Halloween Cake :)

Tonight the kids and I baked Halloween Cakes instead of carving pumpkins. They enjoyed doing this SO much more and could help out a little more. Then, best of all they got to eat their creation!!!!!! They both did SO good and we all had a great time. I have alot of pictures but tried to limit the ones I put up....it was just a fun night and lots of cute pictures. Tomorrow we have a halloween party with the playgroup here on base and then Saturday is Trick or Treat with a maze and party here at our housing compound. More pictures to come from the upcoming events......

"Community Helpers Parade"

Aiden's preschool had a "Community Helpers Parade". It was basically just dressing the kids up as different roles and they walked around the school. It was cute and the kids enjoyed it. Notice in some of the pictures, Austin was checking them all out. Then in one picture he could not sit up on the ledge with the kids so he sat in front of them on the curb.....he ALWAYS has to get in on the action :)

Not feeling so good

Poor little Austin was not feeling too good after he woke up from his nap. For the past week or so he has had a runny nose but otherwise been fine. Well, today after he woke up from his nap I could tell he was feeling awful even before I picked him up from his bed. When I did get him, he was very hot to touch. I took his temp. right away and it was 104.6......needless to say I had flashbacks of my emergency run on Thanksgiving last year. The one big difference was that other than being fussy and wanting me to hold him, he was not as listless, ect...... So I did break down and give him sone Motrin and within an hour his temp was down to 101.2 He still wanted to be held but you could tell he was feeling a little better. After his nice bath tonight he seems to be back to normal. Still not feeling the best but hopefully after a good nights rest he will be Austin again :) Poor kid!!!! Below is a picture of the boys in Aiden's bed watching cartoons. Aiden told me not to worry that he would take care of him. I love this picture but if you look closely (you can click on the picture to make it big), you can see how sick little Austin looks in it :(

Fire Safety at Aiden's Preschool

Today the fire station visited Aiden's preschool and let them try out some of the stuff. Austin was excited to see "trucks" and he got really excited when the teacher let him join in on the fun. He wants to be like big brother SO bad!!!! Aiden did alot better this year than he did last year. It is amazing what a few months will do. Last year at his preschool we took a trip to the fire department and he did not want to get close to the trucks...let alone try out the stuff. This year he jumped right in and was excited about it. Aiden has "grown up" alot and he really loves this preschool. I am glad he has adjusted well to everything and I know Austin is looking forward to going next year :)

Yikes!!!!

Ok, this really freaks me out!!!!! I just wanted to share this picture with our upcoming parents who plan on making the trip to Korea while we are here. This was outside of our house at the window ledge. This is the 3rd one we have found on our house...thankfully outside. EVERYONE knows how I feel about spiders and I know you can about imagine my reaction if I were to see one in the house....I think I would head back to Ohio :)

Osan Air Show

What a great day we had today. The weather was beautiful and we got to enjoy an air show at Osan today. Osan is about 35 miles south of us and they have a really nice base. Although the air show was crowded, it was very enjoyable and we look forward to going next year if they have one. There is really so much to say about our time there. The highlight of the show was at the end when they did a "demo" rescue mission. They had 4 A-10's, 4 F-16's , 2 Apache helicopters and 1 blackhawk. It was really cool and they even had flare and bombs on the ground go off. It was also nice how close we were able to get to the different planes and choppers. The boys got to sit in a blackhawk and in an A-10. As you can tell in the picture below, AUstin was very unsure about sitting in the plane with the pilot. He would not smile at me for anything...lol Overall, a great day!!!!!!!!

Picnic & Nap Time

The boys were pretending to have a picnic the other day and they were having so much fun. Aiden even spread a blanket out for them to sit on. Austin is doing a good job pretending but sometimes Aiden gets frustrated as Austin does not always play the way Aiden wants to. Also, I had to put Austin down for his nap in Aiden's bed and thought he looked so cute laying in there. He seems so little in such a big bed. However, we may move him into his own big boy bed soon as he does great in it and that way when we take vacation or come home Austin does not need a crib.

Fall Festival

The base had a Fall Festival Saturday the 11th (Josh's b-day). We also had Aiden's friend Addison's b-day party, celebrated Josh's and went to the festival for a few hours. By the time we got to the festival it was winding down and getting ready for fireworks but it gave the kids some time to play and run around. Jan's (Addison's mom)brother and his family also joined us. They have 3 boys all under 6 and he was chasing all the kids around playing tag and the kids were having so much fun. Fireworks started at 8pm and although they did not last long, the boys loved them. Attached is a picture of the boys with Addison and Emerson.