Three Ninjas and a Lion plus some Pumpkin Carving

Aiden with his ninja pose

Aiden, the red Ninja

Finn and the infamous Lion costume

The whole gang at Daddy's office party

Luke, the blue ninja.  He has a serious pose

Liam, the black and red Ninja 

Liam is getting ready to carve his pumpkin

Scooping out the pumpkins

Lots of scooping

And lot of pumpkin....everywhere!

The finished products:  (Left to Right) Liam's witch on a broomstick, Luke's Stanley Cup and hockey puck, and Finn's Owl

Aiden's skeleton

Witch, Stanley, Owl, and Skeleton


We enjoyed Halloween Party #2 when we visited John's office for trick or treating one day after school last week.  The staff decorates the office and gives out a lot of candy.  It is always something the boys enjoy.  What's not to like?  They will do just about anything to wear their costumes and eat candy!

We also carved pumpkins for Halloween over the weekend.  Somewhere during the middle of all the carving, Aiden asked, "Dad, how many pumpkins are you really going to carve??"  This was a pretty understandable question considering it took several hours for us to get all four pumpkins carved.  If you think carving one pumpkin is messy, it is.  But, carving FOUR is really messy.  Let's just say we made a day (or at least half a day) of pumpkin carving.  Liam decided on a witch this year, Luke wanted a hockey themed pumpkin but the hockey players with spooky goalie masks were too creepy looking for me so we decided on the Stanley cup with a hockey puck to the side.  Finn got an owl which was my favorite and Aiden picked a skeleton face.  All in all, John worked hard on them and they turned out well.  We are gearing up for another Halloween party this week, a fall party at school, and, of course trick or treating!