A Recap in pictures

Well, what do you know....playing catch-up again. This time I have a great excuse- it's been a busy busy week and the Yarbrough family has been on the move!! Which is how Brian likes it I might add, his favorite sayings~ "I want to get out of the house" (sometimes varies with "I HAVE to get out of the house"), and "Let's go have fun" say it all! Brian does NOT equate being at home with having fun. So the last two weekends have been bliss for my little monkey as we have not really stopped moving...This weekend will likely be the same, but after that, I get at least two weekends of vegging on the couch. It's only fair.
So here is my recap of the last week or so in pictures....

Last Sunday, we took part in the Va. Beach ALS walk. We walked with JTwalk which was organized by the family of a guy that Steve went to junior high school and high school with. Absolutely amazing- over 3,000 people came out to walk in his name. He was diagnosed with ALS a year ago and is already confined to a wheelchair. 33 years old and the father of 2 young children. Such an absolutely devastating illness. I walked in the first ALS walk in Hampton Roads 5 years ago with an old friend. We walked with a dear friend of hers who also had ALS. There were under 100 people at that walk. So to see the walk grow to nearly 4,000 people, absolutely amazing.

Brian not happy waiting in very windy, cold Oceanfront air for the walk to start. He has truly perfected his scowl. Practice makes perfect...

Wow. I do not make a cute Smurf. It was cold and windy, my warmth was much more important than style and vanity.

Later on in the week, Brian decided to surprise Daddy by painting him a picture. As I told my best friend tonight, when little boys get in trouble, usually a huge mess or injury is involved. Fortunately this was just a lot of green paint. Brian poses in time out.

Here's another shot- love the paint moustache Bri!

Brian as Buzz Lightyear!!! Oma and Grandpa spent the weekend with their favorite grandson and went with us to take Brian to the Olde Towne Portsmouth Trick or Treat Event.

Brian had a wonderful time, though on Halloween, the candy goes directly into the bag and not into his hand first. We had to battle over every single piece of candy to get it in the bag and convince him that he could eat it later and not this very second. It got to where he would say "Trick or Treat" and after handing him the candy he would ask the person, "I can eat this LATER?" What a nut. The funniest part was when he would refer to himself in character AND in third person. "Buzz Lightyear will carry the bag Mommy" "Buzz Lightyear said thank you for the candy Mommy" "Buzz Lightyear wants to eat a sucker Mommy." And I repeat, what a nut....

Brian and his buddy Hunter at the Hunt Club Halloween Kids Party on Sunday.

On a hayride! Brian's favorite thing about Fall...After the hayride he HAD to thank the hayride driver. We had to hunt the guy down so he could say "thank you for my hayride." The guy told him that no one ever thanks him and thanked Brian for thanking him. Brian just smiled.

Ahhh, the moon bounces. Always a good time. Is it me or does Brian look like a knight in this picture with the little hoodie?


Yesterday was windy and rainy. So when we got home from work, we built a tent for Brian. Apparently our tent making skills went out with our childhood. But after a few attempts, we had a tent. Brian loved it and ran back and forth from the den to the living room for about 15 minutes bringing as many toys and books as he could into his tent. We had dinner in the tent, and Brian had breakfast in the tent. I am expecting a full mutiny tomorrow morning as the tent came down when Brian went to bed tonight. Tents have a 24 hour life span when they are in the middle of my living room and it's darn well lucky it lasted that long. It was fun though and Brian loved it.

And now I am done and off to bed. I have quite the headache and think I may becoming down with a head cold. Fantastic!!! 'Tis the season I suppose....