A Happy Halloween

When we got 2 feet of snow during the week, I wondered if we would be trick-or-treating this year. I love Colorado - all the snow on our streets had melted in time for us to venture out in the neighborhood. Despite having to corral the gang by myself, we had a great night. When you love candy, it pays to have 4 kids! We are well supplied for quite some time.

Since Thursday was a snow day, we were worried our kids would suffer from the pause in their learning, so we stepped in and provided them with a good day's worth of education. We covered math and art by having the kids divide their box into squares and paint their Rubik's Cubes. Reading was tough, they had to read the cover of several movies to decide which one they wanted to watch, and when they didn't agree, they had to demonstrate problem solving skills to come to an agreement. Public schools have nothing on us! Then came PE and recess, outdoors of course. Donovan and Howie helped Matt shovel a couple driveways and sidewalks, then they all played in the snow. Here are the kids hard at work on their Halloween costumes:


On Friday, Donovan and Howie's school had their annual Boo Ball. There was an initial disappointment when Donovan found out that it would not be a night of throwing balls at each other, and that the word "ball" sometimes refers to a dance. "You mean we're going to just be dancing all night? That's gonna be so boring!" As soon as we walked in, Donovan was gone with his friends, running around and yes, dancing. A lot. We only took a couple of pictures that night:

Donovan's costume won a prize for the "coolest costume". At the last minute, Howie and Nina decided not to wear their rubik's cubes. They looked cool to us though.


The kids reunited with us for a quick bite to eat. And you can you guess who Matt dressed up as?



Here's a closer look.



He put that beard he's been growing to good use and dressed up like Wolverine. Very cool.

On Saturday, Matt took the older 3 sledding while I made sure Cameron was safe during his nap. It was a hard job.



A well rested Cameron got to enjoy on of the cupcakes our neighbor brought over. We had 4 neighbors bring the kids treats!



That night we had our Ward's carnival and trunk-or-treat which was a hit, and finally we made the rounds trick-or-treating on our street. Unfortunately Matt had to miss the night's festivities to help coach his varsity soccer team's playoff game. And unfortunately they lost. At least he has a lot of candy to drown out his sorrows.