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Halloween
By Margot | November 3, 2008
Mom and Boys
Andy and “most excellent” Andrew (explained below)
Mom/Dad/Sam -couldn’t get Andy or Charlie to sit for this one.
Baby Tomlinson (as the boys call him)
Sweet Sam LT
Andy after getting his hair sprayed really red at the crazy hair booth at the Halloween Carnival
Baby Tomlinson (Don’t mess with me!)
The boys had a great Halloween starting with their Halloween carnival at school where they played a lot of games and Andy got his hair sprayed. Sam dunked Mrs. Emerson in the dunk tank (thanks for being such a good sport Mrs. Emerson) and they both played all of the booth games. Charlie was home sleeping with my dad and Stephanie. He is having a great time this week with both of them as are all of the boys.  The Monacos came over Halloween night for pizza and then we went trick or treating around our neighborhood.  The picture above of Andy and “most excellent” Andrew was because this guy we saw on the street – a real Spicolli- was so happy when he saw Andrew’s costume, “Dude! are you Tom Brady? Excellent! Guys, this little dude is Tom Brady! That makes my night. I’m a huge Patriots fan! Dude. Excellent! What’s your name?” Andrew said “Andrew” and the guy said “No Way, my name is Andrew too!” He was very funny and so happy to see a Patriots fan. I think he told Neil he was from New England but he had the surfer dude accent to the “T.” So we took a picture of he and Andrew. Andrew was very happy to have created such enthusiasm. Later he said “Mom, this was the best Halloween ever. It would have been equal with all of the other Halloweens because I love Halloween, but this one was better because I got to take a picture with that guy.” It’s funny what strikes kids. Sam loves Halloween too. It’s his favorite holiday and he was happy and energetic all day. He was so excited to get to trick or treating he kept saying, “Now? Now can we go?” Also, as usual, he was very die-hard about it. Even after we hit all the houses and were on our way back he kept seeing houses we might like to try. Charlie caught right on to the trick-or-treating thing and as soon as he discovered there was candy coming, our shy little boy was right in there saying “trick-or-treat” and “thank you.”  Grandpa carried his pumpkin for him because it was too heavy so he’d run back and put his stuff in after every house.
The boys both did very well at soccer this weekend. Andy scored seven and the other team didn’t score any. It was a complete rout. Sam’s team lost but it was a very exciting game and close.  Neil helped coach because the assistant coach wasn’t there and he had a great time, he was practically more excited than the kids. Sam did really well in the second half and went after the ball a lot and dribbled it down field a couple of times.  My Dad got to see both games and cheered everyone on. Stephanie saw Andy’s game and cheered him and was home getting ready for dinner during Sam’s game. Yesterday was pretty quiet the boys went over to the place where my dad and Stephanie are staying in the afternoon to play board games. My dad was funny after playing Sorry with Sam and Andy. He said amazed “Sam didn’t exactly follow the rules. If he didn’t like a card, he’d put it back and take mine.”  If you’ve ever played a board game with Sam, he has some creative ways of making himself win -some might even say sometimes he cheats, usually when he’s playing with someone who’ll let him get away with it. Charlie fell asleep and Neil and I had a few hours when the house was quiet. We kept marveling at the quiet.
Charlie and I dropped off Sam’s urine this morning after dropping the boys off to school. Last week’s VMA/HVA was: VMA 11.8 (up – expletive here), HVA 12.7 (down, yay).  So we’ll see what this week brings. Dr. Willert is setting up a bone marrow biopsy and an MIBG scan for us (we’re due).  Sam has been happy and enjoying himself. We’re really working on his math and reading.  He’s having a good time with my Dad and Stephanie in town. I may tackle them before they get on the plane on Friday.
 MargotÂ
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Topics: Progress Reports | 3 Comments »
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I love the odd man out middle child (being a middle child myself). Course it helps that he choose Tom Brady to be odd-man out as. LOVE IT!!!! I hope he walked by a few people who were in the stands with me when we played them a few weeks back!!!!
November 5th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
The most excellent Andrew is hilarious. I’ll bet Andy remembers that for years to come.
Looks like you all had a great Halloween. I love your costumes. And, like in real life, you are an inspiring team of a family.
-Love, Nicole
November 7th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
I think your team of football players would give the Steelers a run for their money !!!!!
Love the pics and love you all even MORE !!!!!!
Hugs to all,
Colleen