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Today after school they came home and played on the deck for about an hour with me. Olivia and I kicked the soccer ball back and forth while Paul Thomas rode his trike.
He has never once complained that it's too girly - he doesn't care that it's pink and purple hand me down from Nora... He just loves to get on it and GOoooo!
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I think Olivia could kick the ball back and forth all day if I stayed outside with her. They did soccer camp for a week last summer and I think by the next season they'll be ready to play on a team.
So while I was playing with Olivia and taking photos of her at the same time, I look over my shoulder and this is what I saw happening.... Paul Thomas taking a "break" :/ on the hand rail!
We didn't wait for David to get home from work to go with us downtown for the Town's Trick-or-Treating. I called him before I stated getting them dressed and he left work and met us downtown.
Do you even realize how hard it is to get them to pose for a photo?? They are excited, and can't stand still and it doesn't help that Paul Thomas has on a 4 foot wings attachment and keeps knocking his sisters... I tried my best, and kept clicking.... and clicking... Nora was very patient with the twins.
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Here we are downtown. They had about 3 or 4 blocks of the main street blocked off and it was one huge street party with all the businesses on both sides of the streets giving out candy to the kids!
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And the kids had a BIG TIME playing with these!
There was a pirate boat (like a tailor/float attached to a pickup parked in the middle of the street) The kids climbed it and slid down the slide dozens of times.
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And sitting all around were 5 gallon buckets of soap and sticks. Have you ever seen those HUMONGOUS BUBBLES??? The ones that are about 4-6 feet big?? Well we got to try making some and it was one big wet mess, but fun!
Can you spot my 'lil gobblins???