Whew

Well, seven days after it went missing, we found Mikey's brand new Leapster. I was starting to get worried; it was not cheap. He'd put it in a good place so Evan wouldn't play with it.

E and C are almost well. They actually ran around yesterday without much coughing. That was a nasty cold. Papa still has it, but is improving also.

Evan has a new trick. He pulls...something...out of his diaper and then stares in glee at it. Pulls his shirt up, looks at it, tucks it back in the diaper, repeats. Boys and their toys, huh?

Still hot here. Highs in the upper 80s and hitting 90. Glad only one of Mikey's soccer games was at noon. That was brutal.

The soccer team lost again. Mikey I think was playing the part of a soccer player. He knows how the game works and runs to almost the right place, but tries to stay just out of reach of actually taking the ball away from the other team! Sometimes he does get in there and get the ball, but it's about one out of every 5 opportunities. The other team played rough. First time I've seen elbows flying and pushing like that.

Ah, the Halloween decorations have come out of hiding. Halloween is scary here. Last year we went T 'n T-ing on base. When we drove home, it took 10 minutes to drive the last 3 blocks because of bumper to bumper traffic. A good portion of the kids don't even bother with costumes, esp. the teenagers. It's hard to enjoy giving candy to people without costumes.