Halloween 2015 and The Tigers

Our annual Halloween picture with the firetruck.  Left to Right:  Mom, Mirror Ninja Aiden, Football player Finn, Dragon Ninja Liam, and Skeleton Luke with Daddy

The gang with Melissa and Jack

Finn isn't sure about all this

Walking the parade with Aiden and Finn

The kids and costumes in our old neighborhood

Aiden and Finn

The boys

Finn and his best friend, Maddie

Checking out the loot!!

Aiden is playing hockey for the first time this year on the Tigers team

Aiden and his buddy Keaton getting ready for hockey

Liam in the corn pit

Getting ready to ride the peddle cars

Aiden

Liam and Jack

Trying to hit the bus with potatoes and corn

Finn and his buddy Landon

Laying at bottom of jumping pillow

Luke really wanted to hold Finn on the train ride

Liam and his buddy Jack (these two could be twins, they are a lot alike!)

We had a big weekend with the start of hockey for Aiden and Halloween.  For the first time, I let the boys completely pick out their costumes this year.  They really wanted something "spooky or scary" so if the ones they picked look scary then trust me that they look pretty good compared to what they really wanted.  It's all about compromise.  Aiden and Liam both wanted to be a ninja again this year.  I suggested we use the costumes from last year, but apparently these ninjas (mirror and dragon ninja) are much different than the ones we picked last year.  Luke decided to be a skeleton.  Finn was given an Iowa Hawkeye football uniform by a close friend so we went with that.  He wouldn't wear a helmet, but we did manage to get him to wear eye black.
We spent a portion of Halloween night in our old neighborhood and the rest in our new neighborhood.  Thankfully, the two areas are about a half mile apart so this wasn't too difficult.  We went down for the annual parade and potluck in our old neighborhood and did some trick or treating before heading home to trick or treat in the new neighborhood.  The boys got way too much candy and I am not sure what we will do with all of it.  

Aiden began his first weekend of hockey and was super excited about it.  He has been counting down the days all week long so when it finally came, he was literally bouncing off the walls.  Ironically, he was given #7 which is funny because his brother Liam is #8 and Luke is #9.  I told them that if we could keep those numbers, then I might be able to keep everyone straight.  Aiden is playing on the Tigers and their colors are a bit like the Iowa Hawkeyes (Black and Yellow/Gold), which is Daddy's and Grandma and Grandpa Carrithers favorite team.  He has a good group of kids on his team and gets to play with one of his best friends that he is in kindergarten with (Keaton).  Should be a fun year for Aiden!  John, on the other hand, may learn a lot of patience.  Aiden is beginning hockey a year earlier than Luke and Liam began and John said there was quite a difference in the abilities, attention span, desire, etc...of the kids.  

Lastly, the big boys had a day off school last week so we made one final trip to a fall orchard.  This one was different than the others because it really isn't for pumpkin or apple picking.  It is more games and fun stuff.  The boys spent the day playing in the corn pit, riding go carts, jumping on the pillow, doing the sling shot, and riding the animal train.  It was a fun day off from school!