Well, you might have noticed I have been extremely tardy with the blog. And yes, I did read all of your complaints. And ignored them. We have had an extremely hectic two months since Dan came home. Two months, can you believe that? If only the time he was away had gone that fast, but never mind.
Today was the Homecoming parade for Roto3. It was also a PD day for the kids (groan), which worked out well as they got to come with me to the parade. Basically it was a parade welcoming the guys home from Afghanistan, and 525 guys were presented well deserved medals for their work in Afghanistan. Our good friend Derek, and one of the soldiers from the Battery received a Commendation for their work in Afghanistan. Again, very well deserved. There were many, many proud families there today, including ours. It was the first time the kids have seen Dan on parade with the Battery. Pretty cool stuff when you are a kid. Pretty cool stuff when you are a wife too, by the way. We even got reserved sitting (too bad the wankers who organized it put us on the completely opposite end from Dan's battery, hence the lack of photos of the parade itself). 122 of the 190 soldiers and officers in Dan's Battery were there today. The kids were amazed to see how many soldiers he commanded, especially Elizabeth. Her big question, "Mommy, how does Daddy look after all of those soldiers when he can't even keep track of his own wallet? " A good question as he has lost it no less than 4 times since he came home, I kid you not, but we won't go there as it makes me really cranky. After the medal ceremony, Dan's Battery had a smaller ceremony where guys were presented some other medals they have earned over the last year. After the ceremony was all over, there was a reception, where the kids filled up on brownies and juice. You might be able to tell that from the pictures. Oh, and after we got home, Katty went off to a Brownies sleepover for the night, where she was going to eat more candy and chocolate. She's going to be loads of fun tomorrow! I'm sorry I'm going to miss it, I'll be out all day (more on that tomorrow). Tomorrow will be daddy's first full day alone with the kids since he got home. I'm pretty sure the skittle king left some extra bags of skittles here Thanksgiving weekend. Think I'll pass those out right before I leave in the morning! Mwahahahahaha!
You might wonder where Connor was for the photos.. he took off into the house before I could catch him.. to get his "fancy" clothes off. Boys!
"Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars."~~Serbian Proverb.
2 comments:
Glad to see that your TARDINESS has come to somewhat of an end; I DO have ONE handsome son-in-law and two beautiful girls. Tell Connor he could have stayed for just one LITTLE photo. Granma likes to see his face peering out once in a while.
Very pleased to hear that I have left a trail of Skittles (and hangovers) behind when I left!
Skittle King
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