how gorgeous is this tree? we need to get outside & rake a pile of leaves for lucy & charlie to jump in. the back of our house has huge trees with leaves starting to fall- wheeeee! last night on our way to dinner, several of the neighborhood kids were out raking & playing. i love our street :)

SO so excited that the royals are tied 1-1 with the giants in the world series. jon went to game 1 & wasn't the good luck charm we'd hoped for. it's such fun to have this added level of excitement to fall this year! my royal girls- 

lucy made up a ballet class the other night since we've missed a couple of saturdays. she made up in a 3 year old class, which isn't a mommy & me [although i stayed with her!], and she actually did really well! she so enjoyed watching & listening to the older girls chat away. 

so sweet dressed up as pocohontas- one of her very favorite princesses :) can she please stay this size forever?! she is still at the age of discovering something new each day, and her language is forming drastically. it's wild hearing her pair different thoughts & words together for the first time. she is so proud of herself when she figures out something new ["i DID IT!"] [...and as a side note, that whole "weaning" thing went down the drain with her fever last week- we'll see where we're at over the next few days as she's feeling better...]

yesterday jon's parents had lucy over to play for the morning. she always loves going to g-mom & g-dad's to play with her toys there. they sent us these gorgeous pictures of my girl :)

it was a peaceful morning at home- jon worked from home, and eloise & i drove to starbucks for a pumpkin spice latte :) we're still working on that sippy, but with lauren's wedding only a couple of weeks away, i'm rather certain that my mom & eloise are going to be following me [& therefore, the entire wedding party] around on the trolley all day. she'll play with the sippy spout in her mouth, but when she's actually ready to eat- no go. thankful for my wonderful, supportive, lifelong friend who jokes "how dare eloise need to eat on MY wedding day!" :)

speaking of aunt lauren, lucy was pretty pumped to open the mailbox to halloween stickers from her Godmama!  

jon took lu to the fitness center pool last night, so eloise & i got to dine with the bride-to-be at nordstrom :)

tonight we're going to the lenexa enchanted forest for halloween crafts & big bounce house inflatables. i went as a kid & always looked forward to it! rather than dressing lucy in her actual costume, she'll be wearing a princess gown from her dress-up closet [...because there's no way that mouse outfit would survive a bounce house & pumpkin painting craft:)]

-ivy