Halloween 2013

Bug had a fun day, first there was the Halloween parade at school. 

This is Bug's teacher, Mrs. K- she is awesome.

one of the classmates' siblings.  Such a cute little tiger.

Bug's class.  Cute kids.

Out next door neighbor, A.  Her mom is a teacher at another school and I promised to take pictures of A in the parade. 

Funny story with A.  I was in Bug's classroom, putting out the treats (clementines and Halloween pencils) as the parade stated.  I had completely forgotten about taking pictures of the parade.  When I got done helping to set up for the party, I was in a panic that A had already paraded past Bug's room.  I walked out the door to get set t take pictures and A's class came by.  How awesome!

The other 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. J.

My Superhero.  The costume is too small, so we made a costume change for the evening trick or treating.

Batman Bug put on a repeat appearance!

Trick or treating in the rain.  There was a supposed to be clearing in the rain for about an hour.  Unfortunately, the rain just got worse and worse.  Bug stopped trick or treating after about 35 minutes.  He decided to hand out candy instead.  Even then, it was much slower than usual.  We stopped handing out candy at 7:30 because there was just no more kids coming thru the neighborhood.

While Bug and I were out trick or treating, Mam handed out the candy.

Bug, the candy man.

Halloween Prep

Halloween is tomorrow and Bug and I finally got around to carving our pumpkins.  We have very tall pumpkins this year and finally Bug was willing to help out.  He picked the design for his pumpkin.  I cut open the pumpkin and he pulled out the pumpkin 'guts'.

Can you see the wolf?

Not sure what plans we will end up with on Halloween, we are expecting storms, bug storms tomorrow.  The forecasters are saying there is a chance for small tornadoes, it is a small chance, but still a chance.  We could be fine and go out for 2 hours getting candy or we could be visiting the 5 neighbors we play with and then going home or we could stuck inside in the basement waiting out the tornado warnings.  I am praying the forecasters are so very, very wrong.

Love and hugs,
Deb

The week of 25Oct2013 in pictures

We had another busy week, actually I think all our weeks are busy.   The weather was also very cold this week, but more on that later.

 

I have been working with Pablo to be off the leash in the front yard.  He does good so long as we are playing with his toys and there are no squirrels in the area.  Since the squirrels are busy collecting nuts for the winter, there have been a few incidents with Pablo chasing them.  See the telephone pool across the street, Pablo cornered a squirrel there.  He was not pleased that I came over and carried him home.

While Pablo and I play, Bug is usually riding his bike.  He looks for neighbor friends to play with and most times there is someone to play with any evening we are out.

Wednesday night, Bug wanted to roast marshmallows.  As good as the fire looks, it only stayed lit for a few minutes.  I need fire making classes.

But Bug was happy he got a fire and marshmallows.

Thursday was the day of really variable weather.  First it was cold, second day we had temperatures below or at freezing in the morning.  It stayed in 40s most of the day, we had to pull out winter coats, gloves and I had to turn on the heat and put flannel sheets on the bed. My head was pounding all day, it was so bad (a very bad migraine) that I had to leave work early in order to nap in a dark room.  I napped  20 minutes, picked Bug at the bus stop and went back to bed for another hour.  At 5 pm, I looked out the back window and saw hail falling.  We were supposed to get Mam and Pap, but we stayed home until it was just rain coming down.

By 5:40 pm, we had snow and rain mixed!  No wonder my head hurt so much.  After the weather calmed down and became just rain, my headache eased up, which was good since we had a school skating party to attend. 

I should have stayed home, but no way could I send Mam and Pap to the skating rink with Bug and his school.  Bug was so excited to go.  Bug is still cautious on skating floor, but he did great.  He was adamant that I was not to be on the skating floor, so I just stayed away from him.

Mam and Pap hung out and kept an eye on our stuff at the table.

Bug managed to stop skating long enough to have some pizza.

And after eating, I went skating.  I had a fun time and Bug had a great time.  By the time we got home, my headache was gone.

Which is surprising given the volume of the music/sound at the skating rink.

Saturday, we went to N's birthday party.  His party was a bowling party, a glow in the dark bowling party.  The colors are correct, this is what the glow light looks like when you take pictures without a flash.

 With the flash, the pictures look like this.  Bug was the oldest boy at the party and the only one not from N's class.

OH NO, I did not pick up the spare.  Bug is such a drama king!

We had a busy week and this coming week looks to be just as busy, with Halloween on Thursday.

Love and hugs,
Deb

Cub Scout Spook-a-ree 2013

this afternoon, we headed out for dinner with friends and then we all headed to the cub scout Spook-a-ree (Halloween fun).

My Batman boy.  A combo costume, his batman costume I bought a few years ago with the cape that Terry sent for him to use.  I have to send the cape the back along with the costume she sent and Bug has outgrown, but the cape helped keep him warm tonight in the cool autumn air.

The group in their costumes, at cub world, with Big Boy.

Heading thru the maze.  We did not do this activity last year.  The kids seemed to enjoy it.

 

Skeleton Batman with his alien dog!  too cute

 

 

throwing darts in the games area.  The boy scout running the game was also dressed as Batman.  But his costume was not as cool as Bug's costume. Just some parental bias.

Basketball game.  I love how Terry put in reflective fabric in the cape- it really shows up in the dark or at twilight.

 

Walking in Frankenstein shoes.  Bug said this was hard and it took him a awhile to walk to the rope and back.

Last game of the night- broom ball, which was really Quiditch on the ground.  This game was way too long.  The kids should have been given 5 minutes, not 15 minutes.  By this time I was freezing and Bug was looking cold but he refused to admit it.

After this, the kids wanted to go to the Haunted Castle.  Aidan and I walked in and went to the really scary section.  Luckily, one of the workers was warning  people and turned us around.  Bug refused to go to the not scary section and we waited outside for the rest of the group.  After the group came out, I let Bug know that it was time for us to go, I was cold and tired and he was looking tired since it was after bedtime.  Another family was leaving too, so we had friends to walk out to the parking with and then follow back to the interstate.

 

It was a good night.