We had a fun day yesterday....Patrick pinned on Major! We are so proud of him! He is officially part of the OFA (old fart's association). Does that make me an old fartess? I hope not. We had a ceremony at his squadron where he gave the oath and his boss had some very nice things to say about him (of course). After that we all went to the squadron bar and ate. I cooked red beans and rice, corn bread, sausage dip and some puppy chow for 30+ people. It was a hit!
The kid's and I got Dad a little treat for making major!
A new flat screen for our bedroom. Our TV in there was a dinosaur! He loved it! He opened it before the ceremony because we had a sitter last night and didn't know if we would have time after the ceremony to open it.
The kid's "pinning on" his major rank. He took one of his new flight suits that we had major sewn onto and taped on captain rank so the kid's could just rip off the capt. rank...pretty clever, I thought! Aiden then informed him that his new rank was a brown flower. It's supposed to be an oak leaf, but after he said that I thought it really does look like a flower. Out of the mouths of babes, huh?! Elaina actually tried to rip off one of his patches and that got a little chuckle. As soon as he stood up with his new rank the guys in his squadron all started telling him how old he looked. It was funny.
Aiden decked out in all of his Dad's gear. Pretty cool, huh?! Some of us wives always laugh about how lucky our kid's are and they don't even realize it. When you were 6 wouldn't you have loved to get your hands on REAL fighter pilot gear and to get to go on a flight line practically whenever you want to watch fighter jets take off and land and to climb all over them?!
She is NOT a future fighter pilot...she informed us that the helmet messed up her hair! That's MY girl!
She is NOT a future fighter pilot...she informed us that the helmet messed up her hair! That's MY girl!
With the visor down...Maverick and Butters!
30+ people, eh? Way to go.
ReplyDeleteYour kids are pretty cute with those flight suits on.
Tell Patty I said congratulations!
Congratulations Patrick! We're proud of you.
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