Halloween 2009 - My superheroes!

Despite Rick and I both being sick this weekend, we took the boys out trick or treating on Saturday night. Caleb has had this batman costume for over a month. He's been wearing it often. He just loves batman (still!). This was the best batman costume out there because it came with two bat-a-rangs (very important to have bat-a-rangs if you're going to be batman) Matthew had trouble deciding what to be for Halloween. For awhile he thought that he might want to be Robin to go along with Caleb's batman. But in the end, he decided to be Superman!
They had alot of fun trick-or-treating this year!

Trick or Treat! I hope you had a Super-Batastic Halloween :)

how we spent our October

Hi!

October flew by and I didn't even post once. Oops.

Here are some highlights:

October 4th

We took the boys skating. This was Caleb's first time on skates. We tried to keep it a positive experience for him. Matthew remembered how to skate from last year. And everyone liked the vending machines at the rink!

October 6th

The boys and I had eye appointments. They did a super job. And we all have 20/20 vision (even me-I'm kinda proud of that).

October 12th

It snowed alot. We couldn't believe how much it snowed. We were a bit worried that winter had come early this year. But it melted later that week.

October 13th

We celebrated Thanksgiving at my parents' house. We had lots of turkey and pie. The boys (especially Caleb) had fun singing Kareoke. But when we were leaving, Caleb fell down the front steps and scraped up his face pretty badly. Poor guy.

October 14th

I voted. :)

October 15th

I got my haircut.

October 18th

Matthew started hockey. He's the one with the black helmet. He did a great job! It's so cute watching the little guys play. We could even see a big improvement just over the course of the hour that he was on the ice. His team is the Penguins. And he's number 12.

October 2oth

Matthew went to the dentist. Caleb "observed". His first appointment will be in six months. We were pleasantly surprised to run into one of Matthew's little friends at the dentist office. It was the highlight of the dentist appointment (that and the new toothbrush!)

October 22nd

We made pumpkin spread for our bread and also pumpkin milkshakes. Yum. Franklin liked them too. He was visiting from Caleb's preschool.

October 23rd

Matthew's Kindergarten Welcome Liturgy at his school. I was lucky to be able to get some time off work to be able to attend.

October 24th

I got sick :( It was no fun. I missed Matthew's hockey game the next day and also passed it on to Rick.

October 26th

We were able to attend a Pats hockey game with Matthew's hockey team. We had fun. It was great for the boys to see a real hockey game.

October 29th

Matthew's first show and tell day at school. He needed to bring something about himself. Because he likes building lego so much, we made a little album with photos of all the lego sets he's built at his Grandma's.

October 3oth

The boy with 100 costumes chose to wear his batman pyjamas to preschool on Halloween. As long as he's happy...

October 31st

Happy Halloween!

Our costumes...

Thanks to my mom for sewing me the cutest Little Red Riding Hood costume. I love it! (there are even real cookies in the basket)

Matthew the wizard.

Caleb the knight. We had beautiful weather for Halloween. The boys had a great time and loved getting so much candy! My mom took them trick or treating at the mall during the afternoon too!

have you noticed?

Have you noticed that alot of the women's Halloween costumes out there are quite revealing? Dare I say, risqué? Not alot of selection for a Kindergarten teacher looking for a Halloween costume.

The other day, a flyer with photos of Halloween costumes came in the mail. We were looking through it and I mentioned that I didn't think any of the costumes would be appropriate for me to wear to school. Rick was joking around and pointed to one of the costumes and asked Matthew if Mommy should get this costume.

Matthew said "No way. Then everyone will be in love with her!"

:) Hee hee.

speaking of fall

It's definitely fall around here. We are enjoying some nice weather for this time of year and hoping it will last a bit longer (we are always happy if the snow stays away until after Halloween)

Speaking of Halloween, the boys have their costumes already.

Please note, these are not my children. I just found them on the internet. But the costumes, we found at Superstore. Caleb was a bit disappointed that his Woody costume didn't come with real cowboy boots. Whenever we go to the store, he looks at the Woody costumes to see if perhaps the Walmart Woody comes with real cowboy boots.

Speaking of Caleb, we are potty training him right now! It's going well. We were stuck last week, when he started to refuse to sit on the potty. But a trip to dollarama with my potty training assistant (Matthew) helped solve the potty training problems. Now when I ask if he has to go potty, he says "great idea" and starts pulling down his pants before he even gets there. And then, he gets to open a present. Yay Caleb! Now if we could just get him to wear underwear...

Speaking of potty training assistants, Rick and I think that Matthew will be able to put potty training on his resume. He's being so helpful and supportive for Caleb, not jealous at all of the extra attention that he is getting. We're so proud of them both.

Speaking of the both of them, they both started swimming lessons on Sunday. Matthew is in the Floaters class and goes by himself. Caleb is a Bubbler and he gets to take his mommy with him. Caleb had a blast. He kept saying "This is fun!" and "I'm swimming!" and he had the biggest smile I've ever seen. And Matthew was such a big boy on his own.

And that's what's going on around here this fall - lots of growing up :)