KY visitors

Last weekend, my brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew came out to visit us for the first time. It was really nice getting to show them where we live and share our experiences with them.

Took them a little longer than expected to get here that Friday, but they made it safely and that is all that matters. O loved getting to see everyone, especially his cousins. It was even nice enough that we took the kids to the park one day so they weren't just cooped up inside together.

My 30th birthday was on Sunday which was a good day. I was able to sleep in, we played some cards, took the kids to the park and went out to eat at Cheddars.

Overall, it was a great weekend getting to have family out here. I hope that they had as good of a time and hope that their kiddos got back on their normal sleeping schedule back at home!

Halloween

So, last night was Halloween and it was our first time being in our new house, and thus a neighborhood, for Halloween. Trick or Treating is from 6-8pm here. So we were outside taking a few pictures before things got started. So here is me and my little dragon.





Some people had a hard time telling exactly what O. was because from the front, it is hard to tell if he is a dragon or dinosaur, crocodile, or frog? So we told O. that he had a tail and we had to show it off. At least with the wings I think it is more obvious that we are a dragon. At least it was a warmer costume too!




Finally I asked him to show us his dragon face before we got started. At first he just looked at me funny and didn't know what I was asking him to do. But finally this is what I got. Isn't he a sweetie!

It appears that here, we don't go up and ring the doorbell or knock on the door. People either sit on their porhc or in the driveway with candy, so if you want as well, some people (like us as we were with O.) put a bowl of candy out on the porch.

We did really well with saying "trick or treat" and "thank you" at the beginning. But as time went on, he found out we were just getting more and more candy and began to lose his manners, with us reminding him to say "thank you". At about the last 5 houses, after he got candy, he'd say "more candy" and people would give him more - this was a little embarassing. Between houses I kept saying, "you only get one piece from each bowl". The last couple were ok.

Hopefully next year will be even better!