Troubles & Triumphs of a Growing Family: Trick or Treat!!

Well...football and soccer are finally over. Now on to basketball season...which starts next week! Dylan had his end of the season football party last weekend and had a blast. He got a little trophy and couldn't have been more excited about it. He really liked football this year and is already talking about next year. We are happy because he has always been a very quiet and shy kid, as soon as he started playing this year with all the other kids he came out of his shell and his confidence went through the roof! He is even talking about playing indoor baseball in January and then little league in the spring! Yay Dylan!!

Unfortunately the day of the party was chilly and rainy so all the kids are soaked and sweaty from playing football in the rain. They didn't mind of course!

The other excitement the past week was Hurricane Sandy coming to town! Thankfully, we lucked out and only got a little rain and wind. It was forecasted to be much worse than it actually was. As a precaution they let us out of school early on Monday and cancelled school on Tuesday. They did this in case the power went out and were not able to contact people about school closings or delays. It ended up being a wasted day off but better safe than sorry! So of course in preparation for Sandy they cancelled and rescheduled and rescheduled again Trick or Treat night. The boys did end up getting to go Trick or Treating on Wednesday night. Zachary didn't dress up this year....he says he is too old :( He is only 10!! Growing too fast! Since the weeks have been busy we didn't get to carve our pumpkins until the night of trick or treat. So as soon as the boys got home, they got to work!

Zachary, Dylan, and Colton (me helping Colton...a lot) carving pumpkins after school

Zachary working hard on his fire face pumpkin

The finished products!! They all came out pretty good

Zachary's, Dylan's, and Colton's

After pumpkins we had a quick dinner and started dressing for Halloween!! Dylan and Colton dressed up and had a great time!!

Colton was a skull ninja...he loved having his face painted and wanted lots of blood on his face lol

Dylan...he was a hobo...fits his laid back personality! He played the role awesome and had fun doing it! He had a fake mustache and a set of fake teeth with a diamond in the front tooth! Too funny!

We packed everyone in the car and headed over to Scott and Cici's to meet up with Carter and Lilley. Carter was dressed up as the witch doctor from Scooby Doo and Lilley was a pretty little kitty! Too cute!