Skater Dude

Brandon had lots of fun for his birthday. We did the usual Chuck E. Cheese dinner. Brandon and Austin are so obsessed with getting the most tickets possible. I think now they're up to 2,000 tickets? We keep saving them to get a really good prize. Finally, Brandon got his Lego Batman video game. He said he was so excited the night before, that he could barely sleep. They've played it hundreds of hours by now. I think their eyes are going to bug out. We surprised Brandon with a new skateboard. It's really nice and BIG! They all wanted to immediately go to the skate park to try it out. Are you crazy? They think there's nothing to it. Just get on and go. Here's a video clip of their attempt at riding a skateboard.

SLUMBER Party???

Now what part of the title "Slumber Party" means sleeping??? No, we did not get much sleep at Brandon's Slumber Party. This is a special birthday for Brandon and so we gave him a big party. Of course his original choice was Air Kids Party Zone. Too much money, sorry Brandon. He invited nine of his friends to come over. Including our boys, that totaled 12 squirrely boys! What were we thinking? They had so much fun. Luckily, the weather was warm. So we were able to swim instead of just go in the jacuzzi. Could a jacuzzi fit 12 people? We played some games, played pool, bowling, and of course dart wars. We managed to get them to bed at 10:30 p.m. However, right when the sun started coming up, they were all up. Six in the morning??? Where do they get all their energy?

Jeremy's Football Game

The kids and I went to Jeremy's football game. Uncle Dave and Daniel came along too. Jeremy plays on the freshman team. They are doing really good this year. The game we watched, they smashed the other team. Way to go Jeremy!
The kids enjoyed playing with Daniel in the football stands. During half time, they played tag around all the benches. Look how good Jeremy looks in his uniform (number 70).

Halloween Haunt

This years trick or treating was pretty sad. We went around our neighborhood and found few houses passing out candy. I would say about 1/5 of the houses were participating. Brandon and Patyon pooped out after about 10 minutes. Austin wanted to go on and on for hours. He wanted to get as much candy as possible. (he's just like his mother.) So, Tom stayed out longer with Austin and me and the other two went home. After Brandon had said he was extremely tired, he answered the door bell every time it rang. He definitely has short term energy.