campfire

Last night, we went to a birthday party campfire. It was pretty chilly but the kids didn't seem to mind. They kept warm by the fire and ran around the woods. These are the only pictures I got because the battery died after 3 pictures.

Mia eating smores

Bumblebee and the Bumblebee

Today was Sycamore Creek's Halloween Party. The kids were so excited to finally put on their costumes. Danny was the Transformer called Bumblebee and Mia was, of course, a bumblebee.

Danny and Mia playing hide n seek around the column.

New Jersey

The kids and I flew back to NJ for a few days to meet my sisters new baby, Emily. The kids did awesome on both flights!

The Pilot of the plane from Philly to Columbus came back and took us up to the cockpit while the other passengers were getting off of the plane. The crew was so nice to us!

Baby Emily
We took the kids to the Camden Aquarium for the day. Mia loved the shark petting tank.

We also took the kids pumpkin picking.
The pumpkin patch also had a wine tasting

This weekend, we took the kids to an apple festival. They had a petting zoo, pony rides and lots of food. This was the first time Mia rode on a pony. She begged to "ride the pony now" the whole time we waited in line. She giggled the whole ride and said lots of "yee-ha's". Then I had to carry her kicking and screaming off of the pony. Here are some pictures.

Flag Footbal

Danny had his first flag football practice this morning. He seemed to like it, but I'm not sure he knows the rules yet. His team is 4 and 5 year old boys and 1 girl. Today they practiced catching the ball and pulling the flags. This is Danny taking the ball down the field.

Catching the ball.

The flags are a little hard to pull, they mostly end up pulling each other to the ground before the flag comes off.
We'll see how it goes, hopefully he'll have fun.

Gymnastics class

Mia had her second gymnastics class today. The class has one other girl in it, who is also 2. Her teacher has a ton of patience! Today both girls were running all over and not listening well. They practiced on the trampoline.
They practiced handstands.

And backflips.

More vacation pictures

My friend Karla sent some pictures that she took when we were down at the shore. This one is my favorite.

Mia picking on her poor brother.