Happy Birthday Girls!!!

B going down the slide

Some of the party goes running off their cake

Present time

The birthday girls!  3 YEARS OLD!!!!

Trunk or Treat

Aiden as Indiana Jones "fighting" his buddy (you can see our little "princesses" running in the background)

The kids with their friend

The line we stand in for this thing!

Every year the base puts on what is called Trunk or Treat, at Halloween.  You go and different agencies have trunks of cars all decorated and give out candy.  The really fun part is that it starts at like 6pm and in order to get through the line somewhat quickly (in less than 2 hours) you have to go get in line at like 4:30!  So all the kids run around and play while the adults hold the spots in line and make a dinner run to the near by food court.  It is total insanity, but we do it every year!

Dress Up

Jeff is going to kill me for posting this!!!He is such a good sport though!

Sesame Street Live USO Tour

Took the girls to Sesame Street Live this morning!  They were SO excited!  We were in the front row and the girls were like little groupies-they kept going up to the stage and getting hugs from all the characters!  Chloe managed to touch all of them-Brinlee wasn't as outgoing about it.  It was so much fun watching their little eyes light up with excitement!! Aiden got to watch it too at the same time, but he was with his class.  I didn't even get to catch a glimpse of him.  I am sure he loved it too though.....

Firenze (or Florence as us Americans call it)

I finally made it to Florence when my Aunt Deb and Uncle Phil came to visit us.  We spent 2 nights there, with one full day of sightseeing.  We visited the Uffizi Gallery (famous for paintings and sculptures), Michaelangelo's David and the Accademia museam, the Duomo (Cathedral), and other churches and beautiful things.  We had fabulous food (my favorite so far) and quenching Chianti wine.  The Tuscany region is famous for that kind of wine.  I look forward to going again, in the off season this time.  I am a little tired of being a tourist!!

Soccer Star

Aiden had his first soccer game earlier this month.  He had his fan club all there!  Chloe is in the blue, Brinlee is under the bleachers.  They love watching him play!  Aiden seems to like soccer although he really had no idea (and neither do we) how to play. 

Soccer

Practice-notice his basketball T-shirt? His coach made a joke about him wearing his basketball shirt to soccer. We are learning slowly about this sport...

More Practice...

Chloe thinks she is a soccer star...

Brinlee down for the count...

Aiden's new soccer clothes to practice in from a local italian store. I decided it would be better for him to look the part even if we have no idea how to play!

Sisters

Definition of sister: Someone you can trust with your secrets; who will stand by you no matter what; who always loves and accepts you.

Homework on the first day!

His luxurious school bus

Lignano Beach

On the way home....

Lignano Beach

We went to Lignano Beach, which is just about 45 minutes from us, depending on the traffic. The kids had a blast! We couldn't get the girls out of the water-they are total water babies. Aiden got to bring a friend a long and the boys had fun shell hunting and trying to let the waves knock them down!