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Halloween!!

November 2, 2018

We made it through another Halloween with only a few tears and a few bruises but lots of lots of candy! The fun started bright and early when my 5:15am gym class got in the spirit!

gym

gym

gym

Samantha thought my wig was pretty funny!

wig

Pretty soon my crew was ready to scare away some ghosts for school!

ghostbusters

They ain’t afraid of no ghosts! That afternoon I got to go up and help with Spencer’s class party.

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halloween

Around 4:30 it was time to get costumes on and head out! Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Rapunzel reporting for Halloween duty!

halloween

rapunzel

halloween

It ended up being pretty warm that night and a little muggy. At least it wasn’t raining though! We started off with the neighbors for a little pre-party…

halloween

and then trick-or-treated up the street on the way to the main party. Samantha was having a little trouble keeping up with the big kids…

haloween

but then she found a friend and it worked out!

halloween

Spencer’s night started off better than expected when he got a KING size Kit Kat!

kitkat

The party was fun and chaotic with bounce houses, the train, and lots of people. We then took off trick-or-treating and tried to stay together but Maxwell wanted to go off with his friends, Samantha wouldn’t go to a door by herself, and Spencer was trying to keep up with all of it. Unfortunately, in trying to keep up he tripped and fell and caught himself with his face on a driveway. OUCH. The screams were pretty loud and he was pretty pitiful. We were literally the furthest point we could have been from home so all we could do was start walking back. He didn’t trick-or-treat anymore but was doing a little better by the time we made it back to the house.

halloween

We might have had an injury but everyone had full baskets and all the candy they could want!

halloween

halloween

halloween

Despite Samantha’s face there I’d say it was a successful Halloween!

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Happy Halloween!!

October 31, 2018

Happy Halloween from Han Solo, Chewbaca, and Rapunzel!!

halloween

halloween

We got to have a test run in our costumes on Monday when we went trick-or-treating at Robert’s office.

office

office

office

Let the sugar rush begin!!

halloween

Hope you don’t get spooked today!! Happy Halloween!

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Boo bash

October 30, 2018

It’s almost Halloween! The boys had the Boo Bash at school on Friday last week and, despite the drizzly, cold weather, had the BEST time! We didn’t go full costume for school and just went as a football and baseball player…

boo bash

They had all kinds of fun games…

boo bash

boo bash

including a cake walk where both Maxwell and Spencer won. We got to take home a full cake and 18 cookies! Just what we needed!

cakes

Also, just so I remember, here’s what I made for the cake walk. Pans of brownies with an icing spider web and a spider! easy!

brownies

There were even rides too! So so fun!

rides

boo bash

Spencer clearly LOVED them! (I’m sure Maxwell did too but he was off with his friends and didn’t care about walking around with me! ha!)

rides

rides

rides

rides

It really was a fun day with sweet school friends!

school

boo bash

school

school

friends

Maxwell’s class…

class

and Spencer’s!

class

Happy almost Halloween from these two!

boob ash

Boo bash success!

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School Fall Fun!

October 29, 2018

Lots of fall fun going on at school. Spencer got to go on his first field trip to the pumpkin patch!

pumpkin

pumpkin

They also did a Pumpkin Investigation at school!

pumpkin

pumpkin

Samantha got to have some pumpkin and puppet fun on orange day at school!

school

school

school

She told me she did NOT like the taste of that little orange pumpkin and spit it out in the trash! ha! I’ve never liked them either!

Fall goodness all around!

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Fall ball

October 25, 2018

Both boys had great fall baseball seasons! Maxwell is a solid player who continues to steadily improve. He had some really good plays this season and proved to be a great pitcher (not pitching but playing the pitcher position). He might not have wanted to play pitcher (he wanted to be at first!) but he proved he was someone the team could count on!

baseball

Spencer had so much fun playing coach pitch and never had to go to the tee even once! He got to play first quite a bit and had several legitimate outs!

baseball

We all had fun entertaining ourselves at the ballpark – icees all around! We even kept score with the help of GJ at one of the last games!

baseball

baseball

I sadly had to miss Maxwell’s last game and apparently he had the game of his life! Made a double play, caught a pop fly in the outfield, and just played great all the way around. He was pretty proud to get the game ball on that final game! Woohoo!

baseball

I missed Maxwell’s game because I was at Spencer’s next to last game! A slightly rainy and fun night!

baseball

Goooo Cubs!

cubs

baseball

It was a great season for this awesome Dodger and this fantastic Cub!

baseball

baseball

Their favorite cheerleader had a good season too! Β πŸ™‚

baseball

baseball

Always fun at the ole ballgame! Who’s ready for spring ball?!

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