Num nums pease

We had such a blast all weekend surrounded by family and friends the entire time.  Dinner on Friday was fabulous as expected and even Riley got a special gift from Nana for Mommy's b-day, a brand new piggy bank which he proceeded to walk around to everyone in hopes of a handout (preferably silver!).

Saturday Daddy set out chairs and our blankets early for the big Halloween parade and we had excellent seats right on the curb for the cute little eyes to take it all in.  Derrick's co-worker and 3 kids came with and Logan brought his Mommy and Daddy too!  Riley loved scrambling for the thrown candy and was quite pleased with most of the floats, none more than SpongeBob and crew.  After the parade the boy took quite a nap and we indulged in pizza and some R & R.

Anticipating the next thrown num nums

Nana and Papa watched Riley for us Saturday as we attended the annual Kieffer party.  Hilarious costumes, tip it and a buffet of food made for an evening of fun with friends.  We of course ended up with Jeff and Apryl for a nightcap like we always do?! and more laughs ensued.

Thank goodness for sleepovers and the G'parents because D and I slept until nearly 11:30 no problem on Sunday!  Riley and I took Sample's kids to church with us for the Harvest festival and Riley loved, loved, loved bowling with pumpkins.  He got numerous compliments on his adorable costume and thoroughly enjoyed the attention he always receives.  We finished up the f-ball game (what a joke) and headed out to trick or treat.  It was nice to have 6 and 7 year old boys show Riley the ropes and it only took one house for him to figure out exactly how to get a treat.  He would run up to the houses and exclaim "HI!, nums nums pease?" and then giggle as they handed him treat after treat.  It was rather cold out so we only hit our block but the boy came home with a hefty bag full of treats that he was very proud of.  We laughed until I nearly peed my pants at his joy and excitement as he followed the boys leads.

Last night we were playing in the living room and Riley looked outside and said "Mommy, Daddy, dart (dark), nums nums pease?" as he pointed across the street to our neighbors.  Of course we couldn't say no so he got to pick one treat and we are hoping he doesn't keep asking every night!

So here we are in November already looking forward to Thanksgiving and the end of raking up leaves!

I am thoroughly enjoying my new shift after 2 days and have been found to be rather productive even after getting up at 4! I am blessed by a quick shift, a quick nap and more time with my boy.  Everyday I am going to think of one more reason I am so thankful this month and for today it is the end of election season...finally!  No more junk mail, door knockers and campaign commercials that are clearly fake and just plain annoying!  Happy November!