milk? I'd drink that!

Heidi: After we took pictures with the apples....

Brett: PUMPKINS!

Heidi:...pumpkins, we left and went on to the church festival at St. Peter Lutheran in Chapin.

Brett: That reminds me, Mom and Dad, I need to get baptized!

Dad: Brett, stick to the task at hand and finish your blog.

Heidi: The festival was fun. I was dressed as a pig...

Brett: and I was dressed as a spider!

Both: We were Charlotte's Web!

Dad: I didn't dress as Farmer Zuckerman! Although I look cute in suspenders!

Heidi: We played carnival games.....

Brett: ...and went trunk or treating....

Heidi: ....and ate hot dogs....

Brett: .....and drank milk. Milk does a body good!

Heidi: We went to Boo at the Zoo again too this year!

Brett: Halloween is so fun! I hope they have it again next year!

Love,

Heidi and Brett

Going Home!

Vacation was fun, but we are all worn out and going home! I can't wait till next time!

Love,

Baby Brett

Front Porch Sittin'!

Just sittin' on the front porch steps with Mommy and Heidi is my favorite part! I love sitting with my Mommy, and as you can see, little Heidi loves her apples!!

Love,

Baby Brett

Eating Apples!

Apples are SO tasty! I picked an apple right off the tree, and ate the WHOLE thing. I ate all of it except the little stem. I even ate the little ruffles on the bottom. MMMMMM!! SO YUMMY! I have been eating apples ever since that day. It is so fun to eat apples! I think my favorites are the Honey Crisp!

Love,

Heidi

Picking Apples!

Picking apples was SO fun. There were so many fresh, cool apples on the trees and I could pick out all the ones I wanted!! They had Cameos, Fujis, Golden Delicious, Rome, and others. Picking apples was my favorite part of the trip!

Love,
Heidi

Off To The Apple Orchard!

In Hendersonville, we stopped at an apple orchard. It was the first time picking apples for ALL of us. Even Mommy and Daddy had never picked apples. We got to ride in a wagon on the way to the apple trees. We are on our way to a load of fun!

Love,
Heidi and Brett

TIMBER!!

This was my first opportunity to get some photogenic shots with pumpkins. Unfortunately as Mom and Dad were setting up the shot, I tumbled over into the wood chips. As you can see on my face, the overwhelming surprise and terror on my face was not enough to stop Mommy from snapping the shot of my demise. After laughing at me, they picked me up, dusted me off, and needless to say, my first experience with pumpkin photography didn't go all that well. It's tough being the second child!

Love,

Brett

Roadside Stand

We stopped at this Roadside stand in Bat Cave on the way to Hendersonville. There were pumpkins and apples and cabbage and all kinds of fruit and vegetables. I liked the pumpkins. I thought they were big apples!

Love,

Heidi

Counting Sheep!

My bed was on the floor between Mommy and Daddy's bed. I think I counted about 3 sheep before I fell asleep.

Love,
Heidi

Nighttime at the Hotel

We stayed in a Death Trap hotel outside of Marion, NC. But it wasn't all that bad. Except the continental breakfast was non-existent. The reviews online talked about blood running down the walls of room 120 (good thing we were in room 118) and how everything about the hotel was scary. We didn't spend too much time in the room, because by the time we got back to the hotel in the evening, we were worn out, so we all went to bed. This picture is of me and Brett getting into our pajamas and going to bed. As you can see, Brett was too awake and happy and talkative, so I had to quiet him down. But I love my brother!

Love,
Heidi

The Mine Entrance

They let you walk right up to the mine entrance so we all walked right up to it and yelled HELLOOOOO into the mine and learned how to hear our echo. It was really nice and cool at the mine entrance. Mommy and Daddy talked about building a house in the mine.

PS. Right where Heidi and Daddy are sitting in that picture, that sign reads "DO NOT SIT HERE TO POSE FOR PHOTOS. We will just use this photo for leverage when Mom and Dad tell us not to do things.

Love,

Heidi and Brett

Emerald Village Gem Mining!

On Saturday afternoon, we drove up to the top of the mountains in a little village called Little Switzerland. They had this old actual mine called Emerald Village Mine where they let you come in and try to mine for jewels. This was our first time Gem Mining, so we were VERY excited. It was nice and cool at the mine, so we got a bucket of dirt and looked for jewels. To our surprise, we found some Emeralds and Garnets and Gold and all kinds of awesome gems. It was SOOO FUN!!

Love,

Brett and Heidi

Mountain Man!

I am a true Mountain Man! You can see my enthusiasm as I scaled Mount Tom's Creek and made it to the pinnacle with Heidi and Dad and Mom! If you look on Heidi's shirt, you can see her Confederate Sticker. She thought she was signing up for a Credit Card earlier at the Mountain Glory Festival to get a free sticker, but she accidentally signed up to be a member of the Confederate Daughter's Organization of North Carolina. Now we have to attend a monthly meeting to discuss what we are going to do to try to prevent the Northern Aggression down here in the South. Oh boy, the trouble you can get into trying to apply for credit cards. Oh well, at least she got the free sticker!

Love,

Brett

A New Star is Born!

At Kidsenses, they had this cool television studio where you could be a newscaster and be on TV. Of course, being the star that I am, I had to get my air time on TV. (You can actually see me on TV in the 2nd picture!) I told about the weather, talked about Apples, and then Mommy found out about the little gift I made for her....in my diaper. Hey, I'm sure Connie Chung probably soiled her trousers on air before. She probably pees herself everytime she thinks about why she married Maury Povich!

Love,
Heidi

The Cafe!

Kidsenses had this neat Cafe where you could cook and serve your own foods. I wasn't too sure about it. I kind of had the idea that most of the foods were made out of rubber and plastic, so I wasn't too sold on wasting my time trying to eat it. As you can see, they totally fooled my sister as she tried to drink a glass of milk with fake milk in it. One day I will teach her to be a little smarter. *sigh* Women, you can't live with em', you can't live with em!

(PS. I do love my Mommy though!)

Love,

Baby Brett

The Slide!

Whoaaaa! Watch me go down the slide! This was the alphabet room. It had a cool farm and a barn and vegetables to pick and a cool slide. I like slides. I go down them backwards and head first. They don't call me a Dare Devil for nuthin'!

Love,

Heidi

Creation Station!

At the KidSenses Museum, they had this fun room called the Creation Station where I got to color and paint and use stamps.....and yes, I decided to use the green stamp on my face. What can I say, I thought it looked cool! I made cool cow stamps and goat stamps! What a fun area!

Love,

Heidi

Grocery Shopping at Kidsenses!

On the way to the mountains on Friday afternoon, we stopped at this awesome Kids Museum in Rutherfordton, NC. It had so many cool things for me and Brett. They had this Little General Dollar store where I got to go grocery shopping for my family. I bought lot of cheese, meats, vegetables, apples, and mustard. I thought that's what we needed most at home!

Love,

Heidi

Going to the Mountains!

This past weekend, Me and Mommy and Daddy and Heidi went to the Mountains. We left Friday afternoon and got back on Sunday afternoon. Our main destination was Marion, North Carolina, but we visited many many places in North Carolina! This picture here is when we all went on a little hike to a waterfall in Marion. This was Tom's Creek Falls in Marion, NC. We went here on Saturday afternoon after the Mountain Glory Festival in downtown Marion. Daddy carried me all the way down the trail and Mommy put Heidi in her little nap sack. It was a nice tall waterfall, but since it hasn't rained much in a while, the trickle wasn't all that big. But a good time was had by all! It was my first waterfall trip and my first trip out of South Carolina!

Love,

Baby Brett

Wii Music Handbells Superstar!

Grandma Bollo,
I have been practicing up on Wii Music Handbells and I am pretty sure I can take you on. I average about 99% when I play. My hand eye coordination is top-notch. SO whenever you come over again, bring it on Grandma!

Grandma Bollo, Watch Me Sew-Lo!

Hey Grandma Bollo, I am just learning how to sew!! I think I am probably better than my Mommy already, although she has made me some nice pillows and blankies for me to use at daycare! I have learned that it is really fun if you put your finger under the needle.....OUCH.....just kidding! I think I will make a quilt now!

Heidi the Socialite!

Aunt Tracy,

Do you want to come over and we can go shopping? As you can see I looooove to talk on the phone and go shopping! We can talk about Boys (like my brother Brett) and we can try on some new clothes. I hear Babies-R-Us has an awesome new fall collection! Call me!

Hey Uncle Clinton, Look at Me!

You can call me Heidi Vinci! I have totally perfected the art of.....er.....the art of art! I've surpassed the skill of canvas art and moved on to clothes art and body art. You've never painted anything as good as me!! Maybe we should get together sometime and I can show you some of my techniques and help make you a better artist.

Grammy! Look at me!

Hey Grammy,

Look at me!! I can clean teeth! This guy here may have a cavity in his bicuspid. And he has a little bit of plaque build-up. But I can have him all fixed up due to my awesome dental hygienist abilities!

Grandpa Riddle and Uncle Nick! I Called the Tractors!

Grandpa Riddle and Uncle Nick,

Just letting you know that I call the Tractors when all is said and done. As you can see in the picture, I obviously have more skill driving tractors than anyone else in the family. Plus, John Deeres are made in Moline, Illinois around where my Mommy was born, so my tractor skills run in the family (on my Mommy's side, because my Daddy don't know how to drive a tractor!) If it ain't Green, it ain't poopie!

Grandpa Bollo! Go White Sox!

Hey Grandpa Bollo! GOOOOO WHITE SOX! The first picture is from earlier in the season when the White Sox were in first place. The second picture is from now when the Minnesota Twins have taken over first place and the White Sox are stinky. But I still love the White Sox Grandpa Bollo!!

Hello Everyone! It's Brett!

It's amazing how young people can understand computers and technology so fast these days. I mean, I was born just 2 days ago and I've already hacked into my sister's blog account to post my first blog! Well, I was just informed that this blog was designed for all the little Riddles so I guess it is ok that I am posting.

That being said, after spending approximately 38 weeks in my mommy's tummy, I decided to make my entrance onto the big stage Monday morning. I tried to make my debut appearance on Sunday night, but as the story goes, my first lines weren't until Monday morning at 6:46am. Those lines were as follows......"Waaaaah Waaah Wah Wah Wah Waaaaah!"

I know what you are thinking, I choked on stage. But give me a break, it was my first performance and I didn't know what else to say. Plus with all the bright lights, I got a little stage fright!

Well, after 2 full days, I have already come to the conclusion that I have the best Producer (Mommy) ever and an awesome Agent (Daddy.) I also have pretty good co-stars (Heidi and Isabel) and Heidi definitely has a better stage presence than I do so far! But I know pretty soon I will see my name at the top of the marquee and hearing the announcer say....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome, the star of our show.....From Columbia, South Carolina, weighing in at 7lbs, 12 oz, and 20 inches tall, welcome, Brett Alexander Dempsey Riddle!!"

You see, all the famous people have 4 names. Tom Benjamin Martin Cruise.....Angelina Marie Abigail Jolie.....must I go on? You get the point. I'll be here all week!

:-)

Brett Alexander Dempsey Riddle