Happy Halloween!!

Even with all the rain we had a great night. Riley was so excited to go we don't have one photo of her standing still.

The full mermaid costume, complete with a pink streaked wig.

Mid, queen of the waves dance in front of the mirror

Soo excited to go out trick or treating.

Loved mommy in a wig, as long as my hair was "normal" by the end of the night.

Jack- o- lanterns

Coming up with the design

I have to do WHAT with the stinky pumpkin guts??

Checking out the final product

Can you guess Riley's pumpkin? I'll give you a hint, she wanted it to be pretty.

Pumpkin Patch

In the hay maze, searching for the exit

We made it!!

Off to the main event, pumpkins!!

It took a lot of searching for the perfect pumpkin...

but we found them!!

The four little pumpkins go for a ride

We had a great time at the pumpkin patch, enjoying the crisp fall day.

School halloween parade

Riley's preschool class

The very happy mermaid

For school Riley wanted to wear her trick or treating costume, a pink princess mermaid! She loves this costume!! Thank you so much Grandma Lyle for making a pink mermaid tail, I don't think such a thing exists in the stores. Riley danced around saying she was making her tail swim.

Ballet class costume

Riley has several opportunities to get dressed up this Halloween weekend, starting with her ballet class. She wanted to be princess Tiana so she could dance and twirl with all her friends.

Maymont Park

Jump!

Which way should we go next?

With every stone Riley assured me she could do it herself.

Japanese gardens

Enjoying life!

Daddy found the perfect picnic table to have some lunch and watch the ducks on the pond.

Gone Fishing!

Daddy took Riley fishing for the first time, she loved it! It's really nice being able to walk down to the lake from our house.

Outdoor Painting

We rolled out the paper and had a ball painting all sorts of things on our porch, it was a messy good time!

Playground

Walk on the lake

We are trying to get out as much as possible and enjoy the beautiful fall weather. The mission for this walk, finding sticks that could spell out Riley's name. Success!!

Riley checking out her outfit she picked out herself to wear to school, only problem she can't wear the ballet leotard, back to the drawing board...