Today is veterans day so Annie and I took Garret, Grace and Cor to a local kid friendly play place.  It was great to see how Garret took care of both the younger kids and was always watching out for them.  They had a miniature jail at this place and I want this to be the only time I see my son behind bars!  

Holiday's n kids!

Little Gracie loved the slide, the horses and the sand pit.  This picture is of her in the bounce house which she did not like!

We have Cor today since Bekah and Dave are still on vacation and Nana needed a much needed and deserved break.  I have to admit that I was a little worried how we could handle all three kids at the same time but it turned out to be rather easy.  Cor loved this little slide.  At first he wasn't sure about it but by the time we left he was sliding down in all sorts of fun ways!

The horses!  All three kids loved the horses.....  as well as all of the other little kids there.  The first time Cor was on the merry go round he had a death grip on the pole and had a look on his face that said, "get me off of this crazy moving thing."  The second time he had much more fun and even gave me high fives as he went past.  

My little girl loved the horses the SECOND time too.  Just like Cor she was white knuckling the pole the first time through.  She also gave high fives the second time around!  The face she is making is because she was worn out completely!  

I know this pic is a little blurry but I had to put a picture of Garret on the horses too or he would have been mad at me!  He is a ham just like daddy and he likes to have fun.  
So I thought I would add the slices of pizza count for each kid:  Cor ate 3, Grace ate 2 and Garret ate about 2/3rds of a slice.  

Halloween Fun!!!!!!!

Never before have I ever had so much fun on Halloween!  It was always fun to go trick or treating as a kid and get lots of candy, however, it is more fun to take little kids trick or treating and eat their candy.  This year Grace was a Pirate Princess while Garret was a Knight!  Cor and his parents went with us while we trick or treated near Nana's house.  Garret was fun and excited.  He loved saying trick or treat and was always polite.  He didn't necessarily want to carry his candy basket the entire time and towards the end wanted to be in the stroller.  Grace on the other hand never wanted to be carried, never wanted to be in the stroller and had to carry her candy basket the entire time.  All three kids did well and it was a memory I'll never forget!  This picture is of Garret and Grace on Nana and Papa's porch.

Garret has been in preschool at a local church and the day before Halloween they had a school sing along.  Cor came and watched and this is him in his pumpkin outfit.

Although Garret was a Knight for Halloween he wanted to be Pablo (from Backyardigans) for his show.  This kid is a ham!  I'm not sure who he takes after but he is funny.  Although he was supposed to be sitting quietly he stood up and looked for us and once he found us he would sit, stand and burp.  He did this several times even while sitting next to his teacher. Not that we approve of him doing this at all, but again, what a memory!  We have video of his show which is priceless.  After he sang both of his songs he decided he was tired, sat down and then laid all the way down on the stairs.  When I asked him why he laid down he said, "Daddy, I was tired after singing and wanted to rest."  Garret had been sick for the prior week so I let it slide, this time. 

My little Pirate Princess!  Let me tell you that clothes DO help promote attitude.  This little girl loved her costume and took on the behavior of a little pirate.  What you don't see of this outfit is a cute little dress and a pirate belt.  She did very good at keeping the hat on and loved the attention she got from all who saw her!

November first was another fun day for me.  Special Olympics held the first annual dodge ball tournament here in Colorado Springs.  The team I was on consisted of guys from our cul-d-sac for the most part and we were called The Has Been's!  Have you ever seen the movie Dodge Ball?  Well, the movie wasn't to far off from this reality.  How do you expect a team of normal guys to fully compete with the likes of the Air Force Falcon Football team with their mascot the Fighting Falcon?  Or how but buff big dudes from Golds Gym?  The truth is that we were not good, lost every game we played but had a lot of fun!  It was well worth going and playing.  I only got hit in the head once!!!!!!  Unfortunately I have no pictures.  Everything else in CO is good.  Annie is doing great and her class is good this year.  I hope all is well with those who read this.