We're officially in new territory.. 5 days with dry pants, no accidents!!! I never thought the day would come - but thank God it has! So in celebration, the new 'big boy' bike came out. Not only did it come out, but it came out BLAZING! Connor and Dad raced up the street for the first time as Dad went off to work again. News on the street from Connor is that he "Loves his new big boy bike, it's awesome!!"
It is with heavy hearts that we sold Connor's 'baby bedroom' yesterday (sniff, sniff). No more cute 'Malawi' animal theme... now he has a big boy bed (that he keeps telling us is "so comfy" so that's good!) and has a sports ball theme. What happened to our baby?!? He is definitely growing up too fast :-(
Will took Connor to pick out his new big boy bike last weekend. It was a tough choice, there's a lot to choose from at Toys R Us! This blue and green "Devious" bike was the winner. But there's a small catch... Connor isn't aloud to ride it until he is 'accident free' for 5 days. We've made it 3 days in a row, but I'm wondering if we'll ever see 5 days in a row. Today I had serious doubts. I'll leave it at that...
Boy, what an exciting week of Halloween festivities we've had! This year Connor decided that he wanted to be a pirate. He picked out his very own 'Jack Sparrow' costume from Pirates of the Caribbean (although he wasn't fond of the bandanna with dread locks hanging from the sides!). We started off the celebrations with an outing to NPS where Dad works. They had a festival for the kids complete with crafts and snacks plus they got to show off their costumes. Then his gymnastics teacher had a Halloween party for all the kids at they gym, complete with decorations, scary costumes, a bounce house, and a goody bag for everyone. During the week we carved two pumpkins. Connor picked out a raccoon and an alien to carve into the pumpkins. I have to say they looked pretty good. On Thursday there was a party at school and Connor got to dress up with his friends & enjoy some great treats that everyone brought in. And of course, last night was Trick or Treat. Dad took Connor around the neighborhood with John & baby Teague as well as Connor's friends on our street... Toa, Gina and Giovanni. He had such a great time. I think this Halloween was a HUGE success!
The past two weeks all the kids have had off from school, so we've been trying to keep them busy. We've been at the aquarium, swimming with friends, the beach a few times, and out enjoying the nice weather. The other day the Hoskins' and the Fields' came on over and the kids had a great time sliding in the pool, riding bikes & scooter, and playing. I think it's safe to say that everyone slept well that night :-)
Will and I went to the Eagles game in San Fran last weekend and had a blast. In true Philly fashion we busted out the camping stove and made some real good ol' fashion Philly Cheesesteaks. Let me tell ya how good they were! Complete with fried onions, cheese whiz, and ketchup. My belly is growling just thinking about them again. We also enjoyed a few beers in parking lot and then went in to the stadium to check out the Birds. It was a nail biter but we were pleased with the end result.... Eagles 40, 49ers 26. Great time! Thanks to Abbey, Josh, Hannah and Elliot for letting Connor hang with you guys for the day, we totally appreciated it!
Finally got the boat out yesterday! Connor enjoyed it, until we had to go out between the jettys! Waves were a little rough. I'm sure he'll get use to it though. "Plan B" did just fine in the high seas of Monterey Bay! Lots of great times to be had :-)
