Revisiting the Past - Halloween 2006

I chose this picture of the kids as a tribute of revisiting the past because Emily is the same age here as Matt currently is - okay she is 25 days older than him but you get the idea. When I look at this picture, I am amazed at how quickly they have grown. At that time, Matt barely knew what candy was now he is very familiar with the sweet treat. Sadly, tonight is suppose to be rainy so it looks like we will be doing an afternoon Trick or Treat session. All in all is should be fun! Happy Halloween!

Dorothy and Toto

Emily's choice of costume this year is Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. She was so excited to be able to dress up for her school parade and party. Of course, in her collection of stuffed animals, she had a dog that looked exactly like Toto. A Dorothy outfit would not be complete without ruby slippers and of course pigtails with bows. After her parade on the school grounds, Emily went back into school and had her party which was filled with many treats and many crafts per her teacher. Emily's class is a very crafty/artistic class so they were anxious to do as many projects as they could in the short period of time. Thankfully, she didn't come home with a ton of candy. She did come home with a very big bag filled with projects from the month. Ruby the spider has come home again too. It was a great day at school - very busy for Dave and I driving back and forth to school for all these events but fun.

Pumpkin Carving

Monday night Dave did his annual pumpkin carving time with the kids. The kids spent their time taking the "guts" out of their pumpkins which got a lot of "YUK" responses. Then, they each got to choose what image they wanted on their pumpkin. Matt picked a scarecrow that Dave cared out for him and Emily decided to do the "bejeweled" kit - no surprise there. After a short time, the kids lost interest so Dave got to finish them up for the kids. The bejeweled pumpkin has a strobe light that goes inside and makes the jewels glow- very cool. Unfortunately, the scarecrow is already starting to go bad, so I think it may have to be tossed before the Halloween event tonight. In the end, the most important part was the time they spent doing the project with their dad.

Our Chick Magnet

Yesterday, Matt had his school Halloween parade and party. I am a class mom for his class so I was able to stay for his party. While there, I learned that Matt has a few girl classmates that are his "girlfriends" - Julianna and Melanie. They are both very cute girls but we aren't ready for that stage of life yet. Now the funniest part was when the older kids had their parade at 1:00. Dave, Matt and I stayed for the entire parade, of course, in part to see Emily march in the parade but actually stayed until the end because Matt was getting a kick out of all the costumes. Well, our time their was enlightening. It appears that our little boy has become quite a charmer with the older girls - about 10 girls (from grades 3, 4 & 5) all took the time to say "hi Matt". At one point, there were 3 girls who said "hi" to him and he said "one at a time"....I just had to laugh. Of course most of these girls are safety patrol for the preK classes so that is how they have met him. There is one girl in particular, I think she's in 4th grade, that really dotes on him and he always hugs her when he sees her. I've seen glimpses of this little "Casanova" but it was funny seeing Dave react to all the girls doting on him. Of course, we are taking it as just a cute circumstance and not making much of it. The older boys by the way loved Matt being a SWAT officer (he was still in his costume) so he got a lot of high fives from them too.

Trunk or Treat

The church we attend has an annual Trunk or Treat event which is open to both the church and community. People, families and church groups decorate cars and pass out candy from their "trunks". Emily and Matt always enjoy this event - they get candy after all. This year Emily's costume was popular with the younger girls too. Here she is with our friends daughter, Gianna. Matt looks like he is barking out orders - it seems to come naturally to him, barking out orders. Even I was part of the event. Our MOPS group did a car with the Scooby Doo theme.....yes, somehow I got to be Fred, don't ask. We did win a trophy and certificate for Best Car for a Ministry group. Let me be honest and say it was nice to win. We all had fun.