home for a little bit

We were home and unpacked for a whopping 2 weeks before we left for vacation in North Carolina. Here's a few of our happenings from those weeks.

SESAME STREET SHOW
Some of the characters from Sesame Street came to base for a free show for military families. Rhone and I went with some of our friends. The show really was pretty good. There was lots of music and dancing, and a free toy. Elmo was far and away the favorite. The content was geared towards families who deal with changes and deployments.



MOTHER'S DAY CARDS
This year Rhone is big enough to start making those oh-so-cute crafts. I had a hard time coming up with something on his skill level, but luckily my friend Amy and her boys came over to paint with us and help put the idea together. I think the cards turned out pretty adorable and were well worth the mess!

Rhone painting the flower paper. The tulip card, complete with Rhone's hand print and artwork. Speaking of our friends, isn't this picture of Rhone and Tommy absolutely adorable. Thanks for the picture Amy!

DOVER DAYS
Once a year Dover has a colonial festival complete with a parade, maypole dancing, and colonial costumes. We watched the parade with our friends. It was nice for the little boys to have someone to get into trouble with. We watched some maypole dancing and wondered through the mess of people and booths. The real high light of the day was the food. One of the local churches sponsored an international food fair. For $10 we had a little Mexican, German, Egyptian, African, and Philippine food. It was delicious.

The crew watching the parade. Notice that the two little boys are enjoying suckers, while the older one happily waves at the paraders- what could be more fun?