Halloween Hoopla

We started out the morning with Alex's soccer game. They didn't play well at all and the other team beat them 0-12. Ouch! Despite the lopsided score, the other team's parents made a big deal out of certain calls, like an offsides call that they weren't even in good position to see. The other team's kids did dramatic things like complaining when they were pushed a little even when they did a lot of pushing themselves. Alex wasn't happy with the other team either.

I didn't get any pictures because nothing interesting really happened to take a picture of, and I would have been shooting into the sun. We went home, got some rest, then Patrick headed out again for Anthony's soccer game. They played a younger team and beat them 0-2.

I didn't go to Anthony's game because it overlapped with a neighborhood Halloween party. The party coincided with the grand opening of our new playscape. They re-did the whole area and put put mulch down instead of little rocks. It wasn't as big as I thought it would be, but they did have additional little areas to play, like this car that bounced and tilted from front to back. Eric really liked riding in the car, the other two were two shaped like a rhinoceros. He of course wore his new Lightning McQueen costume.

When we first arrived, Natalie saw a friend of hers, A.S. leaving with her mom. They were there to check out the new playscape but her mom had to run some errands so she let us keep A.S. with us. This meant that Natalie had someone to play with and I could focus my attention on Eric.

They had some games, sidewalk chalk, and face painting. Eric wanted to decorate cookies, and he promptly ate his creation (he actually only ate half of it). I didn't realize, but he said that he "loves candy corn", one of the toppings available for his cookie. They also had bone-shaped sprinkles, and gummy bears. One other activity was decorating a foam pumpkin with foam stickers. Eric's favorite activity by far was playing in the playground, especially the swings and the slides, which we did once again before heading home.

We met Anthony and Patrick at home. When Patrick referred to the neighborhood even as the "Halloween Hoopla", which is what the organizers called it, Eric corrected him by saying, "No, Papa. It was a Halloween PARTY." Eric sometimes just feels the need to correct you, even if you're right.