Halloween Party Time

This year for Halloween, I wasn't planning on doing anything. I know, go ahead and call me a "Party Pooper." I didn't know where (or if) we could go Trick or Treating. I didn't want to fight every other American family at the 1 store for Halloween costumes. I just didn't want to bother with it all. But then I found a super adorable costume for Hannah for super cheap online (basically FREE using Swagbucks). I wanted to get something matching for Brian, but I couldn't find anything (in the 2 minutes I looked because I was too lazy). Luckily my friend, Sara, rescued me by letting me borrow her son's Halloween costume from last year so Brian wouldn't be left out.

Here in Okinawa, Halloween starts being celebrated sometime around mid-October with many, many different parties and functions. For our first one, we chose to go to Kiddie Disco since Hannah and I love to go dancing. Here are some pictures from our fun night!

"Cheese ... and crackers?"

(Not sure where she learned the 2nd part, but that is what she was saying.)

"You put your elbow in; You put your elbow out; You put your elbow in and you shake it all about."

"You put your backside in; You put your backside out ..."

Luke, Hannah, and Benjamin (Hannah calls them "The Guys"; they are brothers that live next to us and I work with their mom.)

Wanted to show you that I was actually there. Brian was too busy watching all the other kids dance. (His costume was too hot, so we left it at home).

Brian is a picky eater

For the last 2-3 weeks, we have been trying to get Brian to eat something other than milk. I hate to report that we found minimal success.

First we tried bananas ....

This was the look I received!

and this one ...

Even Hannah tried to feed him bananas, but he still didn't want them.

A few days later, Hannah donned a chef's hat to try and convince him, but he still wouldn't eat anything other than milk.

We have tried yogurt, peaches, applesauce, and bread. NOTHING!

Then I tried avocado!

To my surprise, I was mildly successful and he accomplished to eat a few bites.

We have also tried mashed potatoes, but his favorite thing to do (with any food) is this ...

Oh boy!

Lots of things

Sorry it has been so long, but things have been crazy around here. Here are the reasons why ...

#1. PRT (Physical Readiness Test - the military's bi-annual physical test). I was hoping I wouldn't have to take it, but since you are only waived from PRT's for 6 months and Little B turned 6 months old in September, I had to take it. In order to get ready, I have been eating less, going to the gym A LOT over the last few months, and therefore not getting to spend as much time with the kiddos or my blog. Thankfully with God's grace I passed. I suppose it was worth it to have Little B here when he got here. After all, if he was born a month later, we would have to wait another month for this face .... awwwww!

#2. The kids have been so cute! Here are just some of the cute things they have been doing.

K-State's cutest fan!

Holding his own bottle.

Having fun with bath time.

Throwing around attitude. (NO idea where she gets if from.)

Enjoying the beach with Daddy.

Waiting (with Handy Manny) by the front door for Mommy to get home from work.

Tummy time.

Sibling snuggling

More tummy time. The hat is actually a "banana" hat and part of Hannah's Halloween costume from 2 years ago.

"Eating" yogurt.

Checking out the "other" babies.

#3. We got our household goods! Although I have been extremely slow to get everything unpacked, one of the first things I tried to do was decorate the kids' rooms. One weekend, I had a lot of energy and ideas, so I decorated Hannah's walls and Brian's walls the way I wanted. I was so excited by the end of that day, but haven't had time to do anymore with their rooms. Maybe in the next few months I will get their rooms finished and post some pictures. Both rooms still need some final touches, but I will show you part of what we did. I bought letters for each of the kids' rooms and when Hannah saw, she insisted on helping me paint. Luckily when we were at the store and I picked out the letters H-A-N-N-A-H, she managed to throw in a letter 3! Therefore, I let her paint the piece she accidentally made me buy. (The first picture is what the kids' room looked like the day after the movers came. It looks the same now minus about 6 boxes.)

# 4. Hannah got sick at church. Then she got Jason and Brian sick. (Apparently I have super immunity and stayed healthy.) Well, Brian's turned into a double ear infection! Luckily he had Hannah around to help give him his medicine!

Although he was still in some pain and taking his medication at the time these photos were taken, he sure looks happy.