New Pajamas

Matt was thrilled when we went to get these fireman pj's one day after school. A friend of mine had been looking at the Carter's website, saw these and forwarded me the link. Fortunately, our local store had them in stock. Now, the reason this was such a great thing is because Matthew has been wearing his 4T fireman pj's he got from Carter's which he has refused to let them go of even though the pants were floods and the long sleeves came half way up his forearm. Getting these pj's allowed us to put the other ones to rest. He was very happy to get fully equipped in his pj's - his helmet and fireman rain boots completed the outfit. Of course, a fireman cannot be without his trusty Dalmatian, Matt has Sparky. Thank you again Jen for helping keep Matt's love for firefighting alive even while asleep.

Hibachi

We have kind of started a tradition in our family that special occasions can be celebrated with a Hibachi style dinner. On our cruise, that is the one dinner we did "out" altogether. Emily requested an umbrella in her drink because the hibachi place locally does that. Thankfully the hostess was thrilled to comply and actually brought her extra umbrellas that they made into hair ornamentation for her. Whenever we do hibachi, we get noodles and lately the kids have wanted to share eating noodles with us as you can see in the picture of Dave & Emily. Matthew and I were also participating in this eating experience. It was such great food and such great fun. The best part of the meal was the green tea ice cream...yummy!

A Little Risky Business

We found Matthew performing his interpretation of the "Risky Business" dance while watching a SpongeBob video on the computer where they spoof the dance. As you can see, Matt was very in the moment. At least, he was fully clothes in his pajamas.

Trunk Or Treat Bulletin Board

Our church does an outreach event called "Trunk or Treat" where the kids come to the church parking lot and trick or treat from decorated vehicles. This is the bulletin board I put together for that event. The first Sunday it was up some candy went "missing" but I was able to replace it and so far no one has attempted to "treat" from the board.

Please pray for this outreach event. It will be occurring this year on the night of Halloween, so they are expecting a larger turnout seeing it is on a Sunday night and local businesses are closed that day.

Our Music Man

Matthew has definitely shown us that he has a passion for music. The guitar was given to us and its strings are currently off but that doesn't stop Matt from performing his own jam session. I cannot remember what prompted this impromptu concert but seeing him enjoying himself made it worthwhile.