Fun with the Sawyers

We have been having fun with our Sawyer cousins over the past few weeks.  First all three Sawyer cousins were in town for the Marine Corp Marathon.  So we had a spaghetti dinner with them the night before and then went to watch Joe run in the marathon and Anna Beth and John run in the 10K!

Spaghetti dinner fun!

Then over Veterans Day weekend, we joined Joseph at a parade in Manassas!

Apparently not a fan of hats anymore.

Here comes the parade!

Big trucks!! 

We got an Air Force flag to represent Daddy!

He really wanted to just play underneath the big trucks.  I was not such a big fan of that!

And he thought the canon was really cool.
And yes, that is him walking all on his own!

'Mommy, I want one of these for Christmas.'

So much fun!

'Wow!' Sitting on the long range canon.

Needless to say, Ollie had a wonderful time at the parade.  It was just right for him, not too long and some cool things to climb on afterwards!
And I was glad to hopefully start a tradition of attending Veterans Day events with Ollie so that as he grows older they can become more of a learning experience, so he may be able to grasp the meaning of what and who went before us to truly make our country and our people free.

It's Halloween!!

It's Halloween! It's Halloween!

The moon is full and bright

And we shall see what can't be seen

On any other night:

Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls,

Grinning goblins fighting duels,

Werewolves rising from their tombs,

Witches on their magic brooms.

In masks and gowns 

we haunt the street 

And knock on doors

for trick or treat!

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!! 

Poem written by: Jack Prelutsky