Riding the new skyglider!
Monday Jeremy and I headed to KC to see Bruce Springsteen for the 3rd time in 6 months. I think this means we are officially groupies. We stayed downtown in the Power and Light District. This is a super cool place to hang out if you ever head to KC. As we were heading up to the sprint center we noticed a bunch of people milling around with their mouths open. We too joined them after reading this posted on the Sprint Center's ticker "DUE TO A DEATH IN BRUCE'S FAMILY, THE CONCERT IS UNAVOIDABLY CANCELLED. BRUCE AND THE BAND APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AT THIS TIME AND WILL RETURN AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY." Needless to say we were disappointed but we made the most of it and hung out with all the other Bruce fans in the Power and Light District. They played Bruce on the loudspeakers all night, so we just pretended we were actually listening to him live.
Wednesday the kids and I carved our pumpkins. I always get so excited for this thinking it will be a great family event and everyone bales on me! I wasn't feeling very creative this year so our pumpkins are a tad on the boring side. I love these pictures as it shows one of the many differences in my kiddos. Carter HATES to get dirty. He daintly uses a LONG handled spoon to dig out his seeds. Claire on the other hand, gets both arms elbow deep in the pumpkin, pulls out seeds and goo and runs it through her hair as she is giggling! Carter is tattling on her for making a mess! Too funny! 
Check out all the goo on my kitchen floor!
Friday Carter had a party at preschool and got a head start trick or treating at the downtown Waukee businesses. He took special treats to share with his friends (thanks for the idea Megan!) as well as gave everyone a small pumpkin from his pumpkin patch. He came home with his bucket completely full! Luckily, he only had to wear the mummy costume for a couple of hours at school as it is not an easy costume to get out of if you have to potty! Claire wore her costume to school as well, but was less than enthused about it. I dressed her up the next day just to get some pictures of her in it. She was just as enthused the second time around!
Lastly, we braved the typical Iowa Beggars Night ( cold, rainy and windy) on Friday night. The Froehlich's trick or treated with us again this year. Luckily Carter and Lilly didn't care how yucky out it was and made the most of it. Claire hung out with dad handing out candy and waving at the front door to all the kids. Despite the weather, we had almost 200 kids stop!
Hope you all had a spookactular Halloween!
