Ryan's First Ice Cream Cone

Yum!!  We went to the Aquarium for story time with Andrea, Aden and Caleb this morning.  Afterwards we took the kids to eat and play.  Ryan enjoyed his first ice cream cone after lunch.  Believe it or not, a napkin bib kept him clean.  His face on the other hand :)  Needless to say, he enjoyed every bite!

Dave Update

Dave has been doing well out on the TR.  It has almost been a month since their departure.  They have gotten to do some good flying on the journey south and it sounds like morale is high.  They arrived off the coast of South Africa on Saturday.  B/c the harbor is so small the ship has to stay in the ocean and they send Liberty boats out for the guys.  Unfortunately, the seas were high so they has some trouble getting people off the carrier and into Cape Town.  Dave did get off for 8 hours today.  He had some great food and saw a little of the city, apparently the beaches are beautiful.  He also saw some of the shanty towns and was amazed to see the huge financial disparity that exists in South Africa.  They now continue on their journey.  One month down!!

Fall Fest at PDS

Today was Fall Fest at Parish Day School.  It's our big fall fund-raiser.  Since Dave is away the kids joined me from 8-1 to help set-up all of the games and do some playing of their own.  They were FABULOUS!!  Thanks to some other Mom's that provided extra eyes while I was running around in the morning, the boys were a pleasure to have helping and they had a blast!  Colin especially found it very fulfilling to have taken part of "making everything fun".  That being said, we all enjoyed meeting the babysitter at home after lunch.