Saturday, October 31, 2015

Halloween 2015


Alekzander picked the theme for our Halloween again this year:
we were to go as a Sporty Family.
We excitedly played our parts as the golfer, 
the runner, and the hockey player.
He gave himself the role of Broncos football player.

Andrew's golf bag doubled as the candy overflow bag
and was filled pretty quickly as we have some
extremely generous neighbors!
The wagon was transformed into a Penalty Box for 
our Bruins hockey player.
One little girl asked what it was for, and I explained 
that it was like a time out spot for hockey players
when they were 'bad' during the game.
She immediately asked if Anderson was bad!
Poor guy definitely was not bad - just a little overwhelmed.

Both boys were surprisingly calm and passive trick-or-treaters.
Anderson actually preferred to stay in the wagon most of the time,
and Alekzander said he would rather stay with us
 than run ahead with his friends.
Both situations were quite agreeable to me
as I know future years will look much different! 

I cannot wait until next August when 
Alekzander assigns our next family Halloween theme.
{Please let him include us in his costume plans next year too!!}






Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Let Them Eat Dirt



Google "Let them eat dirt" or "Reasons why your kid should be in the dirt"...
my children should be the spokespeople!

They cannot resist the pull of the dirt...
Our flower beds are generally not 'flowery' -
they are beds of dirt that the boys cannot stay around from.
A simple planting and watering mission one afternoon turned into 
creating 'mud shoes' and resulted in a much needed bath.



The joyful benefits of playing in the mud
far outweigh the cost of scrubbing the 'ring around the tub'!

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Baby Mac and a Pumpkin Truck

Only the coolest Dad in the world hauls 100 pumpkins around in the back of his truck!
And only the coolest cousins hang out in the back of the truck with the pumpkins.