Sweet Home Alabama

After our Disney trip we were able to swing back through Virginia before heading to Alabama. Originally we were supposed to embark on this adventure with no trips home so we were glad we were able to catch up with everyone for a few days. We arrived in Alabama on Sunday October 4th for a 6 week stay. We were prepared for the worst as we drove onto Ft. Rucker to check into our hotel. We have stayed in post housing before and it's not always the best. We were told we would be staying in the guest house where all of the families stay. Wow, a house really?? No, not really, just a room but it was nice to think about for a split second. We were so excited to see that the hotel was surrounded by grass (not a parking lot and highway like in San Antonio) and it had a playground. YAY, something to do during the day. We were pretty disappointed when we actually opened our room door. Two double beds, a small kitchenette, and a bathroom. SWEEEEET. Oh well, what can we do? Mollie discovered the dorm-sized mini fridge first thing. It's been quite a chore to keep her out of it.

We only have 3 more days in Alabama and we've had a great time. We've made several friends out on the playground and had the opportunity to do lots of fun things. Mollie was able to go trick or treating for the first time and had a blast. She was so excited to dress up as Minnie Mouse. She would say, "I Minnie, I pitty". So cute!! We were also here for the National Peanut Festival. Apparently, over half of the nation's peanuts are grown here. We actually went to the festival twice. It was so much fun. Mollie and I rode all of the kiddie rides together and some of them were actually pretty wild. We all got a kick out of the pig, goat, and duck races. Each racer would be assigned a Nascar driver/number and a kid to cheer them on. Of course the kids would go crazy in order to get picked as the driver. Mollie had caught on to this by the time the ducks were ready to race. The man said "I need some drivers" so Mollie raised both her arms in the air and yelled "YAY, YAY" and what do you know the man picked her and her duck won. It was so funny. Mollie kept saying "more piggies mama". Do I have the cutest kid or what? Oh and we got to try elephant ears for the first time. They are delicious!!

We will be headed back to San Antonio on Friday the 13th (yikes) until the following Friday. Then we'll make our way back to Virginia for Thanksgiving. See you all then!!