October 30

Power still out today, and by the looks of our neighborhood it was going to be  LONG time until we got it back.

This is in our backyard... that blue peeking out from under the tree (actually a tree and a half) is our swingset (which is still standing).

Using the snow blower in October is just not right!

The tree along our front walk... it wasn't doing so well before the storm hit, and now it's a goner.

My poor mums!

October 29

So today it snowed.... and snowed... and snowed! Apparently heavy, wet snow plus trees with leaves still on them is a disastrous combination. Our power went out about 1 pm and all we heard all afternoon was cracking noises and branches broke off of trees and trees ripped out of the ground.

This was the first limb that we lost...

And this was the first tree that we lost. 

October 28

It's trick-or-treat night! We headed to Nanny & Poppop's house for dinner and to cruise through the neighborhood for some yummy treats. The boys both had a great time, Riley loved shouting "Trick or Treat!" as he walked up to each house (thankfully his "thank you" was just as loud), and Jonah walked around saying "Treat!" all evening.

October 27

Riley's school had a Halloween parade this morning! Nanny came along with us to see all of the kids in their costumes - everyone was so cute!

October 26

The kids were invited to wear their costumes at storytime today and we got there just in time for a picture with Miss Erin before the fun started!

October 25

Every day lately when it's been sunny and a little warm out in the afternoon I wonder if it's going to be out last warm day. This was one of those days so after naptime we hit the playground with Jess and her kids. Jonah may have seemed a little overwhelmed at first, but he warmed up soon!

October 23

Abe was out of town this weekend visiting his family, so the boys and I made plans to go to Dorney Park this afternoon with friends. We ended up running into even more friends there, and we had the best afternoon!

October 21

This morning we met some friends at McDonald's playland - always a good time!

October 20

Riley's class had a pumpkin show for their families today... every child decorated their pumpkin from Byler's and brought it back in to show off. They also had pumpkin songs to sing - so cute!

Riley got a little shy when it was actually time to sing...

October 19

Jonah played this morning while Riley worked on decorating his pumpkin... I thought it was interesting that he brought together a drum and a matchbox car wash to play with at the same time!

Riley got to decorate his pumpkin from his field trip yesterday any way he wanted... he wanted to paint it red and put stickers on it, so that's what we did!

October 18

Today was Riley's first field trip! We went to Byler's Farm... it was about 35 minutes from our house, but the drive was beautiful and the farm is amazing!

This is Riley's preschool class with his two teachers - Mrs. Kollar and Mrs. Shepherd.

Aside from the hayride and pumpkin patch, they also had a lot of other activities for the kids. Corn tables...

A HUGE slide...

Milking a cow and picking eggs out of a chicken coop!

October 16

This afternoon we met up with friends at Grimm's Greenhouse for some pumpkin patch fun! The boys played in the corn crib for a while...

Then we loaded into the wagon and set out to find our pumpkins.

Riley really wanted to pull the wagon, but this didn't last long!

A quick run through the hay maze before we left...

This is what happens when you try to take a picture of 4 kids who are 3 and under... I'm just happy someone is looking at the camera!

October 15

We were invited to watch the Emmaus Halloween parade by a friend of Abe's who owns a business on Chestnut Street. This was the boys' first Halloween parade, and we all loved it!

October 14

This was Sandy & Chuck's last morning in Pennsylvania, so we had them over for breakfast before their flight. While I was cooking, Riley and Sandy played a game together.

Thank you so much for coming to see us - we had a great week!

October 13

Today we went to Chick-fil-A for dinner (one of our faves when Abe is out of town) and I turned Jonah loose in the play area with Riley. He did a great job of climbing up into the play structure and instead of coming down the slide he'd climb back down the steps... too funny!