Uncle Billy

The girls have loved spending time with Bill now that he has moved back to the area! They're always arguing over who is going to sit next him and fighting for his attention. They have even honored him with the title of Uncle!

Trick-or-Treat 2010!

Playing Dress Up!

*Note-Giovanni is NOT wearing a dress. He is a ladybug and yes he asked to wear it ;)

Nails!

New Wheels

Erin's come a long way with learning how to pedal her tricycles this year including nana's old tricycle! We even got out Sam's old bike and put the training wheels for Erin to try. She did pretty well even though she was pretty nervous! I imagine next summer she'll be zooming all over the place trying to keep up with the older kids!

Latest Project

I crocheted my first baby blanket for some friends at ours at church. It's the perfect size for the car seat carrier and turned out really cute!

Pumpkins

The girls and I tackled pumpkin carving Friday night. Samantha did all of the work for her pumpkins herself and was very proud of her work! She did the 2 faces. Erin did not like getting cleaning out the pumpkins but loved watching me carve the cat (she didn't carve it herself. I had her pose with the carving knife for the picture). Of course I had to throw the Browns helmet in their as well! The girls were so excited to see them lit up with the candles!

JOY Horseback Riding

The youth group at church went horseback riding at a local stable. The kids really enjoyed it and now Sam has been talking about taking riding lessons!

Gymnastics Competition

Samantha took a competition class in gymnastics this past session and participated in her first meet. This class is designed to give the girls an idea of what it's like to compete. The each did a bars, beam and floor routine and were judged on how well they performed themselves and not based on the other girls. Sam was really nervous, but did fantastic earning 2 golds in beam and floor and a silver in bars. She really enjoyed herself and would like to join the team one day!

Family Night

We decided to go to the family fun night at the gymnastics center for the first time. It was a lot of fun although it was packed! They had a lot of the equipment open with instructors to help spot as well as a giant inflatable obstacle course and the rock climbing wall. The girls had a lot of fun and it helped to wear them out before bedtime!

Sunset

The girls and I saw this sunset driving home from gymnastics the other night. It was stunning and we all oooed and ahhhed!

O-H-I-O

The Ohio State Marching Band played at the Browns/Bengals game which we were at. This is the second time I've seen them do the script Ohio in person and it's been amazing each time!!