It’s time again to focus on the positive and join in with 10 Things to Smile About!
`1. Great parent-teacher conferences. Okay, so 1 of the three was a little rocky, but the other two were so easy and awesome. The type of conferences where the teacher is only meeting with you because they are supposed to meet with every parent, not because there’s any concerns.
2. Fall Festival. Seeing the kids have so much fun and everyone at their school coming together. Plus, how could you not smile at “donut on a string?” 
3. Couples night! We had some friends over to play trivia and card games (and of course eat and drink). It was such fun and I hope to do it again soon.
4. Pumpkin patch. We’ve headed to a pumpkin patch every year for the past 8 years, so it’s always fun to continue the tradition.
5. Grammy time! My boys getting spend time with their Grammy for a weekend.
6. Soccer season winding down. Don’t get me wrong- I don’t hate soccer. But there’s so much running around during the season that I can’t help but smile as the season winds down.
7. This Bumblebee in my backyard!
8. See how much my oldest has grown since he first fell in love with Harry Potter, back in kindergarten, until now.
9. The poses my youngest would stop and do as we were trick-or-treating, showing he’s really Captain America.
10. My three boys, dressed to trick-or-treat.
Looks like a great month for your family!
We have parent-teacher conferences coming up in 2 weeks and I am excited to hear what the boys teachers have to say!
Awesome reasons. Love all their costumes.
Love your Captain America and his pose, so awesome. Glad you had a good October! So fun to have a couples night, I don’t do nearly enough of those. Our soccer season is almost done too. Alex has had an awesome team this year and I love all the parents but yea it will nice when it is done… wait then we go almost right into basketball, so yea, never mind 😉
Thank you so much for linking up
I think we have a two week break between the end of soccer and the start of basketball. Though at least it’s just practices at first!
Great looking costumes! I bet they had a ton of fun!
Your boys looked adorable in their costumes! These are all reasons to smile for sure.
What a great month full of smiles! I am really digging the costumes! My daughter is a HUGE Harry Potter fan too, so seeing his growth in the 2 photos was so fun!
Since the weather just turned cooler here finally, it’s the perfect time for soccer to come to a close. Your boys in their costumes are so cute!
your boys looked so powerful for halloween! I love that you found things to smile about all month long. that’s postworthy.
Your kids look great in their costumes and it is amazing how fast they grow. You also reminded me that parent teacher conferences are this week for my son. Hopefully it goes well lol.
Pumpkin patches are always something to smile about! I love visiting them every fall.
What made me smile this October? That Bumblebee made me smile! How adorable!
Your youngest and my oldest would have made quite the CA pair on Halloween! Mine was doing the same thing a lot of the night! 😉
The power of the costume! I was really surprised at how many Captain Americas we saw. Almost more than we saw of Elsa’s!
Looks like you had a lot of smiles in October. I love all the costumes they are all really cute.
Those are all such great reasons to smile! I had a rough morning so thanks for sharing and helping cheer ME up!
I love seeing the 2 Harry Potter pictures and that he still wanted to be him years later. I have never read the books but I plan to read them with Jack when he is old enough.
He’s even more into Harry Potter now. I read them to start with because I was teaching when they first came out and I liked to try to keep up with the popular books my students were reading. But I kept reading them because I loved them.
My toddler son having a singing contest with my husband today. My son was the judge. And interestingly, he also won every round. 🙂
I’m such a music lover, when I read Grammy time, I thought of the awards! LOL! Excuse my brain.
Great costumes!! These are all great things to smile about, especially fall festivals—best time of year 🙂
Looks like it was an awesome month over at your place!
Always love reading happy updates! Sounds like a great month!
they look amazing. everyone loves a superhero too
Love the costumes & hurrah for good conferences. I feel like you do about soccer season…I really like soccer, but I”m not sad when the business of it is over for awhile.
Kiddo PT conferences are coming up soon, too. She’s not been doing very well in school the last few years and so far this year has been worst. I’m fearful the news won’t be good despite everyone’s honest efforts to help her.
The costumes are adorable! I love pumpkin patches and wish we made it to more!
What a great post. We should always focus on the positives in our lives instead of the negatives.
I love this post and the pictures in it. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
It is definitely worth celebrating great parent conferences! We generally visit the pumpkin patch, but didn’t make it this year. Instead we have a pumpkin from Trader Joe’s LOL!
I absolutely adore the Halloween costumes! We have our very first parent-teacher conference coming up this year!
I love being reminded about reasons to smile! I have a parent teacher coming up this week, I hope it makes me smile lol!
Awww, What a great post! October was a great month here too! Lots of smiles in this house!
Aww what a great post! I need to plan one of these. So nice to share what makes us happy.
Those are definitely great reasons to smile. I love the bumble bee in your backyard. I had one a few years ago. He is not into dressing up for Halloween anymore
You have the cutest kids and I love their costumes. Yes you certainly have plenty to smile about, they are for sure a huge blessing!!!!
Very cute costumes. This October time with family made me smile 🙂 Fun October!
The boys’ costumes look awesome! And looks like a fun month in your household!