Like Father, Like Son

I walked into the family room and saw this.

At least I got their attention enough to look at the camera.

Boy I love these guys!

Halloween….Finally

I guess I should be excited that I’m only about 2 weeks behind….as opposed to all my other posts this entire year. I would love to say we had a low-key Halloween this year.  I can’t.  It was…..different.  Nice because I didn’t have to run around as much.  Nice because Dan was home all day.  Not so nice because we had a sewage flood in the basement the night before.  However..nice that Dan stayed home to deal with everything.

I got to go help out Garrick’s preschool for the morning, which meant I missed the Costume Parade for Connor and Haden, but they didn’t seem to care.  Garrick loved dressing up this year.  I was planning on him using our elephant costume, and he refused.  He insisted on being a knight. 

He was cute.  Unfortunately all the accessories were a pain for Mom and Dad to carry around.  I think the sword is still at Grandma B’s.

Haden was excited when Mom picked up a “real” ninja costume.

He learned quickly that the ninja sword was a pain to carry around.  He ditched it pretty fast.

Connor loved the legit Star Wars costume he got to wear.  It was his first mask.

Boy his eyes are creepy behind that mask.  Connor didn’t even bother taking around his lightsaber.  Experience is a great teacher.

Here is the token shot of Zander in his puppy costume.

Are we bad parents that we dressed him up for the picture and then took the costume off?  He didn’t go out in the neighborhood, and it was too hot to keep him dressed up all night.  Oh well, he still looks adorable.

Another successful year.  Next up Thanksgiving!

Oh, a look at our pumpkins.  Dan was really proud of his hard work.

Connor and Haden’s creations

Dan showing his school spirit.  Looked pretty awesome.  Dan was really proud of figuring out how to do the night shots on the camera!

October Races

Dan ran the SoJo 1/2 marathon in mid-October.  This was the same race we both ran last year.  The plan was for us to be at the finish line to cheer Dan on.  We got there and the race clock said that the race had been going for 2 hours and 20 minutes.   Crap!  Dan was planning on less than 2 hours.  So I picked up the phone to call and see where he was.  Then looked up…he was crossing the finish line.  Dang….I didn’t even have the camera out yet.  So here are the shots I got:

The clock had been timing the marathon runners who started 30  minutes before the 1/2 marathon.  Dang it!  Oh well, we were still there to cheer.  Dan didn’t do as well as last year, but beat the time he got on his 1/2 marathon in September.  He was happy to not be as sore afterwards.

Both Dan and I ran the Highway to Hale 10k last weekend.  Yep, Alicia attempted a 10k without ever actually running the 6 miles in training.  The most I got up to was 5, and it felt awful.  But, I wanted to see if I could actually do it. 

Not pretty.  But, not too bad considering I had a c-section less than 3 months ago.  Still dealing with the shin splints, but glad I made it 10 minutes faster than planned!

Times:
Dan: 51:49
Alicia: 1:06:44

Looking forward to the Turkey Trot in November with the fam!  First thing—get some new shoes!