I Get to Go to the Library!

Today is going to be such fun!  I get to go to the library and read to the kids with my Dad.  It is such a nice library and we get to sit by a big window.  Mom says she hopes the sun comes out so the library will be happy feeling.  If the Army doesn't move up the flight, I get to go see the soldiers as soon as I finish reading to the kids.  I have to go now and get a bath before I go to the library. 

Saturday, 30 October 2010 - TRUNK OR TREAT!

I had a GREAT time on Saturday!  I got to meet about 125 soldiers and then we hurried home to get into our costumes....well, just me and Mom.  Dad didn't wear one.  Said he wouldn't be caught dead in one.  I was dressed as a devil.  Mom was dressed as a monster.  Dad kept calling it "moron."  We got to the church about 10 minutes before Trunk or Treat started, but there were already lots of kids there.  It was fun to meet the kids, but the best part was eating all of the dropped popcorn from the parking lot.  I also ate a bag of chips and lots of dog treats.  I got my picture taken a lot!  There were a couple of kids scared of me and that made me feel bad because I wouldn't hurt any of them.  Maybe a squirrel, but never a kid!  Dad and I walked all over the paking lot and Mom stayed with our van and gave kids candy from the trunk.  Our trunk was decorated like a cave.  It even had a huge fake spider web.  I am already looking forward to next year's trunk or treat.  Maybe next year they will have Cheetos, my favorite!

Thursday, 28 October 2010

Wow!  What a super day Dad and I had.  The soldiers didn't come in until 3:00pm, so Mom was able to go with us.  The weather was great!  Mom said it was a beautiful day for the 150 soldiers who came home and anyone else who would take the time to really notice.

The best part was waiting with two soldiers who were waiting for their families to show up.  I took a nap on the sidewalk while Mom and Dad talked to the soldiers.  One was playing a ukulele he took out from a small blue case.  The other one was using Mom's cell phone and taking real funny.  He said he was going to the "Islands" not far from where the planes were loaded with "Little Boy" and "Fat Man," two big bombs that brought an end to WWII a very long time ago.  The soldier finally said he was from Saipan which made Mom ask what the native language was there.  He said "Chamorro" and less than 200,000 people in the entire world speak it, that it is a dying language. He asked for Mom's address so he could send us a flag that he was going to ask a pilot to fly over Iraq just for us.  It is supposed to come with a certificate saying it really was flown over Iraq.  The soldier with the ukulele gave Mom a coin a general presented him when he received his CIB (Combat Infantray Badge).  Some of his buddies received purple hearts, too.  Mom was so overcome, I thought she would cry.  She made sure both soldiers knew how much we appreciated what they had given us.  Mom said she would never forget it.