The White House

On Sunday we participated in Westfield\’s Halloween activities, along with every other family in Westfield.  With the impending storm I think everyone decided to get in some trick or treating on Sunday because this may be the only chance.   Most of the businesses participate in handing out candy to the kids and then there is a costume parade with the Westfield High School Marching Band leading the way.

Some of the streets are closed which made it easier to get around town.  We met up with Lucas and Kaiden\’s family.

At 2:30 everyone gathered on the closed street and judges walked around handing out awards.  Quinn got a \”Coolest Costume\” award for his robot costume.  Yes, we pulled out the robot costume in hopes of an award.   About 50 other kids got the same award but that is a-ok.

Quinnbot and Dadbot.

Quinn with his medal and $20 toy store gift certificate.  He likes to cross his legs like that to confuse you to think his shoes are on the wrong feet.  Oh silly Quinnbot!

We spent some time on Saturday prepping the house for Hurricane Sandy.  Although last year we didn\’t lose our power with Irene, we decided to clean the gutters and move stuff out of the backyard.  A single branch falling could shatter our patio table.   The leaves are falling like rain and our yard is covered.

Then we went out to do some treasure hunting at a nearby park.  It is an old golf course that was turned it to a public park with lots of paths for walking and lots of spots for hiding treasure.  We looked for about 9 and found about 6.  Our new count is about 64, give or take.

The boy had fun hiding behind trees.

But he wasn\’t feeling too cooperative about getting his picture taken in the leaves.

Now we wait for Sandy to arrive.  It\’s supposed to hit us Monday morning and continue through the day.  When we were out and about on Saturday, we didn\’t see many people around other than at Home Depot and the gas station.  After last year\’s Irene, everyone is getting extra prepared for Sandy.

Since starting school this year, Quinn\’s brain seems to constantly be on overdrive mode.  A typical conversation in the car with him goes like this:  What\’s 2 + 1?  What\’s 10 + 10?  How do you spell pig?  What does that sign say?  Is orange, orange, orange, orange a pattern?  etc, etc.  It\’s great to see him so engaged and enthusiastic about learning.  Yesterday he suggested playing a pattern game.  He would draw a pattern and I would repeat it and visa versa.