September October

Comparing our heights to the Bear family at Brookfield Zoo:

Free Pumpkin Patch at the Oak Park Fall Fest:

Loco-motion!

You can't really tell, but there are a few runners/walks/one policeman behind Simone here. The Chicago marathon runs right in front of our church and right behind its education center.

Noemi has reached the "I love cutting" stage:

My favorite firefighters at the Chicago Children's Museum:

And her favorite song these days is a tie between The Wheels on the Bus and the Alphabet Song:

My face paint artists:

I volunteered to help the kids in Simone's class with their first in-class iPad experience:

My friend, Joi (realized I didn't have any photos of her) and her new daughter, Emmanuelle:

My ballerina fairy. Yes, this is the size 6-12 month costume she wore last Halloween.

We're driving home one day, I turn around, and see this! Fortunately, it washed off.

Simone's arcade - the goal of the game is to throw the ball into the pumpkin bag you see held up by the two paper bags.