Happy Halloween

We had fun going trick-or-treating with a couple of friends. We didn't quite make it the length of our street. The kids were getting tired. Then we hung outside with our neighbors (after I put Alexander to bed) and handed out the rest of our family.

Here are the boys. Just in case you can't tell, Glenn is a fireman and Alexander is a frog. They were so cute!

Glenn had his storybook parade at school today. He was the cat from "If You Give a Cat a Cupcake." He was so cute with his pink nose:


We had his friend over after school today (they had an early dismissal day) for lunch. She was a mouse in the parade, and of course Alexander had to get in the picture, too:


Then we had a couple more friends come over to jump the sugar out in the bounce house. They eventually wore out!

Fall that Wasn't

It has felt like summer this week. It doesn't really feel like fall because it's been about 90 every day this week and humid. It's supposed to be a high in the 70's and a lot of rain. We have only had a quick shower yesterday all month. Even our jack-o-lanterns have suffered. We carved them just two days ago and I went outside this morning and noticed they were already rotten and deflated. Here's what they used to look like:




This morning, I caught a shot of Alexander perusing the Toys R Us ad during breakfast:


We bought the boys a bounce house for Christmas, but there's no way we could wait two months to give it to them. I need it to wear them out. :) So, we gave inflated it today. They absolutely love it. We're going to have a lot of fun.


The slide is fast


Alexander likes to jump off of or slide down the climbing wall

Alexander can ride his bike

Alexander has been riding his big boy bike very well for the past few week. Not only can he pedal, but he also understands how to steer. He looks so funny riding it because he's so tiny.

Our Day on Amelia Island

We went to Amelia Island today, which is north of Jacksonville, but still in FL. It's a little over an hour from our house. On the island is a state park called Fort Clinch State Park, because, yes, it has a fort named Clinch. But first, we went on a guided nature walk. It was over an hour, and the kids did so well. They were actually listening to our guide most of the time. We learned about the plants and wildlife. It was very interesting and fun. We even got to see an alligator, although it was only the very top of his head and eyes poking out of the water, and about 20 feet away. We went with our good friends who have two little girls. One is a year older than Glenn and the other is a year younger than Glenn. So, he gets along great with both of them. Here are some pictures of our nature walk:

Glenn with our friend


Monkeys on a tree



This speaks for itself


After our nature walk, we had a picnic lunch, which conveniently was right next to a playground. So, the kids could play while we relaxed a bit. We then went to Fort Clinch. It is by far the best fort I've been to. They had so many artifacts on display. And there were volunteers dressed in Union garb (next weekend they will be wearing Confederate garb). The volunteers were very knowledgeable and engaging. They shot off a cannon and the kids didn't like that very much. Glenn and his friend stayed far away with me because they were scared of the noise it was going to make. Alexander, Bob and our friends were up closer to the cannon. Poor Alexander clung to his Daddy and cried until he could get to me. Then he wouldn't let me put him down for quite some time after that. We got some great pictures at the fort:

"We need to unlock this door!"


Checking out the cannon


The kids loved going through the tunnels


Glenn and his friend leaned out that window for quite some time just chatting


Exploring


It was very windy at the top of the fort (look at Alexander's hair)


Now we know where my little monkey gets his monkey genes


Leaving the fort over the draw bridge