Fall fun

It's been a fun October with some fun outings!  We got to do a pedal pub in Detroit for our friend Adam's 40th birthday celebration.  It was so fun, highly recommend!

Cruising Woodward at 5 mph

Party gang

Smiles get bigger as the night goes on

Jamie helped coach his school's Powder Puff team this fall, and the girls were super excited to go!  They enjoyed cheering with their pom poms, and then ignoring the rest of the game while they made new friends!

Go Lakeview!

They won... time to go to bed!

Jamie representing with his elementary shirt along
with another teacher who went to Lakeview!

Outdoor soccer is winding down, and we're getting ready to start indoor (sort of wishing there was a gap!).  I've had a lot of fun helping coach Maggie's team, and have a greater appreciation for the patience of teachers.  So. many. questions.

Maggie got muddy this weekend!

Evie and Cece, together always
(Evie snuck her hair chalk to the game and colored
Cece's hair before we realized it... the coach was not impressed)

One perk of coaching - free photo with your kiddo!

New school year means new school pics!  Ben's daycare will do photos in November which I'm looking forward to, since they didn't do them last year.

Evie - 1st grade

Maggie - 3rd grade
(probably taken after recess?)

One of our new neighbors has a big sidelot yard, and invited us over for a random football Sunday.  They had a big screen anchored to a tree, mimosas and bloody mary's for days, brunchy yumminess and good conversation.  It was an awesome start to the day... unfortunately we had soccer all afternoon so we only stayed for a couple hours.  Jamie went back at 8pm to pick something up and they were still going!  

One couple was celebrating their anniversary, so they brought 
these champagne flute shooters (think beer bong for champagne)
and we all toasted.  These were super cute and I need someone to
get married to I can buy them as a gift.

Cheers

We went to Royal Oak's fire station open house, and as predicted, Ben was psyched!

The truck actually made him a bit nervous - his favorite part
was watching firefighters scale down the wall

Face painting fun

Beautiful and serious butterfly

I got this

Some others:

Maggie and her new bestie down the street

Helping walk Cece's dog... continuing to beg us for one

Evie has an obsessive addiction to hot chocolate

Taking a dip

Exploring the nature trail by our house

Yoda is here to share his wisdom

An umbrella is a good way to distract a
toddler while trying to watch the game

Grandma made the girls custom booties to keep their feet warm
all winter, they love em!

Familia!