Happy Halloween!

A great big Happy Halloween from the "Soli" boys! They hope your Halloween was a treat!

Trick or Treat!

We had a busy busy day yesterday. First we headed to a birthday party to celebrate Sophia turning 3. Ryan had a great time jumping and playing with his friends. After the party, we headed straight to the Avenue, an outdoor shopping plaza nearby, for some trick or treating. Ryan had a great time collecting treats from each store with a group of his friends. Poor Lucas slept the entire time and missed all the excitement.
Ryan was in no mood for pictures, he wanted to get straight to the candy!

And if that wasn't a long enough day...when we were done trick or treating we drove straight to Atlanta for Boo at the Zoo. This was our first time going to the zoo for Halloween. Unfortunately, Ryan didn't want much to do with it. I think it was a combination of being absolutely exhausted and the fact that the animals were "sleeping". Every time we came upon a booth that was giving out candy he said "I don't want that, I want elephants". And he wanted nothing to do with the train ride or the carousel. The highlight of his visit was running into his friend Sophie.

This boy can spot a train from a mile away!

Halloween Playdate

Ryan & Luke got all dressed up to get together with all of their good friends for our 3rd annual Halloween play date. All the kids were absolutely adorable in their costumes and Ryan had a blast with his friends (and Cooper's awesome train collection).

It took me quite a while to make a final decision on the boys costumes and since I couldn't come up with anything clever...I present to you, Sir Ryan the blue knight and his baby dragon.

I may be biased but is this not the cutest dragon in all the land??

Buddies



My (sad) attempt at a group shot

Thank you to our gracious hosts for a great time, as usual!

That's right, real men sit in purple bumbos!

I know, I already posted today. But, I had to post about Luke's new favorite thing-sitting in a bumbo! For some reason I never got one of these for Ryan so I didn't know what we were missing!

We went to a playdate today and he sat in it just watching all of the kids play.

When we got home I tried it again. Think he likes it??

Thanks to Alexander for lending out his bumbo! Luke is loving his new found freedom!

Kate's Birthday!

Ryan met his friend Kate when they were just little babies. He celebrated with her when she turned 1 and again when she turned 2, but then she moved away :( Well, he wasn't going to sit back and miss her big 3rd birthday, so we packed up the car and headed south to St. Marys for Kate's princess party!

Kate and Ryan: Then & Now


HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY PRINCESS KATE!

We woke up Saturday morning and immediately went to check out downtown St. Marys. We've seen it on the blog so many times and it was definitely as beautiful as we thought it would be.

Ryan just loved all of the scarecrows. He had to stop to see each one.

Then it was on to Princess Kate's big birthday party. Deanna definitely outdid herself again. Everything was wonderful. She is so creative and all of the kids had a ton of fun!

First Ryan decorated his prince crown.

Then he played in the castle for a bit

I think he was feeling overwhelmed by the number of princesses, so he did the only thing that he could. He made friends with Prince Philip! Prince Philip was nice enough to give him a ride in the wagon so Ryan thanked him by making him a snack.

Next was the Dragon Egg Hunt. Ryan immediately said "mommy, this is my favorite part!" He had a blast collecting all the eggs.

In true princess fashion, Kate's big present was a convertible waiting outside for her. She was nice enough to let Ryan take a spin in her hot new wheels.

This one's for daddy :)

After the party, we were all beat! We went back to our hotel to relax. The boys decided to take in some Bob the Builder.

When we figured out that there was no way Ryan was going to take a nap we decided to go back downtown and check out the rest of the scarecrows for St. Marys Hay Days.

Ryan's favorites were "Fireman Sam" and the dinosaurs.

And then Ryan, Lucas and daddy checked out the piers

Looking for Sea Turtles

This park was beautiful. Right on the water and so clean! St. Marys is now on the list of towns I want to live in!

On the way back to the car we spotted this guy. He was SO tiny! Ryan was excited because he had just seen an episode of Diego in which he rescued a giant sea turtle. So, Ryan decided this baby needed to be rescued. He picked him up off of the walkway and put him safely to the side so he wouldn't get stepped on.

When the baby sea turtle was safe and sound we went back to have a bbq. The kiddos got to play together and boy did they have fun!!

Kate is so good with Lucas. She is actually the one who had him smiling and then wanted to hold him.

On Sunday, we met Kate, Gabe, Sophie & Ava at the park to play before we hit the road to come back home.

Looking for sea turtles...again

Kate & Ryan threw all of their pennies in the fountain, but when they ran out they decided to go in and get their money back

Thanks Jon, Deanna, Kate & Gabe for a great weekend! We hope to see you all soon!

Barnyard Bash!

Today Ryan went to his friend Brianna's 3rd Birthday party. She had a petting zoo and pony rides. Ryan had an absolute blast! He wouldn't ride the pony, but he LOVED brushing and holding the animals. Of all the animals, his favorites were the baby pig and the chicks.
Happy Birthday Brianna!!

Ryan got some help holding the chicks from his favorite "daddy friend"

And he really bonded with this baby pig. He actually sat down and snuggled him until he fell asleep!

When we got home, we decided to use the Caramel Apple Kit Ryan got from Grammy. Not the ideal bedtime snack, but lots of fun!