October's Here!

Before we get into October's happenings, I thought I'd share some pictures from school. 

Here's Cadence and her friend in STEM class - he's super tall, so that helped them build a tall tower!

I love Colin's hair these days!

So sweet

Cadence and her pre-school reading buddies.  I can't get over how old she looks in this one!

Chilling with Scarlet on the morning of picture day.

Around my birthday every year, we always go apple picking.  We really enjoy going to Legend Hills Orchard -- we get a ton of delicious apples and buy way too much stuff in the store.

Colin was photographer, again, for some shots...

There was an Amish man picking apples; he even brought his own ladder.  Here's his horse!

Our friends joined us for breakfast on my birthday at my favorite restaurant.  Breakfast was followed by a trip to the park!

I had an awesome birthday weekend -- one that I could do over and over again!

Labor Day and Highbanks Park

September was a lot of fun.  We started out the month with a trip to Hamilton/Cincinnati for Labor Day.  We visited Danny's family and went downtown for the WEBN Fireworks.  It's become a great tradition!

Vince told the guys who took our group photo to flip the phone on themselves and take a pic!

The kids love anything that glows.  Mamaw and Papaw made sure the kiddos were happy!

I think Colin left his headphones on the for the entire fireworks show.  

Cadence was able to hold out until the grand finale.

Danny and I are really impressed with how much Colin has grown, both in his behavior and academically, since starting pre-K.  He's really into counting things and finding out what letters words begin with.  He'll say things like, "black and white make gray" or "hot and cold make warm" -- it's just neat seeing those wheels turning.  His writing and drawing skills have improved as well!

They keep the kids busy and do a lot of fine motor skills activities. 

Such a lil' stud with his new haircut.  

They spent a week learning about apples.  They made applesauce in class.

Mom has a newer version of the iPhone than I do and got some pretty cute pics of the kid in portrait mode.

We went to Landen's 5th birthday party which had a pirate theme.  The kids had a blast!  I loved the masks they wore during their treasure hunt!

We ended the month with a trip to Highbanks Park.  We hadn't been as a family since Cadence was a baby.  Colin had never been!  The weather was beautiful and a little cooler in the shade of the trees.  I think we hiked a little far for the kids, but it was nice to be outside.  We hiked to the lookout, but didn't see any bald eagles.  We saw some deer, though!  We had a picnic lunch and played on the playground before heading home.  

We found a decorated rock hiding in the woods for Northeast Ohio Rocks and did our part by re-hiding it.