Happy Halloween!

It was a busy day at our house. I was room mom for the first grade Halloween party and of course had to stop by each of the other boys parties to say hi. The school has an annual Halloween parade with all of the kids in their costumes which is really cute. All the kids line up with their class and parade around the outside of the building for the parents to see. Apparently no one in our neighborhood is employed because it is standing room only! I will post those pictures when I have more time. After school we picked up Happy Meals and came home to get ready to trick or treat. As you can see we got tons of candy (and this picture is just the banned nut stuff!!!) We went out around 5 and came home around 7. We would have done the last half hour but Lake insisted that "We have ENOUGH candy now!!" I hope to hold that over his head at some later date! Everyone was exhausted from a big day and a lot of sugar. Usually we pile all 4 bags into one big pile in the middle of the floor but just as me picking the costumes has been banned...this was a fight too. The boys insisted on keeping their own pile separated. I should have known this was coming because we stopped at home midpoint to empty the bags (a conscientious mom probably would have called it a night and that was enough...but....)and they were all concerned how i was piling it! I guess that they are really growing up!

Cool or Tacky?!

There is a house in Naperville that we drive by each Halloween. This is the first year that all 4 boys really appreciate the decorations. I'm pretty sure what I think of it but the boys just LOVE it! The yard is full of decorations for Halloween. And when I say full I mean FULL! Not quite the subtle, tasteful fall adornment that I prefer but the boys love it! What do you think?

Wordless Wednesday

Trunk or Treating...

Our church has an annual fall festival/Halloween party and we have been taking the boys almost since the beginning. The festival has lots of craft stations, cookie decorating, bouncy house, games, pumpkin decorating etc. At the end people in the church line up their cars and give out candy...it's called trunk or treating. The boys love it and I have to say it is a really efficient way to get candy! Logan's costume hasn't come yet and he refused to dress up in anything other than BEN 10 so he just tagged along in regular clothes. The other boys were Super Heros. Here are a few shots of them.

Do you think it bounces?

First let me start that Landon loves basketballs. If you ask him what he wants to be when he grows up ...he wants to be a basketball player. He likes to watch them go into the hoop. He likes to sit on them and roll around and even just likes to hold them. He also loves to throw them really hard at the ground and see them bounce up. Well...not all basketballs bounce. Last Saturday we all went to Hobby lobby to look for a lamp. Again...taking 4 boys along to Hobby Lobby wouldn't be my first choice but Steve wanted to go for some reason... (possibly not wanting to be left home alone with 4 little boys while I went off shopping?!) we arrived and off Steve went with three of the boys and Landon followed me over to the "sports" themed section. He immediately went to a resin basketball bank and grabbed it and threw it with all of his might onto the floor to see the "bounce." Well...unfortuately it was made of resin and not of rubber...the look on his face was priceless...it was a mix of confusion that the ball didn't bounce and a look of horror to see what my reaction was going to be with the pile of debris laying in front of us? Well...hopefully I passed the test. I didn't wig out since I knew that he really thought it was just a real basketball for bouncing. I tried to use it as a lesson and we went to find someone to help us clean it up and offer to pay for it. We ended up with a really nice manager who cleaned up the pieces and was actually more concerned that Landon was hurt (he wasn't.) We didn't have to pay for it (well...I was buying 4 banks anyway so I think they knew they were already getting their money's worth out of me!) Landon said "Uh oh...I'm sorry" and we were quickly forgiven. Now when he sees a basketball he mentions Hobby Lobby and tells me "It didn't bounce!"

Happy Birthday Kim!

When my mom told me that I was going to be a big sister I remember specifically requesting that it needed to be a sister. I did not want a brother and was adamnent about that fact. Fortunately I got one and 34 years ago my sister was born. She wasn't quite big enough to play with but eventually she was entertaining enough if I wasn't unfortunate to be babysitting her every Friday night while my parents went out. Her we are on her 2nd Halloween. She would have just turned one a few days before. Happy Birthday Kim!!

Word Wall Challenge!

Logan is in first grade this year and every Friday they have a spelling test which they call the Word Wall Challenge. He brings it home every Friday and today it was a 5/5! He typically does well but I was worried this week because usually I make him practice every night and this week I didn't since grandma and grandpa were visiting. He still did great and even got the bonus words! Yea Logan!!