Halloween Fun 2016!

We love Halloween and dressing up!  It was a busy October with two big school events, but we still found some time to get the decorations up (even if it was a couple weeks later than normal) and we had a blast Trick or Treating with our friends.

Ghosts!

Tapping in the Trick or Treat sign!

Our skeleton fence!

While shopping for their Halloween costumes, the boys had a little fun!

Presidents

And it would not be Halloween without the traditional Halloween Portraits!

Zombie Hunter

Melisandre

Black Panther

Connor from Assassin's Creed

Trick or Treating was on a Monday this year, but we still invited friends to come to our neighborhood to join us.  We didn't make the whole loop, but they still walked away with tons of candy!

Ready to go!

The whole gang!

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Happy Halloween!

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Who is that focused kid on the field?!  What a major surprise and we could not be more proud!  In between wiggling his butt on and off field (eye roll) he worked hard and showed he could be an aggressive soccer player.  He was kicking butt and taking names today, especially after he was shoved to the ground by a kid on the other team.  I can't say that I have ever seen him so fired up in a game before.  They lost in the end but I know he learned a ton this season and he had a ton of fun!

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David running off the field in his last game of the Fall Ball seasons.  His team won their first game to advance to the quarterfinals but lost that game in a blow out.  I was proud of the season he had and I know he's going to be a better prepared ball player because of it!

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David and I in Boston outside Quincy Market.

Photo by David's classmate!

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Today I chaperoned David's 5th grade class trip to Boston to tour the Freedom Trail!  It was such a fun trip and I even relearned a few things I had forgotten.

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Came in from mowing the lawn to this scene.

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Evan and I made some Apple Crisp yesterday!  He's such a good sous chef!

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Uh oh, somebody’s got a case of the Mondays...

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I had to bribe him with money, but he held the snake!

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Big brother is at a sleepover, so we took the littles to their favorite.

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The view from my deck.  I LOVE Fall and my neighbors barn and fence!

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A Motley crew!

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Evan had a lot of fun this Fall playing soccer.  This was at his game last Saturday, he was playing against the other Mill Brook team.  He's learned a lot about the game and it was fun watch!

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Evan asked me to bring him some sushi for lunch today!  I was happy to oblige!

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Fall bucket list item FINALLY crossed off.  It's not Fall until you've had your fresh apple cider donuts!

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Had a fun afternoon celebrating this little guys 6th birthday!!

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A little frosty this morning for baseball.

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Omi was the Mystery Reader in Shaun's class today.  It was fun to surprise him!

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Harvest Fest 2016!!  We had some rain, but that didn't stop the fun!

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Apple picking with Evan's class today!

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The boys got fresh new looks last Friday!

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All decorated for Halloween!

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It is Race Day!! It's never rained on us before, but this year both of Charlie's races were in the rain.  But we grabbed our umbrellas and trekked the 1 1/2 to the finish line so that the boys could get their high fives from Dad as he runs through his 13th mile (since we cannot wait at the actual finish line here). I was able to have the results sent via text this year (since he didn't lose his bib this time!) so we know his official times. We'll find out later what he placed overall. He is usually in the top 100. Not his fastest Boston 1/2, but not too shabby for running in the pouring rain!

2016 Boston 1/2 Marathon Race Results:
5 mile: 31:06
10 mile: 1:02:20
Finish: 1:22:00

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Our annual trip to Belle Isle!  This has become a tradition for us during race weekend and this year it worked out that we were able to visit with our friends while we were here!

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First piano recital of the year.  It was in honor of Kids Music Day!

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Another Walk-A-Thon in the books!

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Shaun's favorite time of the day - before bedtime reading!  Last night I surprised him with the rest of the books in the Weirder School series that I had ordered through the school Book Fair, he couldn't wait until tonight so he could start the next book!

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How David rolls while he waits for his piano lesson to start.

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David has been playing in a baseball league this Fall and the age group is 10-12 year olds.  I think most of the kids are on the older side and he told me he's a little intimated at times.  He has never seen pitches come to him as fast as and hard before and it's been a challenge.  But he's definitely going to walk away from this league with a lot more experience.  He's starting to get a piece of the ball during his at bats and even hit the ball a few times.  He was thrown out both times, but making contact is a great start!

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Shaun is getting better about making plays.  He was playing on defense and had the stopped the ball from going down the field.

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NH grown!  So glad to have you here in our tiny state in the Northeast and even thought it is not home, you'll always have this connection!