Happy Halloween.

We celebrated Halloween up in New Jersey since we were headed to NYC for Glenn's marathon. Our friend Paul's mom lives in NJ so we had dinner and trick-or-treated in her neighborhood on Friday night. I wasn't sure if Lincoln would get it, but he LOVED it and was such a good boy. He would even get a piece of candy for his friend, Gwen, when she was too shy to come to the door. I was so proud of him.

Our little pumpkin gave us some of her best smiles to date on Halloween too! Love those first smiles.

 These pics will definitely be a part of their wedding slide show some day.

 Maya was helpful at holding the extra candy!

 Love our little fireman!

October 2013

 Our little man was Clark Kent for Halloween thanks to a cute little onesie from his aunt and uncle! I dressed up like Sandy from Grease and Glenn was Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory. Maybe next year we'll get it together and have a family costume! We had fun handing out candy to the kids who came to the house (not so much to some parents who asked for candy too!)

 Lincoln wasn't too impressed with the pumpkins. It's one of my favorite traditions so I hope he enjoys it next year!

I love the fall and it seemed to go by too quickly as it always does! Hard to believe I'm typing this while listening to Christmas music. 2013 where did you go?!

Pumpkins!

After my birthday trip to the pumpkin patch it would be a shame not to show all my hard work!

I used a jig saw blade since I thought we had a carving kit ( we don't). My fingers were tired. Next year: carving kit.

The 27 got a few questions from the neighbors, but most just assumed it went along with the Vikings pumpkin. We used the pumpkin for my bellography series. I'll post the next set next week!

I just love the fall. Although VA has seemed to skip right to their winter. It was 45 on the way to work yesterday morning. That's not so bad I know, but I could have used a few more weeks of my favorite season.

Happy Halloween!

Our first trick-or-treater was little lion Isabel, the daughter of Chris and Marcy. She didn't quite get the idea of taking candy, but I'm sure she will next year!

We sat on our front porch with Chris and Gizelle and ate chili, hot chocolate and pumpkin seeds while we handed out candy. We had a bunch of neighborhood kids come to the house and went through about 3 big bags. We still have a bowl full left. I don't think Glenn is too sad since the last bag contains his favorites. :)

I can't wait to dress up our little guy next year!

Thanks for the costume Blair! It was a big hit at work!

Happy Halloween!

Stella would last 2 seconds in this costume before she fought her way out of it, but I still love it! Maybe Stella should be an E2 next year....

Trick-or-Treating

I invited a few of my former students and one of my current students to come to Atsugi base to go Trick-or-Treating. They were a little hesitant at first but figured out the game plan rather quickly. They really seemed to enjoy it until the rain started coming down. Good thing we started right at 4 pm!

They weren't so sure about the scary people. I got a kick out of it though!

Glenn borrowed his skippers CO hat and Auburn polo and went as Skipper for Halloween. Skipper got a good kick out it.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween in Hong Kong

Because of the large number of Americans and expats in Hong Kong, Halloween is a pretty big holiday! I was surprised, but Barry had told Laura this beforehand, so we brought our costumes with. Glenn went as Duffman from the Simpsons and I went as a butterfly (maybe?).

We went to a party at Barry's friend's house. It was up on a rooftop deck overlooking Hong Kong island. It was beautiful, the party was ok. We were tired from the night before and didn't make it too long.

Tyler went as the Dude from Big Lobowski (good thing our hotel had robes) and Laura went as a hippy.

It was fun to celebrate Halloween, but I'm glad we didn't go down to Lan Kwai Fong. From what we heard, it took 2 hours to even get near the area  and then it was so crowded you could barely get around or get a drink. It reminded me of Madison for Halloween. Am I getting old when that doesn't sound like fun anymore? Sad. :) I'm just glad I got to be with my hubby.

Big & Little Pirates

Connor and Dad on Halloween

Happy Halloween!

Connor was a pirate for Halloween this year. How cute is he?

My trip to Hong Kong was wonderful. I'll write about that later this week, time to hang out with Stella bear who has been in the kennel for 5 days.

Good night!