December 1st

Today we took our kiddos to see Mickey Mouse! Oh, how I miss Disney World, I cannot wait to take these crazy people. Especially Harrison. He is smitten with all the characters. "Me hug him, me hug him". We had to wait in line to meet Mickey, and when he got the go ahead he went running.

Look at him look at her adoringly

 They brought him a birthday cupcake, which he proceeded to eat every sprinkle off of and none of the cake.

Pluto's coming!!

 Smooshy face

Lincoln was so very excited to go...

But then very shy when he was near the characters. When Pluto came by, he slowly crept around the entire table while Harrison hugged him 100 times, until he was finally close enough to get in the picture. Once he got there, he was ok.

I had to hug Mickey myself before he would do it.

Ethan is now considered an adult by Disney rules, so he had to eat a lot to make his plate worth it lol. To Ethan that means pastries and cheese.

Never too old to hug Mickey

lol he didn't see Pluto coming

Millie's first time in a restaurant high chair.

And first character encounter...

she liked him :)

Today our elves were reading stories to other toys and they brought advent calendars. Lincoln got Lego Star Wars, Ethan got tsum tsums and Harrison got Thomas the Train.

November 10th

Swabbing the poop deck of the USS Missouri

What? A Torpedo? Let's sit on it!!

Actually, the two little ones liked to turn the propellers on the back because it was making a horrible squeaking noise that they found hilarious.

It's broken!!

Yes children, it's broken, they are not going to let you shoot things today.

Watching a submarine go by.

We bought Ethan this shirt the day that Bill graduated from basic training in Fort Knox. Funny that it fits Lincoln 10 years later.

Daddy, Daddy, Daddy.

Harrison was so confused with all the soldiers in uniform. He went up to several people that were definitely NOT his Daddy and tried to get picked up.

Yeah, she wouldn't look at the camera

He kept running up to give Daddy hugs.

Reenlisted for another 3 years. Hopefully we will get our orders soon and find out where our next adventure will be.

We only saw about 5 minutes of the actual tour, because my children were being buttheads and it was 1000* out and the baby was cooking but we learned that the USS Missouri is bigger than the Titanic, and that it fought in 3 different wars before becoming a museum.

She's fat. And cute :)

November 5th

October 31st

Happy Halloween!!

The princess and the King - Harrison kept calling him King Daddy

Everyone loved our castle

He really loves candy. He was that excited at every house.

Wait for me guys

October 29th

We just squeaked in our one beach a month goal. It was a yucky, rainy day, but our power was scheduled to be out until 5 pm and I could not sit in the house with the crazies all day. It rained the whole way we were driving there, so we decided we would just let the kids play in the sand and eat lunch, but it ended up being beautiful, and there was almost no one else there.

First touch of ocean! She liked it :)

He liked looking for "treasure". He found driftwood, a shell, a crab claw, and some crabs.

 sleepy baby

 almost all looking. I tried to trick them and asked how many fingers I was holding up to get them to look, but then Harrison copied me

jump! and repeat

3....4....3.... jump!

his hulk pose

 lazy boy

that hair!!

Happy to not be getting sunscreened anymore

Testing the waters when we got there, not too cold!

We bought this bathing set the day after we found out we were having a girl. I think I paid full price. No regrets, it's sooooo cute!!

see the fishy?

One different beach a month - check 1 out of 12

Hickam Airforce Beach