Alex's First Football Game

Alex has been asking to go to a football game for a couple of months now, so we chose to make the trek up to Annapolis to see the Midshipmen play in their 2007 Homecoming game against Wake Forest.

Although Navy lost, the trip would have to be called a success because Alex seemed to enjoy himself immensely.

When we got home, Alex said, "Now I've seen baseball, basketball, soccer, and football - can we go see a hockey game?". I guess we'll have to go see the Caps play soon.

Thirty Seven

We helped Jeff celebrate his 37th Birthday this week. Alex and I went birthday shopping for Jeff and came home with "Wack a Mole" game. I'm sure this is exactly what Jeff has always wanted. Alex and Hannah both gave Jeff suggestions on what type of cake to get - Alex suggested Spiderman while Hannah thought Dora would be a good cake. Jeff ended up with a Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Cake - my personal favorite. Jeff and I spent the day together sans kids (they were at school) - we went Christmas shopping for the kids and had lunch at Chipotle. We topped the day off with take out dinner from Carraba's (thanks to Grandma Flora), ice cream cake and presents.

Jeff, I hope you had a very Happy 37th Birthday. Ha Ha - You're older than me now (well, for about four months). Here's to many, many, many more!! I love you!!

Cox Farms

We had a wonderful family adventure at Cox Farms last weekend. I absolutely love this place! They have farm animals, slides and rope swings, climbing hay mountains, hay rides, apple cider, and pumpkins, pumpkins and more pumpkins. The slides are so much fun because all of us can partake - Alex was brave enough to go by himself but Hannah had to sit on my lap. Each slide has a different theme: volcano, miner's mine shaft, winding slide through the pig barn, dinosaur's back, etc. Alex liked the miner slide because it was bumpy and went through a long tunnel; I liked the winding slide through the pig barn; but we all loved the gigantic dinosaur slide.

Alex on the Castle Slide

Of course Alex and Jeff had to try out the rope swings. And we finished the day off with the hay ride. The kids loved the hay ride. If you look closely enough you might spot Snoopy characters, CareBears, SpongeBob, or any number of other critters. We were followed by space aliens and got stuck in the pond and Farmer Cox had to pull us out. The finale of the ride was the "spooky barn" where all the creatures (including with Alex and Hannah) danced and clapped to Happy Halloween songs. Alex thought the ride was "sooo awesome". (He is going to have his socks knocked off when we go to Disney World next month).

Jeff on the Rope Swing

Alex on the Hay Ride

October Already?

I can't believe that it is already Fall - time has really flown by. Even though school has started, the pool has closed, and the Halloween costumes are selected, it just hasn't felt like Fall. It probably has something to do with the 94 degree temperatures we've been experiencing. We are finally at normal Fall temperatures and can now think about getting pumpkins and other Halloween stuff. Since it's been awhile since my last post, I decided to post miscellaneous recent photos. Nothing new or exciting to write about except for a few random tidbits: Alex started school and absolutely LOVES it - he is finally showing interest in reading and writing; Alex got his first black eye doing boy stuff; Alex enjoys his soccer class but could do without the Karate class; and Hannah is Hannah - still screaming, constantly being held, and loves to sing and dance.

First Day of School

Alex and his first black eye