BBOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I got one picture of the boys before heading off to trick or treat! Of course it came out a little blurry too.

I was a little disappointed (to say the least) at the amount of people who were not giving out candy today. I was so angry when one person said at 6:00 that he didn't have any candy. I informed him that the Commissary was still open. I also said that next year I was taking eggs and encouraging my kid to throw the eggs at all those houses that were decorated for Halloween, but not giving out candy.

Ken stayed home to hand out candy. We bought about 800 pieces of candy and he handed out two pieces at a time, so roughly we had 300 trick or treaters. You have to leave some room for the kid who grabbed a handful and ran! Well, Ken ran out of candy in an hour and 15 minutes!

Chris was out the entire two hours of trick or treating and we walked at least a mile and a half. This is what he came home with!


So I have to say to all you parents on Dover AFB who let their kids go trick or treating and did not hand out candy yourself....YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!

Happy Halloween

I wanted to get a picture of the boys together but that didn't happen. The teachers at Chris's school didn't look in his book bag for a change of clothes so he wore his costume the entire time at school. As soon as he came home he wanted to change. Hopefully, before he goes out trick or treating I will be able to get a picture of the boys together. For now, here they are.

Yesterday I wanted to make sure Chris's clothes fit under his costume. Good thing because shortly after we were headed to Target to buy some long underwear! He was so funny once he got his costume on. He didn't want to put the mask on because it would scare Daddy.

Getting Ready

Today was a beautiful day, not too cold and not too hot. A very nice change from all the rain we had the last few days! Today will be the last day our pumpkins look like this. Chris is excited to "take the goo out and make a jack-o-lantern."

Since Halloween decorations came out he wanted a scarecrow so bad. Every time we went to a store and saw one he would beg. Well, I granted his wish today when we stopped at Rite Aid and the scarecrows were 75% off!

It Must Be A Good Day!

Sharing and Chris being nice to his brother?!?!?!?! I must be dreaming. The afternoon started with the boys sharing a pear! Yes, that's right! Chris actually ate some fruit on his own accord! I had to snap a picture because who knows when his next piece of fruit will be!

Ryan eats everything so it is not as impressive that he is enjoying the pear.


Chris and I bought Ryan some stacking cups today. We got home and they actually played together! It must be a good day!

Jungle John

Our community center had Jungle John today. He brought with him snakes, a legless lizard, hissing cockroaches, a giant toad, a tortoise and a crocodile. I have to say I was disappointed in his performance and it didn't take very long for the kids to lose interest. At the end he let everyone pet his giant snake, "Julius Squeezer,” a 12-foot albino Burmese python.





Chris pet the snake with a thousand other kids and when it started clearing out he would not stand for a photo. He informed me that he already pet the snake.

Fifer Farm

We went to the pumpkin patch today. Behind us they was an impressive corn maze. The maze was a tractor pulling a trailer and 2007 written above it. Inside the maze we had to find 6 stations. The most amazing part was they planted the corn diagonal so you could not cheat in the maze at all! We found 5 of the stations before my back started hurting from carrying Ryan and Chris started dragging.


Ken and I were pleasantly surprised at all the other activities going on. They had two giant sandboxes. One filled with corn and the other filled with soy beans. Both boys had a blast in the corn and Chris kept begging to go back to play in it.



We loured him away by going on a hayride. The motion of the hayride was making Ryan sleepy, but the sun in his eyes kept him awake. After a quick return to the sandboxes and a run up the hay pyramid we picked our pumpkins and headed home.

Unfortunately this website hit a glitch and won't let me post any more pictures. I guess you will just have to check ofoto for them! There are some pretty cute ones!

The Kids

It seems almost impossible to get a good picture of the boys together. I think in the last 11 months I only took 4 pictures of them together that I like. This picture is one of my favorites.

Learning to Walk Part 2

Ryan has started taking steps on his own. Boy does he look like he has had one too many to drink!

Ryan Learning to Walk

Here is the latest video of Ryan. He got new shoes and is learning to walk in them. Unfortunately, I still don't have my camera back...this was taken with my Dad's camera.

Dancing

Once again it is a silent video. Just imagine the dog singing "Hound dog" by Elvis Presley. Both the boys dance to it and it is really funny. Chris was dancing in the background and kept distracting Ryan so I was not able film Ryan dancing the entire time.