Halloween 2012: First Trick-or-Treating with the Family

For the first time as a family, we all went tick or treating on Sunday, October 28.  In our area, it was held from 3 to 6 PM. We went out a little later because it was so cold and the wind started picking up.  The two little boys walked alongside their Papa, while I carried our little girl.   I wanted to let her walk as well, but the cold was just too much that I decided to keep her close so she'll stay warm.   I put a sweater on her, but because it was windy, I knew she'd feel cold eventually.

We all had a blast regardless of how cold and windy it was outside!  It was actually cute because both of them can talk now, so they were able to say "Trick or treat", "Thank you", and "Bye" after they were given candies. We probably just went to 7 houses before we decided to head back home.  Our oldest, after almost 30 minutes of being outside, finally said he was feeling too cold. And our second little guy, when we walked past our house going over to our neighbor's, pointed at it and said, "I want to go home!".  So after that, we just went to 2 more houses, then we took them home. Their faces were so red because of the cold.  And inasmuch as I wanted to cover them all up in warm clothes, I could only put so much on them because of their costumes.  But I still made sure the clothes were enough to keep their little bodies warm.

As you can see in the photo, my boys had their own costumes.  Papa was a Hotdog Man, Kuya Kai was Wolverine, Kuya Kaden was  Batman, our little Princess was Little Red Riding Hood, and as for me, I wore a Vampire's costume that my husband picked for me.  But of course, it got hidden underneath my jacket.  There was no way I'd be out in that cold without anything to keep me warm.  I couldn't stand the cold for as long and as much as they can.

We only had 4 groups of trick-or-treaters who came by our house this year because we were outside doing our own little thing as well.  And if you wonder why it's our first time to go outside and actually did trick-or-treating, it's because last year and the previous ones, our kids were still too little to even really care what's going on.  We decided to start this year because we no longer have an infant to worry about, and the 2 older ones can talk and enjoy themselves walking around like big kids do.

We're both so glad we did it as a whole family.  For us, it really wasn't just about celebrating Halloween and giving and receiving candies.  It was, above all, a memory we just created for our kids to remember and cherish as they grow older.  I cannot wait to do this again next year!

We Need to Move to a Bigger House

With a new baby coming, it'll be tough now since the house we're renting has only 2 (two) bedrooms: the master's and the smaller one that the little boys share with. We definitely will need a bigger space if we want everything to fit in. It's not going to be easy because we will be dealing with a lot of things like, finding a new place to move in to that we can afford and is close to my husband's workplace, and of course, within our budget.  We plan on staying within the same area we're in right now because of how peaceful and nice the whole neighborhood is.  And if we do end up moving, a lot of help would be needed to move all of our things from the old place to the new one and get us all settled in because this time, the military won't shoulder any expenses at all.  Everything will come out of our own pocket.

We also know that being in a military family, it's a given fact that we'll be doing a lot of moving from one place to another while my husband is still in active duty.  It's one of those things that we all need to deal with every change of his duty station.  But, one thing, though that I must say I love being in a military family, anywhere the Navy takes us, we always know we'll meet great people, make new friends, and have that chance to create new wonderful memories that not all families would be given the chance to in their lives.

Here in the next 8 years or so, this is how our life will be-no permanent address. (Hehehe.)  We already know it's not always going to be easy, but we promised we'll always find ways together to make things work.