Halloween part 1

On Saturday we ventured to the Rocky River Early Childhood PTA Halloween Party. This officially kicked off our Halloween festivities. Our little witch had a fun time. Then we made some Halloween cookies.

Trick or Treat

Cheese!

More sleeping

The traditional ghost cookies with some cats, witches, and pumpkins added in for good measure

A close-up

Zoo trip

We had rain on and off last week but on a beautiful day last week so we went to the zoo for the afternoon.

Lunch before seeing the animals

Piper took her binoculars to the zoo and decided that this was the most convenient way to carry them.

Simon slept through most of the animals but did manage to wake up to see the sharks and lemurs.

The kids

Looking all pimped out


Piper and Simon hanging out. Also, disregard the skeleton in the background.

Kid's Night at Chick-Fil-A

Monday nights in Rocky River are Kid's Night at Chick-Fil-A. We went and had a ball. Piper and I split a chicken strip dinner though I could have got her a kid's meal as it was free with an adult dinner purchase. She met the cow mascot that we frequently see on the side of the road in front of the restaurant. She made a trick-or-treat bag craft and got a small bag of candy. Then I let her play for a while in the indoor playground. I was slow to coming around to Chick-Fil-A (Rick is a fan.) but I do love their customer service and the food is quite healthy and cheap too.

Lovin' the cow

She couldn't get enough of Mr. Cow.

The boy slept through it all.

Ballet

Last week Piper had her first ballet class. This is her all kitted out. She seemed to like it and even showed me first and second position when we got home. She'd wear her ballerina skirt all the time if I let her, thankfully she has a dress-up one from my mom that she wears EVERY DAY.

Simon's blessing

This last Sunday was Simon's blessing. It was my first time back to church in six weeks, what with being sick, Piper having croup and Simon a cough. It was good to be there and it was eventful too since they released our bishop and called a new one. Later we had our friends the Mussos over for chicken piccata and pumpkin pie. It was a wonderful day.

Don't you love the shoes?!

Pictures with Grandma and Grandpa

Just the four of us


Simon and me


Wearing the sweater and hat I made

A visit from Grandma Ann and Grandpa Rich

Ann and Rich came out this last weekend for a visit. It was their first time visiting us in Cleveland. They came also for Simon's blessing which was on Sunday but that's another post. We had a fun time together. We were able to find the apartment in Lakewood where Rich lived over 20 years ago when we interned at NASA.

We're sure glad they could come and miss them now. Here are a few quotes from Piper after they left.

Piper: Why we bring them here (airport)? I want to keep them.
Me: Who?
Piper: Those guys (meaning Ann & Rich)
Me: Because they need to go to their house.
Piper: But I like them at our house.

Then the next day Piper said, “I want my grandma back.”