Carter - 1st Week of Hockey

Our little boy is growing up! He started Mite Prep hockey this AM. I guess in MN if you don't start hockey when you are 4 you quickly fall behind. He is on the young side as most of the kids are 5 - but he did pretty well. All that matters is he didn't get frustrated and had fun - even though he spent about 50% of the time on the ice. He also thinks the equipment is pretty cool as well.

I think he is just excited to finally be old enough to play on a sports team. After tagging along with Logan for 4 years and watching he has been asking to play on a team - tot soccer just didn't cut it.

Shawn decided to be an Assistant Coach - now he just needs to get "certified" before January 1. I think if there was a full-time job coaching little kids sports - that payed the bills - Shawn would sign up ASAP!

Logan - 2nd Grade Choir Concert

Unfortunately the pictures of the actual concert did not turn out to well - but he looks pretty cute getting ready for the BIG night. It is fun to watch their programs get longer and longer. In Kindergarten the concert was basically nursery rhymes, now they are singing actual songs with several verses by memory. This spring they add instruments.

Random Halloween Pictures

Logan was Harry Potter.
Carter was a Power Ranger, Superman, and a scary Goblin....the joys of being a younger child and having the opportunity to raid the costume closet. Have to love those hand-me-downs.

Halloween Pictures: Carter Preschool & Daycare

Carter dressed up as Spiderman for the annual daycare party. In preschool each class made their own costumes - Carter's class was puppies.

Halloween 2011 - wow!

The holiday is officially over, but the candy ("loot") will last for months.

The best way to describe Halloween in our new neighborhood was a scene from the movies. The HOA has guidelines on trick-or-treating. Example - start at 5:30pm and stop at 8pm, if the lights are out that means the family is not home or they have run out of candy, etc. Run out of candy???? Yes it can happen with over 200 little people.

5:30pm- the street was quiet, no signs of any little goblins or ghosts. 6pm - CHAOS BEGINS! Imagine about 200 little divas, Harry Potters, witches, Marios, etc congregating across the neighborhood with their Dad's driving golf carts in tow - and the random trailer filled with warm blankets, hot "adult beverages" and music. There were bonfires in driveways and lots of fellowship. The kids had a blast and Carter crashed after trying to keep up with Logan and his friends. It is great to live in a neighborhood where the families intentionally join up and the kids form "teams" of trick-or-treaters.

It was a long day as Carter had his daycare Halloween party in the AM and Logan had his school party in the PM. We will post pictures when Shawn returns from SF.