Brendan as a Zombie Skeleton
Red Ninja (Colin), Grandma, Sharpey (Kennedy), Zombie Skeleton (Brendan) & Grandpa
What fun, what fun!!...to dress up and then beg for candy at a stranger's house. Isn't it ironic that 364 days a year, I remind my boys daily not to talk to strangers, go to somebodies house that I don't know and heaven forbid, take candy from strangers!! But on this one fun night, we get to break all the rules, so we can break the bank fixing all the tooth decay! Oh well, it is all in good fun, right?!! So we got home from school, hung out, ate spaghetti and then hurried into our costumes; Brendan a zombie skeleton; Colin, a red ninja; and my niece Kennedy, Sharpey from HSM! With next door neighbors, grandma, Aunt Jennifer and puppy Ellie in tow, we headed out for our adventure. We treated at all the lit houses and then headed home to check out our loot. I hope you enjoy the pics as much as I enjoyed watching my boys have tons of fun. The only sad part of the night was that Ryan missed his first Halloween. His football team had a game vs. Kingman and it was away (3 and a half hrs away). As I type this, the latest update I had was WCHS was winning at the half, 34-0. Way to go Wildcats!
Mom and her 2 boys
What fun, what fun!!...to dress up and then beg for candy at a stranger's house. Isn't it ironic that 364 days a year, I remind my boys daily not to talk to strangers, go to somebodies house that I don't know and heaven forbid, take candy from strangers!! But on this one fun night, we get to break all the rules, so we can break the bank fixing all the tooth decay! Oh well, it is all in good fun, right?!! So we got home from school, hung out, ate spaghetti and then hurried into our costumes; Brendan a zombie skeleton; Colin, a red ninja; and my niece Kennedy, Sharpey from HSM! With next door neighbors, grandma, Aunt Jennifer and puppy Ellie in tow, we headed out for our adventure. We treated at all the lit houses and then headed home to check out our loot. I hope you enjoy the pics as much as I enjoyed watching my boys have tons of fun. The only sad part of the night was that Ryan missed his first Halloween. His football team had a game vs. Kingman and it was away (3 and a half hrs away). As I type this, the latest update I had was WCHS was winning at the half, 34-0. Way to go Wildcats!Mom and her 2 boys
Look at all this Loot!
**Update...I just got a text from Ryan as I was posting, and WCHS beat Kingman 48-7! Way to go Wildcats! The only down side to this awesome victory is the long drive home. At least the booster club is buying them pizza for the trip!**
So now that Brendan is in the 3rd grade, his work load has become a lot more! Every month his teacher assigns the class a different kind of book report with a different kind of genre. Thanks to me (and not his dad!!), Brendan loves to read; so these book reports have become a mom son thing and are lots of fun. His September report was a cereal box report with the genre of realistic fiction. He chose, of course, a football themed book called The Longarmed Quarterback. We had lots of fun coming up with a cereally name and decorating the front of the box and then coming up with a cross word puzzle for the back of the box. The sides and top of the box contained all the information that a traditional book report would contain. So his cereal was called Football Crunch and was a mix oat crunchies with mini marshmallow shaped footballs. There was even a mini prize football inside (not really, but he sure did want to put one in the box!) He aced his report with a 50/50! He was so excited...So that brings us to Octobers book report. He had to read a science fiction book and then make a story skeleton using different elements from the book. He chose a Magic School Bus chapter book about Ms. Frizzle and her class exploring the ocean and all things underwater! He had so much fun putting this together. It is due tomorrow (and because he is such a teacher's pet, he just had to turn it in today!) so hopefully he will do as well on it as his cereal box report. Can I get a shout out for teachers...especially Ms. Leslie. Man, does she come up with the coolest activities! 
My parents have the best of both worlds! Six months of the year they live in Michigan and the other six months they live in Arizona. They live in AZ during the winter months when it is too cold in Michigan and they live in MI during the summer when it is too hot in Arizona! Must be nice! But we are soooo very excited to have them back for the winter. Colin has been waiting to see them since my mom flew back to MI after my surgery. Every day he would ask, "When is grandma coming back?" and everyday I would answer, "October 26"! So after they unloaded their car and unpacked some of their things, over they came for big hugs and kisses from us all! My sister Jennifer and niece Kennedy, along with new puppy Elli, also joined in on the madness. We enjoyed pizza, laughs, and company. We are so glad you are back!
