We had a family fun day at the zoo on Monday. It was an unseasonably warm and sunny afternoon that we spent riding the carousel, train, playing on the outdoor playground, and walking around the zoo.  We headed back to the zoo on Friday for Boo at the Zoo with friends. We lucked out with another really nice weather evening and lots of candy too!

And on Saturday we made a short stint to downtown Powell for the Candy by the Carload event. Jim and Pat were here to watch Finn for the evening so they joined us as well. If you ask Finn who is holding him in the below photo – he promptly says “Chewbacca”. Later that night Kevin and I headed to the Ochmanek Halloween Party –  where, dare I say, we won the Most Creative Costume Award for our Steam Punk genre wardrobes. It was all Kevin’s idea and he executed it perfectly with our outfits and all the accessories 🙂  Here we are being interviewed by Veronica Cornerstone – she’s curious how it feels to win the Most Creative Costumer Award, lol.  And here my little baker is helping make Pumpkin Pie bars!

The other day Finn totally surprised me by singing the entire ABC song! I just couldn’t believe it so I had him do it again and I took a video. Listen to this guy!

In other tidbits, our exterior house painting project is now complete! I’ve taken some before and afters. Kevin installed new garage doors and Brett enclosed the bottom of our screened porch with cedar siding. Lily had one too many trips through the screens either after wildlife or deciding to let herself in the porch! Kevin and Brett also put in a new glass back door which allows so much more sunlight into our kitchen! We are really happy with the color – though it looks very different depending upon the light (daylight, twilight, night, full sun/clouds, etc) and it doesn’t seem to photograph how it looks in person. But here goes!