Halloween Night - Trick or Treating with the Colsons

Just got back a little while ago from our traditional Halloween festivities at the Colson's. We always have so much fun. Carey & Jacki go to town decorating the house, spooky music, fog machines, etc. We had a delicious dinner and then everyone suited up for some trick or treating. Here is a picture of all the kids...our 4 actual kids and the 2 big kids (I'm sure Jacki would agree with me on that one):

Some random pictures while roaming through the neighborhood...Noah "How many pictures are you going to take Mom??"
and Loren "I'm Ariel...not Loren"...she is the cutest!!

Overall the kids did great...Kylie was awesome this year. Both her and Caleb were usually the first ones to the door (except in the beginning when Noah was a running madman). Noah got very tired about 1/2way through and Jason had him on his shoulders to trick or treat the rest of the way...very different from last year. Loren was adorable and a real trooper. She filled up her flounder back by the end of the first street and said that she was all done. We tried a few other times to get her to go up to the doors, but she very contently said "No I'm all full" She walked almost the whole loop with us even though she didn't trick or treat 1/2 of it.

As you can see the kids were completely exhausted and didn't make it all the way home...hahaha. They are so cute when sleeping. Time goes by so fast...trying to enjoy every moment. Good Night everyone...Happy Halloween!!

Class Halloween Parties

Spent yesterday morning with my favorite Spiderman at school. The kids were patiently waiting on their mats listening to one of their teachers read a Halloween story.
The kids are lining up to go trick or treating at the bank and post office. Noah is the Spiderman to the left ...his friend Chayce was also spiderman. Lots of super heros in the room!!
His class after trick or treating:
Trick or treating inside school...
In the afternoon I got to go to Kylie's classroom to "party". This is her handing out lollipops to all her friends. My batter died so I didn't get a chance to get a class picture for her :( The kids had a lot of fun and I love being able to be there with them!!
Stay tuned for Halloween night!

Pumpkin Carving with Nana

Behind in the blogs as usual. Here are some great pics from the pumpkin carving last weekend with Nana. Here are the kids getting all the goop out....ewwww:
Nana is pulling out all the pumpkin seeds for baking. Noah was quite the helper in this dept while I was putting his design on the pumpkin.
Me and Noah working on his pumpkin...
And the final results are in...Noah's Pirate Skeleton:
Kylie's Trick or Treat...Daddy had more than his fill this year..hahaha.

Happy Halloween!!

Halloween Party

Just got back from the kids PTA Halloween party. They had a lot of fun. Kylie & her friend Kelly dressed up as best friend charms and were a big hit with everyone. Lots of compliments and the kids were smiling the whole time.
This is Noah, Kylie, Kelly and her sister Stephanie. Sooo cute!! Happy Early Halloween!!

Hey Boo Boo...Got some Picinic Baskets???

So while I'm dropping Kylie off for dance tonight I get a call from Jason. What does he want??? To let me know that we have a big black bear in our front yard!! He decided to help himself to the garbage outside. Apparently he stood up and with his claw knocked the cover right off..then dragged the bag across the front yard and helped himself. Jason was out on the porch taking pictures and video from a relatively safe distance. Then apparently when my mom went outside in her red coat she caught his attention and he started running a little at them.....at which point both got in the house as fast as possible. Animal control said they aren't supposed to do anything unless the bear starts attacking the house so we should just let him wander off...which he did. I wasn't a huge fan of this approach, but hopefully this is the last we will see of our friend Yogi!!

More game pics

Picture taken from the UNH game this weekend. These were some of Scott's other cousins getting creative!! Love it. If you look close you can see Noah and I at the bottom left corner.

UNH Game

We had a great afternoon at the UNH game up at UMASS this afternoon. My cousin Scott had a great game, even though unfortunately the Wildcats had their first loss of the season. We got to see him score the only 2 UNH touchdown as well as a few other great plays. He's #89 below:
Noah was amazed by it all. Jason and him play football around the house a lot (I have 2 broken lamps to prove it), but I didn't think a 4 year old would be able to hold his attention that long. This was him clapping at one of the many good UNH plays:

And this is him screaming "Defense - Defense" or maybe it was U-N-H...don't remember. I swear he is going to be horse in the morning though. He was awesome....Jason is already planning for his first Giants game!
This was the kiddies relaxing on the way home. Kylie was out 1/2 way, but Noah managed to stay awake until we got home. Hopefully that means a late morning wakeup (not counting on it though).
With any luck we'll get to see more of Scott's games next year every Sunday! Congrats on a great game Scott....hope to see you soon! Good Night All!