Halloween

This Halloween was a busy one!  We started off the day with Daddy FINALLY feeling better after being sick for a week.  He was feeling so good he decided to make us pancake breakfast with witches hats and pumpkin shaped pancakes.  After getting Brooke on the bus, I took Alex to storytime and then to the park for a playdate with CJ.  When AJ got home from work we carved pumpkins with Alex and then Brooke when she got home from school.  I made us some from-scratch chicken strew with ghost, scary cat, and pumpkin biscuits.  Then we dressed in our costumes, The Good Wolf and the Three Little Pigs, to go trick-or-treating.  We got home after only an hour as they said they were tired.  The kids ate A LOT of candy and then stayed up 2 hours after their bedtime on sugar high.  Brooke did some creative drawing of us trick-or-treating on the road.  It was a good Halloween!

Picking Pumpkins

We went to pick pumpkins for Halloween today.  Unfortunately, AJ and I am sick so we just went and got our pumpkins and headed out.  Brooke and Alex still enjoyed cutting them off the vine.

Newport News Folk Festival

After finishing the half and changing clothes we traveled up the street to the Newport News Folk Festival to enjoy some culture and ended up in a banjo kids drum circle.

Crawlin’ Crab Half Marathon

It was a hot and humid day for the half marathon in Hampton and AJ and the kiddos came to cheer me on.  I did pretty well with the first half of the race and ended up slowing a bit after mile 8 due to the heat and humidity.  My favorite part of the whole race was seeing AJ, Brooke, and Alex at the finish line.

5K Split: 00:28:54  Pace: 09:19 min/mi

10K Split: 00:59:34  Pace: 09:36 min/mi

Finish: 02:13:34  Pace: 10:12 min/mi