The Grinch

 We've wanted to take Ollie to a movie for quite some time.  We've been waiting for something good and this past weekend, The Grinch came out.

Pais hung out with Uncle Shelby and Aunt Jaime while Riley and I spent some special time with Oliver.

He was so excited!

Since it was his very first movie theater experience, we did it up and he got a snack box with popcorn, fruit snacks, and a pop.  (We hardly ever give him pop so he was pumped about his root beer.)

The spoiling continued with a game of bowling after the movie.

He skipped his nap due to the movie, but he only made it about a mile down the road after leaving Shelby and Jaime's and he was out!

First Snow

We enjoyed our first snow today during the school day!

Weekend Events

This past weekend was a busy one!

Krista and I ran a 5K on Saturday morning so she and my parents came Friday night.  

Saturday turned out to be a perfect day for a race.  It was a bit chilly before we started running, but really we couldn't have asked for better weather.  It's been a while since I had run a 5K, but I've been working out pretty regularly with 80 Day Obsession so I was confident going into it.  My goal was to have a pace under 10 minutes per mile.  I ended up running a pace of 8:56 per mile with a total time of 27:44.  For me, not too shabby.

After the race, Krista and I enjoyed doing a bit of shopping, eating, and catching up.  As always, it was great to see her.

Riley had to work Saturday morning, but since my parents were in town watching the kids, we thought we would take advantage of the opportunity and go look at counter tops.  We painted our cabinets months ago, but hadn't been able to pick out counter tops without little ones in tow.  We weren't very successful, but we eliminated some things that we didn't want.  Now if only what I truly wanted would just be a bit cheaper!

My parents met us in Manhattan with the kids for a bit of shopping and dinner.  

Family photos were also on our busy agenda for the weekend.  Originally, I had planned on just having my mom snap a few like we've done in the past with my sister playing photographer.  However, we lucked out and I won a free mini session from a local photographer.  Coincidentally, the mini sessions happened to fall on this same weekend.  Sunday morning we got dressed and headed to Riley for photos.  Paisley did not have a good morning so our expectations of her were pretty low.  She wasn't super smiley like she usually is, but she did pretty well during the first 15-20 minutes.  It was cloudy and cold, but it could have been a lot worse.  When we started it was spitting rain, but luckily that didn't last long.  Paisley let us all know when she had enough and I doubt we got a decent photo during the last bit of the photo shoot.

Our photographer, Sheridan, was super sweet and easy to work with.  She gifted us with the most adorable handmade Christmas ornament and sugar cookies as we left.  I'm very anxious to see the photos and am hoping that we got at least one great family photo.  With little ones... you just never know.

Hot chocolate was a must for Ollie when we returned home!

Halloween 2018

Like we did last year, we went downtown for the Trunk or Treat.  It is easy, it is light outside, and it makes for a shorter evening after a long and eventful day.

Halloween at Preschool

Oliver had his first party at school and since I'm his teacher I was able to be a part of it all.  (I'm going to enjoy it while I can since when he is out of preschool, I'll probably miss out on these types of things!)

We started the morning with a costume parade through the grade school, followed by trick or treating at the downtown businesses.

We wrapped up the afternoon with a feast of yummy treats for our party.

Ollie's First Field Trip - Nelson Family Pumpkin Farm

Oliver had his very first field trip today.  One of my perks of being his preschool teacher is that I got to experience it with him.  

We rode the bus (which he was most excited about) to Nelson Family Pumpkin Farm.

The corn maze was up first.  It went along with the story of Spookley the Square Pumpkin which was so stinking cute.

Kindergarten students went on the field trip too, so he met up with his friend Ryker who he calls "Funny Guy."

I helped with the zipline for a bit and Ollie decided to be brave and give it a try.

He needs to work on his brave face just a bit. 

After zip-lining each kiddo brought the rope back for the next one in line.  Ollie wasn't quite tall enough to reach the rope and needed a bit of assistance.  I'm guessing this will be a common issue that he'll run into as he is the shortest one in his whole class.

Thumbs up for a successful first field trip!