Eric Sings Songs from School

Today when E got home from school, he was FULL of energy, which is rare. He usually nearly falls asleep in the car. I asked if they gave him caffeine at school and he said "Yes". He does his best singing at the table so I got to capture some of it today (notice Bailey trying to eat his sandwich but he's too quick!). Here, he sings Skidamarinky-dink, 5 Little Pumpkins and God Chose Me. The words are a little hard to hear, but you'll get the idea. :) (to hear better, press the Pause button on the bottom of the page)

Mother Miami

This weekend I got to visit Miami U. and take a trip down memory lane. I have to say, one of the most beautiful sights (at least for me) is to be at Miami in the fall. Talk about an absolutely gorgeous campus! I don't know how anyone could visit in the fall and NOT want to attend. I was lucky enough to meet up with one of my very best friends, Jenny, and have lunch and walk around campus. It was enough to make me teary-eyed. I'm such a sap, especially when it comes to good memories.

After that, we got to go back to her house and visit with Jenny's kids, Chloe and Drew. They are such beautiful and well-behaved kids! Wow! It was so nice to be with them. And then we met up with 4 of our sorority sisters for dinner, most of which I hadn't seen since we graduated...10 years ago...I feel so old. Anyway, it was SUCH a nice evening and we can't wait to do it again soon!

Jenny and I on the slantwalk at MU

Gorgeous!
Chloe posing for the camera This is so cute - Chloe and Jenny were playing hide-and-go-seek and instead of covering his eyes, Drew covered his ears when he "counted"
Baby Drew is not a baby anymore!!

The girls at our first reunion dinner

The first and second of many Halloween parties...

I used to think that it was so silly to buy or make a Halloween costume and then only wear it once....maybe twice. Not the case any more! Thanks to all of the things going on in and around Dublin, Eric will get plenty of wear and tear out of his costume! It started with our Moms Club party that was held at a local retirement center. To tell you the truth I don't know who had more fun, the kids or the folks at the center.

Later in the week Dublin hosted "Spooktacular" where we met up with our playgroup friends and got to go trick-or-treating, make crafts and eat pizza. What a great event!

Be on the lookout for more to come - a party at school, Halloween itself and a party at Audrey's!

Introducing "George the Monkey" (aka Curious George)

Eric and Audrey, the bee The group singing a song to the retirees
At Spooktacular with Audrey and Elyn (Jenna was there too but didn't want in the picture)
Jenna the cat!

In the trick or treat line - glad he had a warm costume, it was cold!

E was in awe of the policeman and car

Running through the hay maze

Our little monkey
Doing arts and crafts with Audrey So proud of my crown! A balloon, candy, a crown and holding Daddy's hand. What more could a boy want?

Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere!

One of the things we miss the most about West Virginia are the beautiful rolling hills. At this time of year the mountains are absolutely beautiful with all of the colors. We usually try to get up to see the mountains around this time every year but unfortunately aren't able to make it this time. However, the one thing that West Virginia doesn't have as many of are farms! Columbus is so funny because it's a large metro area but as soon as you 'cross the border' out of the city there are farms everywhere. Yes, yes, I know this is the midwest. Anyway, we've tried to combat our missing the mountains with taking advantage of the farmland, and we are having a ball.

This weekend we went to one our local farms to find some pumpkins. We planned on just buying some from the stand that were pre-picked but once we saw the pumpkin patch we had to go out. Eric wasn't quite sure about walking the 1/2 mile or so back, but once we were back he loved it. Here are some of our photos from the day!

Pumpkins as far as the eye could see!

E was mesmorized by the hayrides going on (but wouldn't get on one!)
The pumpkins were almost as big as he is - a great crop this year


Taking a rest on a pumpkin
"Let's just get ONE MORE pumpkin!"

"...and maybe some little ones, too"
Here's one my size!

Apples and Pumpkins

This weekend we visited Lynd's Fruit Farm which has started to become an annual Fall tradition. Eric loved loved picking apples and even got to sample the goods. We then went over to the "Pumpkinpalooza" which was as great as it sounds. We got two giant pumpkins, some lunch, E got to touch an enormous pumpkin and even got to go up the 'great big hill' (just a hill they had that all the kids were climbing). It was a Saturday to remember!

"I want this one!"
Wave to the camera!

Mmmmmm Apples
Still eating...
"Can you please stop eating so we can take a picture together?"

Look how tall we are!

Pumpkins!
E loved the big tractor!
Whoa! That's a big pumpkin!



Here we go up the hill!

Goodbye!

Our Beautiful New Bathroom

We finally bit the bullet and did a major facelift to our master bathroom. The shape is small and weird so we couldn't do much more than a facelift, but see for yourself if you think it was worth it...

BEFORE

Old Shower (too bad you can't see the bottom tiles falling off and the cool frosted glass of the shower)

Old Toilet and Vanity - notice the pink and cream flowered floor

Looking into the bathroom

AFTER

Yes, the shower door is closed!

I can honestly say that when we walk into our bathroom it doesn't even feel like it's our house! Hooray! SO worth it!! Feel free to come check it out sometime! ;)