Okay, so I've actually done quite a bit since I last updated the blog, and I am awful and keeping up with updating it, so you'll have to bear with me!
Last week, Jacki and I were bored and decided we wanted to go and explore some of the city as even though we've been here 2 and a bit months, we had yet to do so. So I drove us downtown and after getting a bit lost (and at one point ending up in Kentucky) we finally found a good place to park so we could have a bit of a walk around. Now, as you drive into Cincinnati, there is a point when you can see the whole of the skyline, and as we drove in, we got to see the sun setting over the skyline which was so cool! It's now become a running joke for me that every time I can see the skyline driving into the city I shout "Cincinnatiiiiii" hahah!
Anyway, by the time we managed to park it was getting dark so all of the buildings and the bridges were lit up which was awesome! And we found this waterfall thing that had lights on it which was just so cool! We could also see the lights and hear the baseball game going on as the Reds Stadium (the Great American Ballpark) was right where we were. We also took a walk along the bridge that separates Ohio and Kentucky, so I guess you could say that whilst standing in the middle of the bridge we were in two places at once😉
So last Friday the kids had their "fall festival" at the school, which is basically a big fête where they have stalls and booths and little games and things. Their dad had already bought them 80 tickets, and gave me $20 so I could get them 40 more - so between them they had 120 tickets!! They went on so many things, including Jacob's Ladder - which the boys were so good at - Caroline went on a pony ride, and they all did lots of little things. Pretty much all of the booths had candy and really rubbish little toys as prizes, so the kids came home armed with lots of random rubbish haha! But they enjoyed it which was good! It wasn't too bad except for the fact it was boiling hot!!
That night once I took the kids home and Nancy and Andy came home, I went to Kings Island with Zoë, Sarah, Saralyn, Ché and a new girl called Camilla (Denmark). It was the second weekend (I think) of the Halloween haunt and so the park was open until 1am which was so cool as we did all the rides in the dark!! The only bad thing was that the park was soooo scary and creepy haha! There was smoke everywhere so you could barely see, and actors were walking around dressed up and they would come up to you and scream in your face, some slid on the ground near you and one guy even began to chase Zoë and I as we tried to run away (he was so freaky haha). Sarah and Ché got the worst of it though, for some reason they were a magnet to these people and they kept getting picked on hahah! Now I am the WORDT Halloween baby ever as I am so scared of these sort of things, so when the guys suggested we go on a train that stopped and we had to walk through a forest where these people chased us I completely point blank refused! The girls did manage to drag me into one of the haunted mazes though, and I'm actually really proud of myself hahah! But apart from the scariness, the park was amazing! The rides were so good, and we went on the new Banshee ride at like midnight, so there was barely anyone there - we got to go on twice in a row!! Awesome!! 
Saralyn found a gravestone with my surname on it, so just had to get a picture with it! Notice the creepy girl in the left hand corner...
...she then proceeded to make me jump and scare the living daylights out of me hahaha!😂
On Sunday, Saralyn and I went to the Aronoff Centre downtown and we got to see Dirty Dancing! Now this is my all time favourite movie, and I was lucky enough to go and see the London production with my mum last year, which was absolutely incredible, and this version didn't disappoint either! It was so so good and a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon!☺️
I think that's pretty much it now!☺️
Much Love,
Jodie xo
