First of many Halloween Parties

This was the first of, I'm sure, many Halloween celebrations.  Eastview PTA sponsored a Halloween Costume Dance at Gina's school.  I wasn't sure what to expect or how the kids would be however it was a great time.  The girls got dressed in their Halloween costumes that Grandma made for them.  Natalie was an Angel and Gina (or should I say Dorothy because she would not let me call her Gina when when she was in costume) was Dorothy with Toto. 

We arrived at the school and Gina was a little shy.  Mr. Matthews the principal was dressed like Prince Charming (and his daughter was a bride).  Too cute.  Natalie wanted to dance right way however it took Gina a little bit to warm up but as soon as she saw one of her school mates, she was out of her shyness.  They danced and danced!  They hula hooped and danced more.  Gina was on one end of the gym and Natalie was on the other side dancing with Alyssa, the neighbor.

Both girls had the time of their life and didn't want to leave the party.  However, they were tired and needed to get to bed because the next day they were leaving for a camp out with Dad and would be up extremely late.

 

 

Happy Columbus Day

Today, both of the girls came home with hats that were made in honor of Christopher Columbus.  Natalie even told me that he discovered America.  So cute that the girls are leaving about American History. 

 

 

A Busy Saturday Afternoon

So this might have been our busiest Saturday of the year.  It started out with getting up early as usual.  However this morning we colored our friend, Isa, some Happy Birthday pages because today is her birthday party at Pump It Up.  We then headed out early to get to the Home Depot Safety Fair.  We built a Moving Truck, which is probably Gina's 30th project she has built (maybe you can see all the pins on her Home Depot apron).  As always, the girls had fun with Dad.

Next, we headed to Isa's Pump It Up Pinkalicious Pary.  What's more fun than friends, jumping and playing, and pink cupcakes.  Not much.  A good time was had by all.

Then, because the sun was out, it wasn't too chilly and it was the last day of Kiddie Park, mom took us there.  We still can't get enough of all the rides, however Gina's is getting close to the 50 inches marker which would reduce the number of rides that she can ride. 

And finally, Mom dropped us off with Dad at the Bradley Woods Park for a little time with the Indian Princesses.  They played corn hole, had a bon fire, got muddy, and both brought home a little treat (Gina brought home capsules that grew into sponges shaped like animals and Natalie a brown bear.)  Gina gave Natalie a bunch of her capsules to turn into sponges.

Have I told you how proud Mom is of Gina recently?  She is just an awesome big sister, who shares just about everything with her little sister.  Mom doesn't even have to ask her, she just does it.  It's just so sweet.  She will be great in teaching Natalie the ropes at their first camp out with the Indian Princesses this coming weekend (pictures hopefully will be posted if Dad takes some good ones).

After all that, we got to spend a few hours with Grandma because Mom and Dad went to a Bat Mitzah.

But here are some pictures of most our adventures today:

Friends & Elin's first birthday

After some good playing at Mapleside Farms, we headed home, quickly changed, and then were out the door to celebrate Elin's first birthday.  There was a deejay, balloon twister, cake, good food, great friends, and more fun than a little girl could ask for.  We even got to take Isa because her mommy was in Florida.

Happy 1st Birthday Elin!  Thanks for having such a great birthday party for us.

Mapleside Apple Farm Fall Fun

It was a gorgeous day for some fall fun.  We headed out to Mapleside Apple Farm in Brunswick and met up with our cousins, Evie & Charlie.  Oh the things we got to do and it was so much fun.  They had a slide that was 311 feet long (we got to ride down on that on mom or dad's lap because it was FAST) and there was a corn maze that when we went through it, we got to read the story about Spookley the Square Pumpkin.  We even got to ride on Hayrides and the Moo-Lar Express.  Pumpkins and Apples galour.  And then we had time for a yummy lunch at the restaurant before having more fun bouncing on the large pillow; playing on the swing sets and building in the corn box. 
 
Here are some pictures but the pictures won't do justice for the fun we had (however there are a lot of pictures). 

 

Metropark Hike

Every third Friday of the Month, the Lorain County Metroparks does a program with a craft and hike.  This month's program was about Seeds.  Luckily our friend/neighbor, Ellie, was able to join us for this month's program (because Natalie really misses Gina because she is at school all day and doesn't get to do these fun programs anymore).

Natalie even got to hold a salimander.

 

And after our hike outside to find seeds, we walked back into the library and guess who we found.  GRANDMA!  We love having her live so close to us so we get to run into her at different places.  We love you, Grandma.

Natalie's 1st day of Pre-K

Today, Natalie started her Pre-K year at Little Learners. She was so excited that after we got Gina on the bus at 8:15 this morning, she wanted to go to school too.  However, she does a 4 day a week (Mon-Thurs) in the afternoon from 12:30-3 p.m.   This was a special first day for her as she got to take mommy with her for a fun afternoon of doing a scavenger hunt, meeting and visiting with the teachers and kids, and listening to a story.  It was a very hot day but it was fun to see all the faces of the kids from last year and to meet the new kids.  Tomorrow is going to be a great 1st day by herself!

Her teacher is Miss Kelly and she is in the fish room (which is the room that Gina was in for her first 2 years at Little Learners).   

 

Natalie with her teacher Miss Kelly.

With her good friend Lyla.

Being driven around by her friend, Fiona.

Mommy made some silly drawings on the driveway for me :)