Happy Birthday, David!

Birthdays are a little different as adults. For one, most people have to work. This was the case for David yesterday, a full day of work with call, too. We were still able to celebrate, though. The kids called & sang him Happy Birthday before work (he is usually out of the house in the am before they are awake). His office staff took him out to lunch; the kids & I joined them. As soon as we finished lunch, John started asking for the cake. He was disappointed when I told him we wouldn't have it until after dinner. He asked me to "open it" when we picked it up from the bakery, but I convinced him we needed to wait for Daddy. We had a casual dinner at the house; in town family, Michael and Britton and my mom, dropped by. We topped off the evening with a wonderful cake from the Daily Deli, Chocolate Mousse Cake with Raspberry Filling. John enjoyed the chocolate but wasn't too sure about the "red stuff".

Halloween Fun

The kids have been planning their Halloween costumes for over a month. Abby actually spotted her's during our first pit stop of the big road trip. Madeline and John got their's soon after our return home. Once John saw the Darth costume, he was certain that was the one he wanted.

Madeline remembered that a local restaurant was offering free kids' meals to children in costume on Halloween; so Friday afternoon, they dressed up and all 5 of us ate subs (with drinks & chips) for $13.50 - quite a deal!

Fortunately, I took pictures before we ate because Abby decided not to wear the wig Friday night and Darth became extremely moody (Whaaaat? Shocker, I know) and refused pictures.

We made a few rounds of Trick or Treating. We visited some houses in our own neighborhood, stopped by to see Aunt Britton (Michael was coaching), then met up with a friend of the girls to finish out the night. We were quite worn out after all of the walking.

You can see a few more Halloween pics on our Shutterfly site: http://sprayblogfivepictures.shutterfly.com/

I don't have pics from the events of the 10/25 post on Shutterfly yet...hopefully, I will add those soon.