Party, party, party!

The month of October is my favorite of the entire year. The weather is usually nice, the leaves are all changing, the harvest is in, pumpkin in any food and cider are among my favorites, campfires and get togethers abound. I feel like we've been on the go for the whole month enjoying time with friends and family. 

One celebration was a 'Potty Party' for Olivia because she is now dry through the night and wearing underwear to bed instead of pull-ups! A huge milestone for her and definitely worth celebrating! She asked for cupcakes with green frosting. So, I made pumpkin bread into cupcakes and dyed the cream cheese frosting green. To top it off I printed these cupcake holders from a site I found on Pinterest. The girls loved their kitty cats!

It was quite a celebration with homemade mac 'n cheese, cupcakes, hello kitty balloons and candlelight. Way to go Livy!

Ian finished out the night with his first time in a swing. He didn't like it at first but warmed up to it as long as we pushed very slowly. We had him belly laughing so hard he could hardly breathe though. All we had to do was run at him from a distance and say 'Boo!' He thought it was hilarious!

That Sunday night we had our church group over for a little Harvest Party. Unfortunately it was cold and rainy so we improvised and brought the outdoor movie in and made hotdogs on a skillet instead of over a campfire. It was a fun night of friends, food and 'The Lorax'.

Dancing along to the credits in front of the projector (so they could see their dance moves) may have been the highlight for all the kids!

And, completely out of the norm for Ohio, we received our first snowfall on October 30th. (Compliments of Hurricane Sandy). We woke up to a winter wonderland and had a beautiful snowfall until lunch. We ended up with about a 2 inch accumulation at our house. It promptly melted by the next day!

Our snowman....with grass for hair! Ryan literally mowed the lawn 3 days before it snowed. 

After school and lunch they headed back out to make snow angels and have a snowball fight. Ryan and I laughed hysterically from the house as they smashed snow in each other's faces.

The next day was co-op and we did a short day of school followed by a party. All the kids got to dress up and we played a few games and had a bunch of snacks.