"I'm a train man!"

He cracked me up with this, he does love his trains!

Early October, hello fall!

 A visit to Great Grandma's apartment!  She loves seeing the kids and has a soft spot for Charlie!

 Allie's best friend from school, Ellie!

 The Shook's hosted the Hersey girls and their kiddos!

 Scooter boy

 Mom and I took these kids to a fall fest in Arlington Heights.

 Hay ride

 Octoberfest!  We went to the HB in Rosemont for dinner with our friends.

 Goebbert's pumpkin patch

 Charlie Brown

 The corn box was their favorite, of course!

 Don't come between Charlie and that truck!  He eventually had to share but he didn't want to!

 Train man in the house!

 Snacks later that day at the park in the Glen.

 A pic of these three walking home from school on a gorgeous day.

 Looking at dogs, I spent a lot of time at Happiness is Pets in the fall!

 Just a regular meal at the Newton house!  Claire didn't end up liking the LaCroix!

 Cracks me up!  He likes sticking out his tongue in pics!  The like running around in our master bedroom!

Charlie's singing scooter break (October)

Alaska Cruise!

We made it to Achorage!  The girls enjoyed the hotel and our trip to Nordstrom Rack!  We got the pug shirt at the mall there too!

 Bus to the cruise ship!

Claire lived in this fleece on the cruise ship!

 We were the only people on the big bus!  Such a scenic drive!

Mendenhall glacier

 Strike a pose!

GORGEOUS views along Glacier Bay.  Breathtaking.

Skaagway was a cool little town

The helicopter tour to Mead Glacier was definitely a highlight.

We were told to drink the ice and the water, so we did!

Celebrating GG Harold's birthday!

Claire was proud of her cursive.  The mirror position makes me laugh!  We saw the most incredible wildlife out on our balcony that night.  There were tons of dolphins and whales all jumping along next to the boat.  We'll never forget it!

We had the greatest time and would go back in a minute!  The kids had fun at the kids club and were so good at dinner.  There was a server there (the kitty cat man) who liked to come and meow!  They liked the shows, but the time change made it challenging, they got pretty tired!