Dancing with Waves: gaga comes to louisiana

In the middle of October, we had our first visitor to our new home! Janet came to stay with the kids and me during Matt's first TDY. Even though it was only a four day trip, it was wonderful having her here with us while Matt was gone and we were still settling into the new house.

I love watching Janet (and all the grandparents for that matter) with the kids - she loves reading books to and with them, pretending and making games everywhere (she makes a killer "salad" out of grass and leaves), and anything the kids ask for she will do with them.

When Matt returned home on Thursday we still had a few days to spoil Janet and show her around our new town. We started with the base on Friday morning by taking her to the museum then to the plane display. It was a wonderful display and even though the museum was small it was well done! The kids loved every second of the museum and the planes.

On Saturday we stayed busy - we started with playing at the park. The kids loved being to show Janet their new play place, being able run around, and we all loved playing with them.

Next stop was the pumpkin patch - the kids loved being able to look at and pick out pumpkins. It was so fun to watch them run excitedly between pumpkins to choose their pumpkins and attempt to carry/push them to the car.

That afternoon we met up with one of Matt's college classmates, April, at her family church for their fall festival. The kids were able to get dressed up and had a great time. Their favorite part was the bouncy house - they loved jumping in it with all the other children, especially their new friend Kate. We all had a blast watching the kids jump and play the different games!