FIRST SNOW, ARMY/NAVY, & MORE!

first snow of the season for us a few weeks ago...& we're supposed to get over a foot tonight! We're hoping to hit the "slopes" on our sled tomorrow...standby for pics!!

Alex had a fun time hanging Christmas gel "clings" on the sliding glass door during the snow

Go Navy, Beat Army (8th win in a row!!)...here are us USNA roomies all bundled up

Class of 2002 tailgater, note that Dan Cnossen was there and doing great!

Marc and I all bundled up! Alex had a fun weekend at home with Aunt Margot...thank you again Margot!

the big screen at the game...

Meg's brother Dan and his wife Stephanie

Meg's mom (Grammy) and her handsome grandson MJ

MJ and his mommy

The Ahr-Esposito clan, tailgating after the game!

Alex and John Michael got to play together Thursday night and they had fun splasing arond in the tub!

a big "cheeeeese" this morning before school...it was only 23 degrees outside!!

This afternoon was Alex's Christmas party at school so Marc and I joined them at snack time...what a bunch of yummy goodies they had!

the only bite of cupcake (read "frosting") Alex took...he's just like his dad-no sweets please

Look Mommy it's "party party party"

THANKSGIVING

Alex and Paw-Paw making a cool zoo with blocks and animals!

Here is Alex taking a ride on his "horse," Ariel...he had fun doing this with PawPaw and Grandma Susie too.

We were lucky to be joined by the Nepalese Officer and his family for Thanksgiving dinner.

Here are Alex and Grandma Susie playing with cars on his book

PawPaw and Susie worked hard to fix Alex's rocking chair and were successful!

Totally cute picture...Alex snuggled up next to Aeriel under the blankets to watch a cartoon movie. From the front he had his chin in his hands...it was so cute.

the zoo got very complex and serious...

animals everywhere!

we even managed to squeeze in a few games of Yahtzee

Alex really enjoyed playing with Aerial...here they are playing with the fake food...cutting up the vegetables

Ta-da...two brand new WOODEN rockers for Alex's chair! Thank you PawPaw!!

FUN TIMES

"I'm not tired Mommy."

Alex's pajamas snagged on Duke while he was dismounting and thus a cheek was revealed.


Chowing down on spaghetti last week.

Look at my new Woody the Cowboy doll! Alex calls him "Buddy" instead of "Woody."

Big Kiss for Buddy

Reading to Woody before bed...I have a cute video of this but I'm having a hardtime getting it posted to the BLOG. I'll try a separate post for it later.

Playground time on a day (finally) without rain!

Alex likes to swing from the bar across the top of the slide

Gymfun is paying off...he loves to practice his headstand and he can do somersaults (see video below

Alex is making a "zoo"...a favorite pasttime!

more Zoo

Somersault practice...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINES!

Marc and I were lucky enough to have Alex's Aunt Margot come visit last weekend (6-8 Nov) and she watched Alex and Rummy while we headed North to attend EWS's Marine Corps Birthday Ball (234th Birthday!). We had a great time...thank you again Margot!! (and good job, Bengals...congrats on the win!)

5/10 buddies...Matt and Marc

This is one of Marc's Marines from TBS...she is finishing Comm School, all of which attended our ball.

Nepalese student and his wife

"Soup" and his girlfriend

fellow Marine Moms!...Carrie and Courtney

TRICK OR TREAT

Ready to head out with mom to get "canny" (candy)

Carving Pumpkins with mom..."pumpkin" x 1,000

Here's my happy face mom

What a pair!

I got lots of compliments on this "pirate" pumpkin. One guy even asked me if I used a dremmel (spelling?).

Pumpkin #2

On the way to someone's door...

me and my adorable little lion

it's a little sweaty in here mom

mmmm...pretzels.

wow, huge blow-up cat in someone's driveway

helping mom pass out candy before it started raining.

one lollilpop...why not?

all snuggie in halloween jammies later that night

daaaad...

okay..cheeese.

This hilarious skeleton half scared them but half grasped their attention

here is Alex running to the next house...he caught on quick that candy was involved.

i am lion hear me roooooaaarrrr.