Halloween Was a Hoot!!

It was so nice to have Halloween fall on a Saturday so we had time to really enjoy all the festivities, taking our time carving pumpkins with dad, roasting pumpkin seeds and doing a few crafts before getting the costumes on and running amok around the neighborhood. Luke dressed as Rex, The Clone Trooper from Star Wars the Clone Wars and Kyle was our little Train Engineer. As usual, our neck of the woods was pumping, with lines from the sidewalk leading up to our door. We probably saw 300-400 kids, at least. There are many houses decorated and the neighborhood very festive on Halloween so it's a big thing for us. The boys rounded up a good stash (and politely handed over all the chocolate to mom and dad since they don't like it, lucky for us). And is it just me, or does Luke really look like a young Luke Skywalker from the original Star Wars movie???

LOOK I GOT OUT A SCOOP OF GUTS!

LUKE COLLECTING THE SEEDS!

KYLE THE TRAIN ENGINEER ~

LUKE AS REX, THE CLONE TROOPER

(THE ORIGINAL STORMTROOPER FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T IN THE KNOW)

HALLOWEEN BUDDIES

A YOUNG MARK HAMILL???

MOM AND DAD'S HANDIWORK

And On This Farm We Had Some.....Pumpkins!

It's just not Halloween unless we make our annual trek out to Bates Nut Farm, a beautiful place out in a rural part of San Diego where pumpkins are everywhere, animals eat corn out of your hand and you get a chance to wind around the haystack maze in search of stamps. The bonus in going ON Halloween morning is that NO ONE is there and we feel like we have the place to ourselves.

LOOK WHAT I FOUND, THE PERFECT PUMPKINS!

BROTHERS!

HEY, THAT SCARECROW IS LOOKIN AT ME KINDA FUNNY!

FALL TIME IS FAMILY TIME!

YOU JUST CAN'T PASS UP TAKING THESE KIND OF PHOTOS!

THE BOYS LOVED HUNTING FOR THOSE MAILBOXES

WITH STAMPS INSIDE THE HAYSTACK MAZE

Mohawk Soccer Saturday

Luke's soccer team, the Red Bulldogs, decided to get fired up for a big game last weekend and went all "mohawk". They even spray painted the tips red right before the game. And Kyle just had to be like big brother and go along. They ended up with a tie 1-1.

Can't forget the custom made red bulldog eyeblack!