Oktoberfest 2012

Brody and Ali had a ball at the West Annapolis Oktoberfest/Children's festival (don't you love when they combine two great things?)  They had a bunch of inflateable slides, houses, activites for the kids to enjoy and this was by far the most entertaining for us.  Brody and another boy were tethered to each other and had to run as fast as they could to try and shoot the basketball.  Brody was about 4 years younger than the other kid so you can see where he ended up most of the time!  We had a great time enjoying the wonderful fall weather, eating awesome German food, and playing games.  So glad we were able to go!

Happy Birthday Daddy

Daddy had a great day off to celebrate his 32nd birthday with us and Papa.  What a lucky guy:)

Silly Girl

 She wore the McDonald's Happy Meal box on her head the whole way home (10 minutes!).

Sooooooooooo happy to get yogurt (She even squeals "I'm so HAPPY!")

Don't let her sweet face fool you...

...she is loading a nerf gun to shoot Brody

Soccer 2012

 Listening intently to Coach Ross

 Working on his skills

 Ali's idea of soccer practice

Making sure that every parent is looking at her and laughing

 

Soccer is going very well this season so far.  Brody is playing for the Broadneck UK Elite league now which is fantastic because the coaches are professional kids' coaches and its so much closer to our house.  He absolutely loves Coach Ross (who talks like Shrek as Brody put it...English accent) and will basically do whatever he says (I asked him to live with us but unfortunately, that wasn't an option:).  He even practices playing Coach in the front yard with Ali using the cones and soccer balls we have.  It's kind of hilarious.  I'm glad that this season he is much more interested in playing than digging in the dirt.  He even scores most practices during their scrimmages!  Alison on the otherhand, is a huge hassle to bring to practice (especially on Thursday nights when Jon isn't there).  At least there is two of us to wrangle on Saturday mornings!

The Tent

 I have assembled/disassembled this tent more times than I care to admit

 Enjoying a show from the comfort of the tent ALONE

 So Ali has to set up shop on the floor (Because she constantly bothers him in the tent)

 Did I mention that my kids hate clothes and disrobe as soon as they enter the threshold of the house?

Alison's pose when I said, "say Cheese!" Perfect pilates V sit!

We were just trying to have a nice outting...

Last weekend, we all went to City Dock in Annapolis to have our picnic dinner, feed the ducks, and walk around to enjoy the fabulous weather.  It started going downhill when Jon and I decided to stop at Ram's Head to grab a quick appetizer and drink with the kids outside.  Two meltdowns shortly ensued (and a third was pending if we didn't leave immediately) and we promptly left.  All was better on the walk back to car.  As we left downtown Annapolis, traffic halted on the tiny Weem's Creek Bridge because of Navy Football traffic (epic fail #2).  We calmly waited until we suddenly discovered that the tiniest member of the family had puked chocolate milk all over her white capri pants, carseat, and coat.  There was no place to pull over, no supplies in the front seat (not even wipes) and she was screaming bloody murder.  Brody wasn't helping as he kept announcing how gross the whole thing was and smelled and instructed me to clean it up.  After TWENTY minutes (yes really), we were able to move and get her cleaned up with the vomit kit I have in the trunk (I never leave home without it).  Needless to say, we will not be taking any evening trips out for a while!

Just your Typical Friday Night

 Brody pretending to be a Dragon and headbutting Alison

 Loving the dinosaur costume she found in Brody's closet

...and his new SpiderMan costume.  Notice the backwards mask and lady like pose

 

Friday nights have recently become movie and stay up late night since the pool closed.  We eat popcorn and usually build a fort to enjoy a movie from.  Alison on the other hand, terrorizes Brody while he is trying to watch the movie and ticks him right off.  I have to admit it is pretty funny.  Brody is still on the fence with his Halloween costume.  He said the muscles in the chest make him look like he has "pumpolopes" (a word he made up some where along the way meaning boobs!).  He is too much!  At least Alison likes it!