Yesterday was another fun Halloween for everyone at the 554. All three boys enjoyed a costume parade and party at school followed by our usual neighborhood gathering, trick-or-treating and hanging with friends until…oh…just a little after “real” bedtime. This year Logan went as a lacrosse player, Aiden wanted to be “a bolt of lightning going through a rain cloud” and Brady was, for the second year in a row, a ninja…but a RED one this year – different from the black one last year!

One pretty cute story: last night before leaving the house to join our friends, I called the boys over in a stern voice and said that I had some specific trick-or-treat instructions to give them. When they all looked up and came over, I said, “now remember boys…mommy likes snickers, twix and twizzlers”. They giggled, I laughed. Later, at the after-party, Logan appeared next to me with a hand full of mini snickers saying, “here mommy…these are your favorites so I got them for you.” I found out today that he was in the basement of our friends’ house, trading stuff from his bag for snickers from the other kids so he could give them to me. Isn’t that the sweetest thing?! The other boys, including Brian, made sure to share some of their treats with me as well. I had a pocket-full of stuff that was being handed to me all night by my four sweet men.

Here are a ton of pics!

Nana and Papa sent some last-minute Halloween fun. Here are the boys carving pumpkins and making spooky cookies on Halloween-eve

Sometimes, when extreme concentration is required, it’s best to stick out your tongue…according to Logan :)

 

Brady recently inherited some new PJs from cousin Jack and is QUITE fond of the snowmen fluffy ones. He is standing on the counter because he knew where there were some orange sprinkles from last year…and thought it would be best to just get them himself.

Aiden made his spooky pizza cookie look like a monster with arms

Kona and Logan display frosting beards…yes, the dog had a little sugar too I guess

Red Ninja Brady getting ready for his parade at school

 

Aiden in his costume and coat for a cold outdoor parade around the school. He took the “cloud” off because it started to fall apart. Pictures only cloud…that’s what it became :)

Here comes Logan’s class…he’s far right in the white helmet

 

I volunteered for Aiden’s classroom this time. His very first elementary school party!! He’s way at the bottom

I got wrapped up in the “mommy / mummy” wrapping

 

Getting ready to head out – Kona had a little Halloween flair…it’s actually meant for a cat, but it was the only thing I could find that was small enough for her.

A mid-trick-or-treat candy break

Here are some of the moves Aiden utilized to display his “lightning-ness”

Brady ended a little early and slipped into something “more comfortable” before we went back and had dinner with friends. Crunch bars are his favorite!