Halloween

Parker opted to be a dragon again this year.  What he really wanted to be was a Ninja Turtle (which I find hilarious because he doesn't even know what that is), but we couldn't find a costume his size and after searching two stores I decided that was all the effort I was willing to expend.  We have a dress up box full of Halloween attire and I thought Parker might choose a costume more fitted to his stature, but I was wrong.  We made him sag the pants, otherwise they came to about three inches above his ankles.  I was a pirate, Kate was my parrot.  Paul dressed up as Clark Kent (Superman shirt under his white dress shirt), but we don't have a picture.   

The Air Show

While my dad was here we went to an air show at the naval base here in San Diego.  There were some acrobatic plane and helicopter performances that were really fun to watch.  Parker loved watching the helicopter fly backwards.  They also had a bunch of planes and helicopters on display that you could sit in and walk through.  Even though it was hotter than Hades, both Parker and Kate kept it together pretty well and we were able to stay a long time, but not quite long enough to see the Blue Angels, which flew later in the afternoon.  We're planning on going next year though, and this time we'll plan our trip around their flying time.

This is a V-22 Osprey.  It's a helicopter/plane hybrid.  In situations where there isn't a runway for takeoff, it can takeoff as a helicopter and then in mid flight the propellers can rotate and then it flies like a plane.

Inside the Osprey:

The Osprey cockpit:

Notice Parker's appropriate shirt choice:

This is a Vought F4U Corsair.  It was flown primarily in WWII and the Korean War.  From my understanding, there aren't any other planes that have this signature wing shape.  It's also the plane Skipper, from the movie Planes, was modeled after.