Eat Mor Chikin

Mom recently met up with an old friend and her 2 young daughters at the Christiana Mall for lunch. It just so happened that, on the very same day, the new Chick-fil-A was holding their Grand Opening. Mmm...Chick-fil-A...

Among the numerous festivities was a beanbag toss. Mom was the first to step up the plate. Three quick tosses later, Mom walks away empty handed. Then our friend's daughters each gave it a shot. But both of them also fell in defeat.

Then it was Aidan's turn. He stepped up and, one, two misses. Then, on his third try...swish! Right though the center of the hole. Our little man's face lit up like Mom has never seen.

Here's the very proud little guy with his prize...

Halloween

This year, we crammed all of our Halloweenie happenings into a single evening. We began by carving our pumpkins during the afternoon then dressed up and went trick-or-treating the same evening.

This years costumes? Amanda and Abby recycled last year's costumes; that being a GRPC soccer player and a WCS Field Hockey player, respectively. Alex went as the Dark Ninja of Doom (no, you shouldn't recognize that; he made it up), and Aidan got down with his inner Kryptonian and went as the Man of Steel.

Despite a generally rainy day, we were afforded a long enough break in the precipitation that we completed one loop around the neighborhood before it began to really dump on us right at our last stop.

Milborn Orchards 2009

On October 26, Mom packed up our progeny and met Aunt Debbie and cousins Nick and Brianna at Milburn Orchards to take part in their annual Fall Festival. This was a weekday day trip, so I was unable to attend. Because of that, I'll have to let the pictures do the talking...