Sudden Snow

About 5 inches of wet snow fell overnight

Watch out, Drew's got a good arm!

Our new family member for the day

What does Jersey snow taste like Drew?

We had a very exciting morning here today. Drew hasn't seen this kind of snow since we left Kansas. In fact, we didn't even buy any snow boots last year for lack of use! Drew wanted to have a snowball fight more than anything else. Of course, that was not on the top of Mommy's list of fun things to do. Especially when his aim is not very accurate. I can say, "not in the face" as much as I want but in the end, I get a mouth full. So we moved on to building a snow man and shoveling the walk. I love having afternoon Kindergarten on days like these. His bus doesn't come until 11:30 so we have all morning to enjoy the snow. Our school didn' t have any delays or cancellations but many schools in the area did. This snow was quite a welcome surprise!

Pele Returns!

Kristin is at Michaels buying a new scrapping lamp, so Drew and I thought we would post some soccer pics....

Soccer came to an end today...but not before Drew scored the first goals of his career last week! Not only did he score his first goal, he unleashed for a hat trick in the span of like 3 minutes! They couldn't get the ball put on the ground fast enough for his mad skills!!!

Pics below are from this morning. It has been pretty cold here for games hence the red cheeks on the boy with the blue hat (that's Drew). No goals today, but much fun was had by all.

Thanks to Chuck our coach!! Now on to karate..."sweep the leg Daniel-Son..."



Drew squaring off against the other team


This pic was added at the request of Pele himself...probably because his two girlfriends Gabriella (to his left) and Antigona (between him and the kid w/the red ball) were in the picture.

Halloween at Home

Sir Peter Knight of Wolfsbane

Treat-or-Treat on General's Row

School Parade (Drew took it very seriously!)

Pumpkin Carving

Our Family Jack-o-Lanterns

Wacky Hair Day

A lot has happened this month. We moved into our new house, Brian is now home for good and of course we had a very exciting Halloween. We are loving our home and neighborhood. It's so quiet! The house is coming along. All the boxes are unpacked but we are still putting up the final touches. It's all worth it since we'll be here for 4 years!

On Halloween a couple of our neighbors got together and threw a pre-trick-or-treat party complete with "bat wings", "spiders" and "bloody punch". All the kids of our little neighborhood got together and ate and played. We stayed on post for all the trick-or-treating. In fact, Drew hit almost every house!

Drew's costume is not just any knight but Sir Peter of Wolfsbane (from The Chronicles of Narnia). He was quite the handsome knight in shining armor:-) He also had the opportunity to wear his costume for his first school Halloween parade.

Brian has this week off before he begins his new job on Monday. I'll let him blog about that since I'm not entirely schooled on the new and exciting world of the Acquisition Corps. All I know is that his office is a mere two blocks from our house and we expect him to be traveling more. For all you Army types out there, his official title is the APM for the Joint Light Weight 155 Howitzer Program.