ACSC Fall Festival

Clinton may have celebrated Halloween night better than anywhere we have lived before, but Alabama celebrates Halloween season more than anyplace else.  We went to our fourth fall festival of the season (we have at least two more to go to this week).  This one was hosted by the Air Command Staff College (the Air Force course Robert is attending).  The kids got all dressed up for the night.

 Holden went with his trusty Bumblebee costume.  He says he is going to wear his Buzz Lightyear costume under it on Halloween night.  Lena decided against her original choice to be a princess and went with astronaut.  Joseph selected a vampire costume for this year.  In the next few pictures, you will see his attempts to change into a bat that can fly.  We were all disappointed when the change just wouldn't happen.

First Cub Scout Camping Trip

Joseph and Robert went on their first overnight Cup Scout adventure last weekend.  Joseph took this opportunity to practice his marshmallow roasting skills.

To avoid having to wait his turn to roast one marshmallow at a time, he stacked them all on the stick at the same time.  It's just more efficient that way.

Pumpkin Patch Season

We are only now getting temperatures below eighty degrees (and it will probably warm back up for a bit), but the calendar says that it is time to pick out some pumpkins for Halloween.  We spent part of the long weekend at Dream Field Farms searching for the perfect pumpkin.

We traveled across the country away from the Adirondacks only to find the biggest Adirondack chair ever in Alabama. 

Lena wanted a medium-sized pumpkin since she is our medium-sized child.  Holden searched for the tiniest pumpkin because he thought it would be cute.  He picked the little orange one in his right hand.  I'm not sure how he's going to manage to carve it. 

True to tradition, Joseph wanted a big pumpkin.  He is getting better at carrying it himself, though.

Playtime at the Lidowski house

Happy birthday, Lena!

Lena turns 6 tomorrow.  We celebrated this afternoon with a few friends.  Lena decided to have a fairy party.  I was excited that she wanted such a playful theme.  Who knows when she will want to start having "big girl" parties.  It's nice to pretend that we only have little kids in our house, though Lena tries her hardest to be much older than 6.

 A fairy house cake surrounded by flowers, fairies, and candles.

 Fruit and pretzel stick wands.

 The fairy house was pretty small because, of course, fairies are small, so we also had cupcakes topped with dancing fairies.

 Lena and her friends decorated tiny birdhouses as fairy houses.  They were very generous with the glitter, flowers, and feathers.  Our grass will be very sparkly for a while.

Joseph insisted that his house was a birdhouse and not a fairy house.  He needed something to make this a more masculine party.

 Treats on the patio.

 Birthday selfie