This week just kind of flew on by! I didn’t snap too many photos this week as I was fairly busy doing some prep-work for the NPC Fall Fest at church. A few weeks back my friend Paul asked if I would be willing to help with the Fall Fest activities. There wasn’t any designated organizer of the event, basically all of the staff was taking on additional pieces of the event to make it work, and he felt it was lacking some cohesiveness and someone to piece together all of the details. Kevin and I helped last year with the Chili Cook Off and he remembered we had some suggestions – so he asked if I could help. I guess that’s what happens when you open your mouth, eh? So, I took on the challenge and enrolled the help of Kevin and Amy too! Didn’t seem to daunting of a task, but man, there are just a ton of details to make something like that work. In the end it turned out to be a beautiful day. There were kids craft activities (pumpkin decorating, tattoos, leaf drawing), a balloon artist, bounce houses, a flag football tournament (complete with medals this year!), a chili cook off (with trophies for the winners!), and a bonfire with s’mores. Thankfully with the help of Kevin, Amy’s decorating skills and ideas, Sarah and Tricia’s help in the kitchen, and numerous other volunteers – it was a great day. Kevin conducted a double-blind contest for the chili using 4 judges. This year ended a 9-year losing streak for Pastor Dave as he finally won! But man, was it a busy day! We started the day in the nursery during church, and then stayed after to setup and then cleanup after the event. We didn’t get home until nearly 9 pm! And we were BEAT! Next year I’ll remember to take the next day off work! Sadly I didn’t snap too many photos but here are a few including the flower arrangements I made (cut at Millcreek, of course).
And here are a few others from our week. When Kevin got home one night he got his bike out of his car (his brother borrowed it while in town) and Finn wanted to ride, of course. Lily enjoyed being outside with us too. And some of Finn’s artwork and mess making creative skills. 
October 16, 2016
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Take a look at our Tiger! Finn started school on Thursday this week and he had a great day! His teachers, Miss Jen and Miss Irma, are really sweet. They are really big on the kids being independent so when Finn arrives at school he puts his lunch in a basket outside the classroom, finds his cubbie and puts his book bag there, and then heads into class. When i picked him up he was so excited to tell me about his day! He always likes to show me how much of his lunch he ate. 
Our week was full of other fun times too. On Friday, Millcreek hosted our annual Open House. Kevin and Finn arrived just as the festivities were ending. Kevin only stayed a short while so he could go pickup George, the RV, from his parents. He put together a thoughtful tailgate for our friend Chris Manning’s 40th birthday. He went down to campus at 5:30 am to get a great tailgating spot. Finn and I joined him in the morning prior to the other fellas showing up. I called it the breakfast shift! Anyhow, it was Finn’s first time for tailgating on campus – he loved playing football with daddy, eating timbits, and watching all of the activity. 
Look at Finn’s awesome throw and follow-through. This boy has some skills 🙂
And here are a few other shots from our week. Finn always loves to help me water the trees and the garden, some basement fun learning about dinosaurs this week, and Uncle Sean’s arrival in town for the week. 
It’s definitely Fall around here – OSU football and apples are in full swing. I’ve been enjoying taking Tuesday’s off and taking Griffin to school. I love hearing about his day and the stories that he has to share. This day we took Tony the Tiger back from his weekend of fun with us. Part of having the class mascot is journaling what adventures and fun you had with him. Kevin put together a neat collage with all of our weekend activities! 
After school Finn and I headed downtown to enjoy a treat at the North Market. I had some tasty veggie dishes from The Little Eater, and as you can see Finn attacked a large pretzel!
I love it when Finn does art at school or with Debbie. He is so excited to share what he made and tell about it. Here he drew the Earth!
All things apples! This week Debbie had a fun activity making applesauce with the apples we picked last weekend with Mom and Dad. And at the end, after all the hard work, Finn sampled his work – it was delish!
I also love arriving home to or seeing pictures throughout the day of Finn playing dress-up and pretend. He’s got a very creative imagination and tells the best stories with his outfits. Even Lily got to wear some props. 
Kevin and I met up with the Vertuccis this week for date night at the new Pins Mechanical in downtown Cbus. It is a new concept for adult entertainment that includes numerous pinball machines, ping pong tables, and duck-pin bowling! That was our first go at playing duck-pin and it was so fun! We had a great time (and yours truly happened to win!). 
Friday was the Fun Fest at Griffin’s preschool. There are many games, one held in each of the preschool classrooms, hot dogs, ice cream, and prizes! It was a fun evening and you can see here, in Finn’s Tiger class – he pinned the spider in the center of the web! Yay Finn!
On Saturday the doorbell rang and Lily went nuts of course. Kevin retrieved a package sent to Finn from Grandma and Grandpa Beilstein. Turns out when they were cleaning the basement they came upon a Tyger (note the spelling) from Dad’s school board days – so they were kind enough to send it to our Tiger! Finn has loved sleeping with it 🙂
