I don't care what you've planned, I have my own ideas

We had two options: 1) a Darth Vadar costume that was pretty comfy (a nice hand-me-down from another family), or 2) shorts and the Batman shirt and cape.

Aidan chose the shirt, no cape, and just the Vadar mask.  Darth Batman was born.

Kiira came over to trick-or-treat and we ran into several families from school.  The kids had a great time.  Unfortunately some families really got into thematic decorations and the younger ones didn't really appreciate it.  After a few iffy visits (Aidan will ignore a lot for candy), the last house ended up being the last straw.  They had an animatronic witch that moved, lit up, and cackled.  It went off right as Aidan was walking by.  He spun around and took off, I couldn't even catch up with him.  Luckily Omar had moved the car to the new street and had just gotten out.  Aidan launched himself at him.  Omar calmed him down and we sat in the car while the others finished the up the street.

Riding to school with Darth Batman

Kiira's class in the Halloween Parade

Keeping citizens safe

Super Twins

Aidan thought the matching shirts were "Awesome"!

It's finally cool enough to swim

Swimming in the summer is gross unless your pool comes with a chiller, otherwise it's like swimming in bathwater.  Some beaches have a swift current and the water isn't too bad, but you really have to be careful of riptides.  The beach we like is pretty shallow and not fun to swim in between May and August.  Our neighborhood pool has a chiller, but until now it's been too hot to be outside for too long.  Nobody wants to go swim for 15 minutes and then trudge back home.  Now it's finally nice enough to enjoy the water.

He doesn't enjoy walking home in wet trunks

Pet Store Mayhem

It wasn't really mayhem, but I was nervous about all of the open cases.  Aidan really wanted to pull out a dwarf hamster.  He got a little frustrated with the turtles because they kept moving around when he was trying to look at their faces.

Backyard Fun

It's fun to play outside when it's not 109 degrees out.

The Nettles brought over their granddaughter's sand table.

Rain!  Puddles!!  Yeah!!!

Here We Go!

Wake me when we get there.

Keepin' cool...

I was organizing photos when I came across these.

Luckily the training potty hadn't
 been used at this point.