More Halloween

On Wednesday, we went trick-or-treating.  We checked the national weather, and were surprised to see that it was snowing in Colorado with temps in the 30's--brrr!  It was cool here--I was in shorts and wore a hoody, but got a little warm as we walked.

Bode donned the Slenderman costume again, with a couple of modifications made by Ashley aka Supergirl in order to make the spider arms sturdier. 

After the final touches, we were ready for the official Halloween photo.

We headed over to Colin's house--Colin is in 4th grade, and their family moved here this summer just like us. 

All of us ( Colin's Mom--Jess-the witch--and Emmy (she's a ninja-turtle, but you can't see her in the wagon)) headed over to the park, where the neighborhood does a community trick-or-treat.  I was impressed by the turn-out--a lot of cars at the park, and then we headed up the street adjacent to the park, which was packed with trick-or-treaters.

We are now loaded up with candy for the next few years :-)  We did get a couple items of bad news this week.  First, Joey did tear his ACL.  He is scheduled for surgery on Tuesday.  Everything should be routine (our first rottweiler, Auburn, had this same procedure done), but it will be a chore to keep him relatively inactive for a few weeks while he recovers.  Then again, relatively inactive is the dogs' state for the vast majority of the day.

Bode got his report card as well--this was not any type of bad news, as he got all A's and 1 C.  The C was in science (of all things!).  We met with the teacher, and we've learned Florida is really into the standardized testing.  Some of these tests make of their grades.  For science, they had a test on their third grade science skills, which included a lot of material Bode had not learned in Colorado.  Bottom line, he'll be fine by the end of the year--at least that's what the teacher told us at the parent-teacher conferences.  However, the second bit of bad news we learned was that Bode's teacher is leaving the school, effective next Friday.  Bode is taking this hard, because he really likes Mr Welsh.  He's not leaving for anything bad--some personal emergencies and what not, so we wish him the best, but it's hard on the students.  Here's hoping they find someone quick and qualified :-)  Pleasant weekend to all.