New Family Pics

Paint...I Really LOVE Paint!

Since moving into the base house I have been dying to paint, however, my better half is not so excited about going through the pain of moving furniture, taping walls, hours of painting, etc...It really isn't that part of painting that bothers him the most though...it is the re-painting of the walls to the contractor white when we have to move to our next assignment that really is the true thorn in our sides. It is just one more thing that we have to accomplish in the whirlwind of activities that we really don't have time to do on a normal sleep pattern.
When we moved from NJ we went so far as to bringing a painter in and getting an estimate for our kitchen/dining room/living room combo and was astounded when the quote was $1000 plus supplies...ummm no! We could do it for that price! The space really wasn't that large, the total 2 story house was around 1800 sq feet. So we painted it ourselves, or should I say J painted it in some spare time (as in when he should have been sleeping). I think the worst was when we moved from OH to NJ...trying to get orders, out processing, movers in a matter of 2 weeks can make it a little tense, but then add in painting 6 rooms back to yucko white...some adult drinks were needed after those fun times ;)
Living on base in a house that isn't really ours can be difficult, not just for me but the kiddos too. They don't have a "forever" house, the longest we have ever lived in a house was a little over 2 years. They do like to move, but they also like to have their rooms personalized with what they like, and they even request to have their rooms painted. Paint just makes a house feel more like your own, even when you don't own it and there are 100's of houses in the development IDENTICAL to the one you are in.
So do I dare bring up paint to the hubby? Do I really want to go through all that work only to paint over it again in 2 years? Have I mentioned the grubby little fingerprints that won't scrub off the walls because of the yucko paint they use ;)

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?!

#16 Huddled up with his team.
Playing center.

Playing a little QB.

Team with Daddy as coach ;)

And this is what N does...I am good at finding puddles and playing in them ;)

Staged Halloween Pictures

So we didn't get any good pictures pre-Halloween this year, so before I take down all the decorations I thought I could quickly get the boys into costumes and outside for a few posed pictures...haha! Is anything with three little boys really that easy! I think I may need a little me time after all the tantrums and crying that has been going on the past couple of days...if only the boys would sleep in I think it would be better. ACK! Tonight gives them an extra hour to sleep in, that they will not utilize and it will just turn into a "bonus" hour of them running amuck!

Anyway here are the pics ;) Bounty Hunter M

Jedi J

Yoda N

(And a really big spider that will get them!)

My decorations have been up pretty much as soon as we moved in, I get my money out of them! It was a nice distraction from all the boxes that I was suppose to unpacking, dishes to wash, clothes to wash, fold, hang and put away...you get the point. I think the neighbors thought I was a little crazy to have Halloween stuff out in mid-September, but that's how I roll I guess ;)

Some brotherly love for ya--M about to shoot J's head...nice ;)


At least in this one it is his own head.
Notice the sucker bribe I gave N ;)

J looks good in this one, N is ok...and M well he is the oldest and should just "know" that he should do as told and mommy will work with N...but alast all three boys were not very helpful to get these taken stress free...is that even possible.

More Halloween and Candid Pics

In front of the house handing out candy after making the rounds.
My little Jedi's.

How many boys can fit in a basket?

CHEESE!

Halloween Highlights

The boys had lots of fun this year celebrating Halloween week. We started off with going to a pumpkin patch with M's cub scouts pack, then headed to the squadron party and chili cook-off, and then went trick-or-treating in our community on Sunday.

J with a a little post-party fun...watch out for our little vampire!
N riding in style for trick-or-treating. Everyone LOVED his Yoda outfit...second year using it, and even though it took some convincing, he eventually loved the idea of wearing a costume.

Trick-or Treat!! Finally getting brave enough to go right up to the door!

Mission completed all by himself!