Pumpkin Carving with Papa

Dan's class had a pumpkin carving activity at school today. Last year, Brian was able to go and enjoy this time with Dan, but this year, Bri is on TDY, so Dad agreed to go in his place.

Dan was so happy to have Papa join him at school. Dad said that Dan was very diligent and did most of the work himself. Dan was very pleased with how their pumpkin came out.


Thanks, Papa for stepping in and making Dan's day a special one.

Another TDY

Gabe and I took Brian to the airport. Brian will be TDY for several weeks in New Zealand and Antarctica.

Gabe always enjoys going to the airport, although not so much that we are going to say goodbye. We work hard at being a good military family and no tears were shed until after Brian leaves us.


To console ourselves, we did a bit of shopping and went out to lunch.

Ahoy Matey

One of Dan's favorite toys are the Fisher Price people sets. We have several including the Nativity. He plays for long periods of time making up all sorts of stories and adventures.


This time the Noah's Ark set seemed to house all manner of characters, including a pirate, complete with parrot and I think I see an angel peaking out from below.


So many toys that the children get are not played with that often, but these sets are frequent companions for Dan's very vivid imagination.