School Party

Tessa's class had a party at school the day of Halloween.  The kids were just precious dressed in their costumes, each one a different character.  They trick-or-treated around the church office and they had more snacks in the classroom. 

 Ms. Hayne's costume was super cute and very original, a cup of Starbucks.

Fall Festival

Despite the rain and cold, the Fall Festival at church was lots of fun.  We brought the whole family with us and even Nanny had a good time people watching.  Tessa dressed as Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of the Caribbean.  She was absolutely beautiful!  However, this dress is not conducive to jump houses and slides so we changed into our Angelica pirate costume. 

Pumpkin Carving

Tessa decorated her pumpkin patch mini pumpkin to look like a spider.  She was so cute singing "Little Miss Muffett" with her spider pumpkin. 

Daddy was in charge of carving our pirate pumpkin.  We found a template for the Jolly Roger and he did a fantastic job carving.  We are all dressing as pirates this year so this pumpkin was perfect for us.   

Happy Fall

G&G are all decorated for fall.  We are so glad Gampa is feeling much better!

Firetruck

We joined our friends at the library for a special fire safety day.  Local firemen talked to the kids about what to do in case of a fire.  Then they dressed up one of the moms in complete fire gear which was pretty funny.  Afterwards it was a free for all while the kids explored the truck.  

Birthday Party Fun

Celebrating our friend's birthday!

Pumpkin Patch

Tessa's class had went on a field trip.  The kids learn all about pumpkins and apples, there are animals to pet and even a maze to wander through.  We went on a hayride through the apple orchard and the kids all looked for Johnny Appleseed.  Everybody got a pumpkin and bag of apples to take home.  This is a fun field trip but I think the kids favorite part is riding the school bus to the pumpkin patch. 

 

 

School Picture

Prettiest girl in K5!

My Little Rockstar

Instead of continuing traditional gymnastics lessons this fall, we enrolled Tessa in a tumbling program.  This has turned out to be a great decision because she LOVES it.   

Woo Hoo!!! It's Tumbling Tuesday!!!

This fantastic facility is right by our house which is a plus for me.  A plus for Tessa is that the high school cheerleaders work out here too, including the state championship team.  They are pretty incredible to watch.  Tessa's hour lesson is devoted to floor and trampoline work, her favorite parts of gymnastics.                  

Tessa may or may not be a future cheerleader, that is up to her, but she sure is cute/loud/coordinated enough to be a one if she wants to be.  Go Rock Star!!! 

MARC Family Day

Ryan's work had a family day with food, games, tours and a chance to get beyond the security gates at Michelin.  Since he transferred from the plant next door to the Research and Development Center, I hadn't even seen his office.  After getting something to eat, we took the grand tour.

This picture makes me laugh, Tessa looks like she is about to fire off an e-mail.   

 

The crown is courtesy of the craft center in the princess room.  I think we were the first ones (maybe the only ones) all day to name all of the Disney girls in the contest poster.  Giselle, Melody or Jane may have stumped some Disney novices, but not this family.  Tessa colored and made her crown before we moved on.  Different rooms had different Disney themes.  We raced a remote control Lightning McQueen, rode with Peter Pan in the elevator to the second star on the right, saw a little bit of the Lion King and shot laser guns with Buzz Lightyear.  It was impressive how much effort the employees put into this project!  Here Tessa is just kicking back in Daddy's chair. 

Outside there were bounce houses, slides, rock climbing walls and more.  Tessa climbed right up into this big rig.  Can you see her little face peaking out? 

 She is ready to roll!

Michelin has been very good to Ryan and we enjoyed getting to see where Daddy goes every day.