Homecoming/Halloween

Clemson homecoming this year happened to fall on Halloween. We like to go to Clemson for the game and the RUF reunion... and this year was no different. Since I had planned on making the boys all new costumes this year, I was pleased to hear that they would be doing Trick or Treating at the Assisted Living Facility nearby. I pulled together a Goofy for Scott from my brother's OLD Goofy hat that he had given to the boys back in August. I last minute decided to make a Pluto from scratch last Saturday for Blaise... since I couldn't find the right color sweatsuit. And I also pulled together the Mickey outfit for Michael and then made mouse-ears by guessing the pattern that I used for Pluto down to size... came out great for all the guessing :) They seemed to be mostly comfortable in their costumes. Scott loved his, Blaise tolerated it when promised candy, and Michael was content- which is all you can ask of a 3 month old.

Friday we did the Trick or Treating with a friend for the "seniors." Everyone had fun.

Saturday we headed to Clemson for Homecoming... it was wet. Very wet. Michael didn't enjoy the game, because he wanted to see and was stuck in the sling AND inside my rain coat. We only stayed for the first half, because of the wetness and the coldness too. Scott and Blaise had a great time and really enjoyed the game. Blaise would have liked to be allowed to stand up and pace, but we were in the top deck with a couple of empty rows ahead of us- he sat. Clemson stomped Coastal, as expected, despite playing pretty sloppy football. Cullen and I are still trying to watch the rest of the game on ESPN360 - my new favorite thing :)

After the game we went to CPC for the RUF reunion... it was pretty small this year, but it was still nice to see some people and just to be there. The big boys had a blast playing with the campus minister's boys, so that was fun for them too. Remarkably, they both managed to run around the fellowship hall the whole time we were there... this is after walking all the way across campus to the stadium and back again! (Blaise was carried for a good bit, but still.)

Finally we went to visit some of my local friends in Clemson and just for fun dressed up the boys again to Trick or Treat on their street, but we only went to 3 houses, since it was still wet, and we aren't really about Trick or Treating... we're about bringing joy to other people with the boys cuteness (hope that doesn't sound wrong.) At home our philosophy for Halloween is that it's a golden opportunity to interact with and build relationships with our neighbors. The big question right now, is how to do that without encouraging the boys to be greedy :) All in all though, Saturday was a good day... and Speaks left us with a thought provoking question to entertain on the ride home as he always does. What is the most useful thing you learned through the college experience? (Or something like that.)

Yesterday, just to stretch the whole costume thing out and make it worth the effort of putting them together, we visited my parents in costume. They are house hunting and Cullen actually got to spend the early afternoon helping them out looking some. Hopefully, they'll find something they like before too long.