Today was the first run the super hero costumes…at least for the big boys. Logan had his preschool Halloween party and Aiden decided to attend the school parade in costume as well.

Before we left the house, Logan practiced his “Rocket Boy” moves (which are somewhere between karate and strong man poses)

If I were a bad guy, I would be very afraid! By the way, two of the many many words Brady has suddenly added to his repertoire are “bad guy” (seriously…that kid went from talking very little to at least identifying almost everything! pretty cool)

I had totally different visions for the boys’ capes, but this was the best I could come up with aside from sewing totally new ones. It helps get the “I made up my own super hero” message across.  Aiden in (most) of his costume. I have to go get longer blank pants for him tomorrow.    I love the flying cape effect!

Action shot!

Here comes the parade! We were standing outside of the school. I loved the teacher’s costume from the 3-year-olds class – she was an ice cream cone with sprinkles.

Here comes the pre-K class with Logan near the front waving to us

They walked around a few times

Aiden insisted I take some shots of him too (then he stole my camera!)

Me and Bear (there were more…I deleted like 20 I think)

The teacher went down the line and “introduced” all the different kids in their costumes. She did a great job with Logan who had apparently already told her QUITE a bit about Rocket Boy. Logan reported to daddy that someone in his class looked at his costume and exclaimed, “what the heck!?” One of the moms, who I have known for some time, asked me what my boys were dressed as. When I said “they made up their own super heroes” several people in line watching the parade said “oh” (as in I was also wondering) and then “that’s very imaginative!”

This is Logan and one of his best friends from school, Dylan.

I helped plan the class party so I got to attend and…take MORE pictures :) Here is Logan doing one of the crafts: pumpkin painting

Logan waves (lower left) as I take a shot of the room

One of the many games the kids played was pin the nose on the pumpkin (there was some debate amongst the moms and teachers regarding if they could see through the blindfold because most of them were right on the money!)

Snack time! These kiddos don’t get a snack every day because school is only 2 hours and 15 minutes long. The administrators have elected not to use up 20 minutes eating every day (good, in my opinion). So this was a really special treat for them.

And finally…some stories.

After school, I picked up the little guys who were hanging with grandpa and we headed over to the park where we meet once a week with our "old” playgroup friends to work out some energy and have lunch. Of the usual suspects (three families who go most weeks), we are only missing Alex from this picture. He was off for a hearing and vision screening, but his big brother Adam (top in orange) stayed to play. Aiden wacked Brady at some point during the park outing so I asked him to apologize. This led to a big group brother hug…which was super cute until Logan let go and Aiden toppled over on Brady knocking him to the ground…which was probably more painful than the original injustice Aiden was currently apologizing for. Oh well…I tried.