Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween!

Halloween in Alabama is a little different than home...  The fairies and princesses don't wear snow suits over their costumes here, and people sit in their front yards and on their porches while they hand out candy instead of hiding inside the entryway.  People go all out decorating too, blow up ghosts and orange Christmas lights galore!

The base had a little festival before trick or treating with hotdogs, bouncy castles and of course pony rides, which I couldn't turn down.  Marek was as chill about the pony ride as he is about everything... At one point he looked at me like "doesn't this thing go any faster?" meanwhile I was jogging along side of him trying to keep up!  All the other little kids riding the ponies kept turning around and talking about how cool it was that there was a baby riding, it was pretty funny.





I think I got the slow pony...


 We went trick or treating for pumpkin photo ops after the festival.  The high ranking officer base housing here is so beautiful!  The houses all look like old plantation homes and were decorated really fun.  We found a few pumpkins and decorations to get him to pose with before he decided he'd had enough.





In other news he got his second tooth this morning!  He was patient with me trying to take pictures but they are just tooth nubs so they're not very easy to photograph...   It turns out his cousin Hunter just lost two teeth this week so maybe the tooth fairy has started recycling?


We've attempted a few rounds of rice cereal.  We're 1 for 3 right now, most of the time this is his reaction.  (He reminds me of his Aunt Maggie doing her Liger impression.)


He also went to his first football game the other night.   (Well, his first intramural flag football / ultimate Frisbee game.)  Aaron had to go for school so we tagged along and watched with some of the other family members that are here.



This last one is just a sweet picture.  I know I'm a little biased but I think he's pretty darn cute!


We're off to New Orleans this weekend so I'll try and get some good ones of him making his way down Bourbon Street!  By the time we get home he's going to be a very well traveled baby!

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