The Surratt Pack: Autumn leaves

Our baby girl is FIVE!! It has been the fastest and best 5 years of our lives because of the joy she (and Kyle!) bring every day! I tend to drone on about the activities the kids have been up to however in celebration of our little girls 5th year, it is important to mention what an amazing person Riley is turning into. Aside from being smart and adorable, she is compassionate and caring and way too insightful for her age! We are so lucky to have such an outstanding little girl and are looking forward to the coming years to see what an amazing young lady she turns into!

And back to the last couple weeks... Halloween monopolized out lives for a week! We had the neighborhood halloween parade, a halloween party with the moms club, dance class, and Grace and then topped the week off with a visit to Ashland Convalescent Center for one last Halloween parade. And then of course was the big night! The kids had a blast - there is no stopping the girls and Kyle did his best to keep up!

Riley has had 2 more fun birthday parties for friends and also had her last couple tball games. It was a fun ride, but she plans to take a couple seasons off to explore her love of gymnastics, tennis, and dance;-) Choices have to be made, but hopefully she'll play again later in life!

Riley also had her 5 year check up. We get to have another appointment with the peds eye doctor in a few weeks... between Tracy and Eric, it is inevitable that the kids will wear glasses at some point! Other than that, all is great. She is 43 inches tall and 44 pounds. This puts her well above 50% on both parts.

Kyle is as sweet as ever! He hangs tough with the big kids, but is beyond excited to have a new buddy his age who just moved in across the street! Kyle fought some sort of stomach bug for a few days and then ended up with a nasty ear infection in the middle of the week... but nothing that would keep him down! Kyle also started a Romp-n-roll class and much to Tracy's surprise, can follow directions very well (when it is not Tracy giving the direction!!).

And most importantly, Happy Birthday Bebe!! Today is Bebe's 73 birthday! We love you!
Enjoy the pix:

Calebs birthday party (Nike shirt) - Ri is on the right

Caleb was one of the 1st kids who befriended Ri at her new school and they adore each other.

The Yankees! The Yankees! Coach Charlie and his assistants, Brad Best and Eric (daddy) were the best!

Riley FINALLY started running for real by the end of the season!

Up at bat and all pink!

Riley at Laurens bday party

Lauren is the other friend Riley had instantly at the new school and they too adore each other!

Kyle (frog) sorting through his loot. We told them they could pick 1 item to eat and they were cool with that... strange... never thought that would work!