Toothless Grin

Brand lost both his front teeth this past weekend. He banished his "eager to help out dentist dad" from the room and pulled them out himself.

This photo was taken after the first tooth came and out. Brand was trying to convince us the second tooth wasn't ready to come out. Within hours it had been pulled and a great toothless grin was left behind :)

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween to everyone! We were able to have a relatively normal Halloween in Okinawa. Of course the Japanese don't offically celebrate Halloween, but with all the Americans on the island the tradition lives on here in Japan. Aunt Michelle was great and sent costumes since the selection here is pretty slim. The commissary has pumpkins shipped in (the tricky part is finding one without mold already growing on it). Josh took the boys trick-or-treating around our neighborhood and the boys filled their buckets to the brim with sweet treats. Only a few things were missing from our holiday; beautiful autumn leaves falling to the ground, a brisk cool temperature (it is still a very humid 80 degrees here), and trick-or-treating with our beloved cousins.

Max was obviously Spiderman (check out the cool muscles) and Brand was Captain Jack Sparrow (doesn't he look great with long brown hair).

Brand carved with own pumpkin for the first time.