Trunk or Treat...
We went to Merris' church Friday night and had dinner of chili, hot dogs and cornbread. It was yummy! Afterward, the kids played games and had treats until it was time to "trunk or treat". For those of you who have never trunk or treated... This is were people pop open there trunks or truck beds that are decorated in Halloween decor and the kiddo's go trick or treating around the parking lot from the trunks of vehicles. The kids loved it and we ended up with a whole bucket of candy between the three of them.
One of the games had the kids trying to grab a donut with their mouths (No hands allowed!)
Aidan AKA "Jaws"
Aidan with donut powder mouth
Ewan caught his donut really quickly
Ewan went fishing for a lollipop
Caitlin won the cupcake walk...
check out her chocolate smile!
Halloween Party
and Trick or Treating...
Halloween day we went to Merri's house and had a party with her family and our neighbors down the way - Jason, Nicole and their daughter, Hannah. For dinner... Merri made mummy hot dogs, mini mummy muffin pizza's, troll buggers (mini pickles), jello, and a seasoned, dried corn dish. Nicole brought punch and cupcakes for dessert. It was a very cute, yummy, sugary dinner and the kids loved it!! What better way to start of Halloween? We then went around our neighborhood to trick or Treat. Our community is very generous with the candy... we did not even get more than a third of our neighborhood completed before the kids baskets were full and they were complaining that it was too heavy.
all the kiddos together
Caitlin ready to go trick or treating
A neighbor in our area REALLY gets into Halloween each year
The kids pumpkins: Aidan's (left), Ewan (Middle), Caitlin (Right)
The kids with their goodies at the end of the night
Mike's Foot...
unfortunately... is not very sweet. Actually it's kind of creepy. In fact... I think now that it is unwrapped... it would have made a great Halloween prop to gross out and scare all the kiddies and their accompanying adults. Mike had the wrappings and stitches removed today (Thursday, November 5th). Much to his dismay... he learned that the yellow things that were sticking out of the wrappings are actually pins that go straight into his foot to help stabilize the bones. When his foot is healed enough... they will pull them out. He has several very large incisions and the clean break in the middle of his foot that they could not do surgery on that still needs time to heal. So the doc said no weight bearing or walking on his left foot for the next month. He can only use his foot to help balance himself when he stands up. In the meantime... we have to clean all the areas were there are incisions each day, apply antibiotic lotion and wrap in fresh gauze/wrappings.
The bandages coming off and stitches out
Mike is really creeped out by the yellow pins stabilizing his foot bones
Can you imagine Mike sitting out front with this foot propped up and holding a bucket of candy?
The yellow pins actually are embedded into his foot
Sick kiddo's and a sick Moose...
So when it rains... it pours, right? Both Ewan and Aidan have been fighting sore throats, headaches, and nausea/vomiting this week. Last night I took them to Goodnight Pediatrics (because of course... illness always strikes the worst after the pediatrician's office is closed for the day) where they were diagnosed positive for strep. Caitlin started complaining of a sore throat too... and is looking like she has white patches as well. I found out that all pediatricians use one website to record their patients visits... and my pediatrician's office can log on and see Aidan and Ewan's diagnosis from Goodnight Pediatrics... so I put a call into my regular pediatricians office to see if they can prescribe medication over the phone for Caitlin since both her brothers have been diagnosed with Strep.
Ewan with a rosy face from being feverish
Then to top it off... Moose has been sick too... I will leave which end was affected to your imagination. I am pretty sure it's related to him eating my pepper plant... half my cayenne pepper plant was found gnawed up in the yard. Apparently Moose likes spicy!! I think he is worse to take care of when sick than the kids though. We had to get up 3 or 4 times in the middle of the night to take him outside. At least with the kids... they are pretty well trained to head to the bathroom, aim for the toilet and then come tell us afterward.
All my sicko's hanging out together Friday
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