Early Halloween

Bode had his school carnival last weekend.  The kids get to wear their costumes, and there are various games and prizes and food.  The carnival helps raise money, so we go and spend some bucks and have fun.  Mommy, as you know, really gets into Halloween, much more than I do.  I don't really know what she was in costume--some sort of cross between a western and science fiction chick, but she looked pretty cool.  Bode, in keeping with the Star Wars theme from last year when he was Darth Maul, was The Inquisitor, the evil bad buy from Star Wars Rebels season one.  We took some pictures before heading down to the school.

We arrived right at the start and bought our tickets to participate in the many games and activities.  We think Bode is at the point where the games will be boring next year--there are things like a football toss and ring toss and face painting.  He still enjoyed doing it this year, so we will have to what the future holds.  I say this because the other morning, I thought Bode was going to wear his Cars sweatshirt with Lightening McQueen on the front.  He informed me he is told old for stuff like that.  Sheesh.

At the carnival, we stopped by Ms Radke's room.  Bode spun the wheel of destiny and won a prize--they always win prizes like candy or something no matter what they do, so we filled a sack with candy by the night's end.  We also took a picture of Bode, Ms Radke, and his buddy, LaSean, who was an awesome looking minion while Ms Radke was a character from one of the stories the kids read in school.

We also took a cool picture of Mommy and Bode.  Adorable.

Bode had dinner at the carnival and sat with his buddy, Cayson.  Ashley and I didn't eat--hot dogs weren't ringing our bell, but I did have a yummy slice of pie.  We went home after a couple hours and lamented Auburn's 4-OT loss to Arkansas :-(

Bode has had the past two days off from school--parent-teacher conference time.  We had our meeting with Bode's teacher on Wednesday.  We could not have been more pleased.  Ms Radke had wonderful things to say about Bode--how helpful he is, how well he writes, how knowledgeable he is about science, how polite he is; and at that point, we had to verify she knew we were Bode's parents and not some other student's.  She assured us she was talking about Bode, and when she mentioned he does have a small problem of talking a lot, we knew it was our kid :-)  As a reward, Bode and Mommy spent yesterday at some space symposium/learning center.  Bode loved it and learned lots about the planets and space, and they even had a Minecraft modification that was space-related, which he played for an hour.  They also made some goofy hats.

Bode has his final soccer game of the year today, so we'll be heading there in an hour.  Auburn plays Ole Miss today, so I'm not too optimistic.  It'd be nice to see Auburn get a win, as it's been a tough year for Ashley considering the high expectations with which the season started.  Otherwise, it should be a nice quiet day.  Maybe I'll go out and mulch up the garden.  Pleasant day.