Our new sandbox

I took these pictures a while ago but just finally got them uploaded to the computer. This is Jack and Aidan playing in the new construction created sandbox in my front yard. We often have 5 or 6 boys over with dump trucks and shovels playing in our sandbox. Although it has been a pain the boys never cease to be amazed and fascinated by the construction.

Trick or Treating

Too tired to walk anymore

Elizabeth, Maggie, Nick, Grant & Jack


Isn't my lion cute?


All 3 Spidermen

The boys had a blast out trick or treating with their friends last night. Nick was Spiderman and Aidan was a lion. Trick or treating was from 5-8 PM here on base. We went out at 5PM and it just didn't feel right since it was still hot and sunny out. With time change not happening before Halloween this year it was just weird. Aidan quickly learned how to say Trick or Treat and Thanks and didn't want to be left out of the action. I pushed him in the stroller when he got tired. After about an hour Aidan took his lion costume off because he was sweating to death. It was still close to 70 degrees when we started out. Shortly there after Nick decided he was done and we headed back home. Both boys came home with a bucket full of candy. After trick or treating we went to a party at my friend Kathy's house for a little while. The boys ran around the backyard with their glow sticks for hours. All in all, it was a very fun night. We all slept like rocks when we got home.

All Saints Day Carnival

Doing the cake walk for the hundreth time.

Aidan trying to help his big brother win the bean bag toss.

Making a bag to carry all the goodies in.

Aidan and our neighbor Miss Meg.

Nick's school had an All Saints Day Carnival on Halloween. They could wear their costumes although he couldn't wear his mask. They had a parade to start the carnival off where the little kids walked in a circle around all the older grades while the older students cheered them on. Each grade did one game for the carnival. The Kindergarten game was a cake walk which is why I had to bake all those cupcakes. They had all kinds of cool games, plus a bag making station, and a pumpkin making station and a game where you got to eat all kinds of weird things like mud, and eyeballs etc. In order to play a game you had to give them a nickel or a dime. All the money raised was donated to a local charity. The kids loved every minute of it. Aidan and I went and played the games with Nick too. The boys did the cake walk at least 50 times and never won. Nick cried he was so mad he never won the cake walk. He finally gave up and went back to doing other games. They offered pizza slices and juice boxes for a $1. So we stayed and had pizza lunch with Nick and then brought him home with us since it was a half day of school.

Pumpkin Carving and Cupcake Baking

The boys and their smiling pumpkin

Daddy's little helper

All the boys getting the seeds out.

Our pumpkin cupcakes

I need a bigger kitchen for all these cupcakes!

The boys helped me make and decorate 4 dozen cupcakes for Nick's school. I had sprinkles from one end of the house to the other but the boys liked it and they turned out o.k. and they tasted good. Jeremy and the boys finally carved our pumpkin on Thursday night. It has been so hot here that it had started to rot on the bottom. We finally invested in a carving knife and one of those design books. Nick picked out a smiley design and it turned out very cute. Aidan was more interested in the carving process then his big brother. He stayed by his Daddy's side the whole time.

Halloween at the Club

I love to bounce!

Aidan with my neighbor Meg and the storm trooper!

Nick and the Storm trooper.

You can't get me!

Aidan trying to steal his brothers food.

Our neighbors, The Archers, treated us to dinner out at the Club on base on Wednesday night since Jeremy was away in DC. It happened to be the Club's Halloween dinner. So they had a haunted tunnel for the kids and 3 bouncy houses and kids were wearing their costumes etc. The favorite part of the evening for the boys were these adults that came dressed as Storm Troopers and went around shooting at the kids. They loved chasing them and pretending to fight them. The boys kept going in the haunted tunnel and trying to scare the people that were in there. Aidan bounced for an hour in the bouncy house until a big boy bounced right on top of him and then he wouldn't have anything to do with it again. Both boys barely touched the food because they were too busy playing.

Soccer Video

Nick wanted me to put some video of him playing soccer up on the blog for his Grandma to see but after uploading this one I am giving up. It takes way too long to upload video on this site. So sorry it isn't the best video we took but it will have to do for now. Sorry Nicky!

Another Beautiful Week

It was another beautiful week here. October is really one of the best months to live here. There is little fog and lots of heat. It feels more like summer then Fall here. It has been in the high 80's all week. The boys have had the slip and slide and pool out all week. It has been so warm that it has been hard to fall asleep at night. On Friday night we got to see a rocket launch and it was the perfect night for a launch. It was clear and warm. It was by far one of the coolest launches we have seen because the weather was so nice you could see the initial launch off the ground. It just lit up the pitch black sky. It was like the sun came back out. Then you could see the fireworks display when the rocket broke away from the satellite. The kids were in awe.

We found out this week that we are for sure going to Alabama. Since I thought it was hot this week I am not sure how I am going to survive in Alabama but I am sure we will make do for the 10 months or so that we will be there. We are already looking at houses to rent and there are so many nice houses we can't wait. No more construction zone. YEAH! We will keep you all posted as the move draws closer.