Haunted House at the Children's Museum!



For Scott's Fall break we took a day to go to The Children's Museum in downtown Indy.  We love it there, especially now that we have an access pass we'll be going a bunch this winter! It's filled with five floors of interactive play areas for kids. The very top floor is the carousel which is Ella's favorite.  It was so much fun to see a bunch of our dental friends and their families there!





One of the coolest art displays there is all this blown glass shapes in all sorts of styles and colors. You sit on this rotating circular bench and the whole ceiling is filled with the colored glass shapes.



Dress-up time as dinosaurs!

Ella & Cole digging for dinosaur bones



Here we are outside of the Haunted House at the Children's Museum. The kids were a little scared, so we had to hold them the entire way through. Getting candy inside helped a bit, it was fun!



FHE: Carving Pumpkins



We had our friends the Goffs over for FHE, dinner and pumpking carving. It was so fun to see who could create the best pumpkin! Thanks for joining us!



Scott's throwing-up pumpkin... nice

It was FREEZING that night... can you tell?

Jamie's ghost pumpkin

Ella's so proud of her small bat pumpkin!

Nature Walk

For a Joyschool Fieldtrip, we wanted to take a nature walk at a nearby park I LOVE. We invited our other friends to join us on the walk, and had a great time! Ella & Adrienne: BFF
Cole with two balls... his obsession these days

All the kiddos

Cole and his buddies: Jaden & Brody

Ella & Kiera

Fun times in the leaves!

Happy Birthday Cole

Since we did hardly anything for Cole's first birthday, we had to go ALL OUT for his 2nd one! I made his ball cake... since he's seriously so obsessed with balls! We had a huge BBQ with a volleyball/badmitton net up and of course the usual Indiana favorite, cornhole!
Scott at the BBQ with all the fellas

Cole trying his shot at some of the games...

I also made his basketball pinata. It was a big "HIT" with the kids!!

Cole had no idea what was going on with all the attention when we sang to him. He didn't even know to blow out the candles, so Ella was happy to do the honors.

He absolutely LOVED the cake. We put the big basketball cake on his tray and he basically put his head down and ate a huge bite out of it like a dog. Silly kid!

Then he was sucking on a sucker from the pinata... acting all cool.

Then it was present time. Seriously didn't expect anyone to bring anything... but a HUGE THANKS to all who did. He loved every single ball, truck, key set, bubbles, clothes, and action figure he got! Thanks again!

I'm so sad that my baby isn't a baby anymore... but he is so much fun, we sure love him!