Happy 6th Birthday Riley!!

October is always such a fun and exciting month!! Not only do we get dressed up often for halloween, it is also our baby girls birthday!! Riley turned 6 this week and what an amazing week it was! She was so spoiled with fabulous thoughtful gifts and almost tolerated all the attention!! Seeing that Ri does NOT like to be center of attention (or even dress up) birthday/Halloween time is an emotional week for her:-) She has been having mini melt downs lately - they typically result after dropping a pencil or not being able to get her shoes on fast enough - you know, important things! But they don't last long and she is always so apologetic for losing it:-) This past weekend Grandma and Papa watched the kids while we went to see SCI for a couple shows. Riley had one little melt down on Grandma and while crying she said, "This keeps happening to me!!" (meaning the melt downs! LOL) She is sooo cute and quite wise! We are hoping patience and more sleep helps!

Kyle got Riley Steelers Scrubs/PJs for her bday
This year Riley wanted cupcakes with sugar toppers - easy!

YUMM!

Ri had a fun and exciting birthday - got her nails painted at the salon, out to dinner at Red Robin, and hot her EARS Pierced!!! She picked Hello Kitty earrings and they are adorable! She was such a trooper and didn't even shed a tear! The night after her bday the entire family came over for cupcakes and dinner - fun times!!
Halloween!! Here we have Little Red Ridding hood and the scariest Big Bad Wolf ever!

Look at the beautiful and sparkly angel!

This is Rileys buddy Addie. When I asked Ri earlier in the day what Addie was dressing as, she told me a Leprechaun:-) (LOL she is a Leopard! too funny!)

The loot!

Pumpkin Everything!!

October has been sooo much fun!! We've visited the pumpkin patch 2 times, continued with soccer and tennis in beautiful weather, hosted our annual chili party, visited the police station for a tour, attended Octoberfest in the neighborhood, and visited Grandma and Papa in NC!
and just think, the coming week holds even more fun!!

Our annual trip to Ashland Berry Farm for pumpkin picking was a blast, although HOT! This was our 6th year going with the Lamberts and every year is more fun as the kids get bigger and more independent!

Kyle trying to pick up a HUGE pumpkin!

Our little toothless wonder! Ri is still loving school, however finally had her first color change (which means she was not behaving) however she still managed to come home with only green (obviously the best color!) Riley continues to be hard core 'type A' so we find it amusing at this point that she was finally repremanded in school, whereas all her best buds have color changes nearly daily. It was such a big deal that Ri's color was moved, her friends told their moms, and they told me - however Ri had already filled me in (tears included!) The great part about Riley is that she never had to tell us... by the end of the day, she was back to green so her color change was more of a warning and her teacher doesn't pass those on to the parents!

Eric carried 12 pumpkins this year!

Riley's favorite thing to do during soccer is to play with her buddie Elena but since Elena was prepping for her super fun pump it up party the kids went to today, Riley spent the morning taking pix of Kyle with my phone!

Kyle's last soccer practice was today:-( He has LOVED playing and is looking forward to the spring! Last week he dominated and scored 5 goals. Today there were only 2 or 3 but he was a little lost... off in space a little! He is still a super sweet and affectionate kid however testing us somewhat lately!!

Riley is loving Daisy's! We held the investiture ceremony last week and the girls got their pins and first patches! We had a great group of super sweet girls!

Our second trip to the pumpkin patch had a sand box full of corn!! So much fun!

Riley has continued to enjoy tennis and so has Kyle - his favorite thing to do is watch high school foot ball players finish up practice during Rileys tennis practice!