Oh yes that other thing today, Halloween. We went to an early party at Jen's friends house, thanks for the chili Theresa and did a quick haul in their neighborhood. Then back home to pass out our candy and hit our neighbors up for some good stuff. We didn't stay out to late as Nick was itching to get some Skittles and Adam was mostly ready to be done too. A good time was had by all (until Mom accidentally bonked Nick in the face with the candy jar).

Ironmand and Tigger.

No, not Halloween (yet anyway). Today was the day Nick got a hair cut. Normally it is off to Snip Its and a few bucks later Nick is cleaned up and looking good. This one was different as Nick decided it was time for a Buzz cut. He wouldn't be dissuaded and so I did the job at home in the kitchen. Lots of hair later he still looks good, good genes I suppose.

Before

Nick and Dad went on a vacation last week. Up to Minnesota we went to eat some pizza, play at Nickelodian land, visit family and eat more pizza. We did a great job and had a great time. First we visited Nick land and played all day, Nick liked the bumper cars the most. Crashing into someone on purpose and not getting in trouble, priceless. Another cool thing at Mall of America was the butterfly enclosure. A bunch of butterflies hanging out, after some tense moments we picked up a couple and had some fun. After that we went up to visit Casey and eat some pizza, both of which were fun. We got to celebrate Caylee's 3rd bday and all the balloons. Dad is tired of blowing up balloons.... After that we drove up to Hibbing, MN (yes, that is far from anything) and hung out with my Dad's side of the family. We had a great time and enjoyed visiting with everyone up there. We specifically enjoyed the merry go round (Nick fell off once, don't tell Mom).

After a long drive back to the cities we went to Como Zoo where Nick did not want to see any animals, not even the Polar Bears! He did however want to pose for a picture in the flowers because Mom likes flowers. Finally we found a kids area and he really liked discovering the life of water. A couple of Carbone's and a visit with Bill and family later we got to enjoy Nickelodian land again.

All in all a great trip. Everyone wanted us to stay longer and we would like to next time but it was only a short trip. First day back in the real world went okay for everyone as Nick went back to his normal class, Adam got to play in the rain and Mom and Dad worked the day away.

Bumper cars

Nick flower

Nick started his "camp" during the school intersession today. The camp is at a local High School with absolutely no indication of where to go. I used the kids playground as a base and just started looking. After a bit of stage fright Nick started playing and was good to go after 10 minutes.

Adam however chose this drop off to have a problem. Even though they go to different schools Adam was crying for Nick (Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, ...) the whole way to school. A rough drop off and heres hoping Adam does better tomorrow.

Adam and Nick