Happy Halloween!

We went to Evahnenkos' house last night to celebrate the spooky holiday. From left to right, Brody the Pirate (ARRR), Carrie the Vikings fan, Corey as Darth Vader, Kaden the Colts football player, Nancy the witch, Zach the Falcons football player and Dylan the Cardinals football player. So clearly... a football theme this year. Though I wore the horns briefly (note the braids - nice touch, right?) I suspect that Rob will have them on this afternoon. Really more of a football season prop than a Halloween prop with Rob!

We also learned that in Canada, they say, "Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat. Could be big, could be small, could be the size of Montreal."

The ones who really enjoyed the outing the most were Brody and Kaden. It was really the first year they could enjoy it and understand it. Brody kept saying, "I've got trick-or-treats!" He was so proud of his haul!

After trick or treating, the boys dug through the candy. Since Dylan is allergic to nuts, we came home with far more candy than any two boys should have. People at Honeywell should be warned; my desk will be stocked for weeks.

We gathered around the fire in the backyard. (Technically, Corey and the older boys played Wii most of the night.) Brody and Kaden shared a chair while they each dug into their popcorn balls. By the way, best treat ever. 100 calories and not candy. Too bad they've eaten all the popcorn balls they got!

All in all, we're up probably 10 pounds of candy, and the boys are recovering by watching hours and hours of cartoons today!

Yesterday was not just about Halloween. We started with some soccer action, and I'm proud to say that this time, it involved Brody going out on the field!!! Now, he won't go out on the field without Rob (so Rob subs in for the coach), but after six weeks, there is some progress!

That and Rob managed to capture a picture of him smiling in his uniform. You can barely see me and Corey in the red chairs in the background. I can assure you that whatever is happening on the field or bench, Corey is telling me a knock-knock joke. Thanks for THAT book, Nana! :| Corey thinks they are so funny that he reads them when Brody isn't nearby.

The coach has an adorable six-seater fold-out bench and the kids all sat down (well, close) at halftime to dig in some apples. Brody is the third one from the left, concentrating more on the apples than whatever Coach Jason is saying.

We followed soccer with lunch and while Brody napped, Corey and I made chocolate chip pumpkin cookies and went to his hockey practice. No pictures since I didn't bring the camera, but not like I'd have time to take pictures since Rob kept texting me to ask me what was going on!

We'll take Corey over to the rink later to practice some hockey skills, which should be fun, and will at least be one activity on this lazy Sunday!

Next up for us: planning Corey's birthday party!