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A Slender Halloween

Slender Man and the Butterfly Princess!

Walking down the street to find his next victim...

One of the houses near us really goes all out for Halloween, creating their own haunted path in their front yard!

Slender Man gets himself some sweets!

'Hello Power Rangers, I hope you have a lovely evening'

Once it got a little dark you really see how creepy the costume looks!

A Slender Halloween Costume

The creepy look around the corner was too much for Diana!

Looks good, huh? He's over six and a half feet with this thing on!

Slender Man wearing a hat for when he's got errands to run around town.

Slender Man back in his elementary school days...

Ha! It's even more unsettling when Ledge sits down! The really strange proportions make it so weird!

Leaf Pile

There sure are a lot of leaves! The whole yard was 6 inches thick with fallen leaves!

Ledger jumped in the pile and Jordan blew the leaves on top of him- buried in leaves!

Wiggins even got in on the leaf pile action, which he was none too happy about...

Boys' Night Out

Grabbing a quick bite to eat before the show. Partly it was because we were hungry, but also because in all our excitement for the night, we left the house too early!

Having a seat at the show, Ledge still wasn't sure what to make of it all. I tried to explain to him that we participate and yell out suggestion that they use for their games and jokes. Don't worry about it, it will all be clear in no time!

Before the show begins, they ask for a bunch of suggestions. Ledger had a fun time trying to think of the most random things he could write down!

After the show, we wandered around the place and checked out all the awesome robot decorations.

Ledger's newest robot friend!

A great time was had by all!

Handprint Board: 8th Grade

His latest 8th grade print. Only 4 more left!

It's really moving to see his hand move up the board, growing each year, as he gets smarter and older each time he makes his mark on the board. I try not to get emotional when I see it, but I don't always succeeed.

8th Grade: First Day

He wasn't really sure about 'picture time', but came around eventually.

goofball.

After he got home he wanted to check out what everyone was saying online.

One of our traditions is Diana and I getting breakfast after we drop off Ledger for his first day of school. With her working at school, that makes our time to get breakfast a bit shorter! As she finished getting ready, I dropped of the boy and picked up some quick Wendy's breakfast for us. We took a moment to talk about the big changes ahead but then had to chow down so she could make it to work on time! Me? Well, I went right to bed!

There I am, cute as ever!

Chicago: Millenium Park

The kids playing in the water spray from the statues.

Ledger's first look at the Chicago bean. He was impressed!

Under the bean and close up, he thought it was really cool!

Had to get a silly picture under the bean, of course!

A cute couple picture in Millenium Park. That's why we came here, right?

The Bean!

We stumbled on a free concert- love that!

Ledger found a comfy spot on the grass!

So comfy!

We all joined in on the grass eventually!

Chicago: Art Museum

Unsure what to expect, Ledger was mostly wanting to get out of the heat!

Ledger was impressed with the pointillism of Seurat's masterpiece!

He wanted to do the same crazy neck thing as the man in Picasso's painting. I think he nailed it!

Clearly Ledger's favorite piece of art in the whole museum! It's just an 8x10 canvas painted taupe. wow.

unsure of the whole 'art' thing, we investigated everything to try and understand it.

Ledger was pretty sure this artwork was a bit sus...

Chicago: Gino's East

Sitting down at the new location, ready to try their world famous Chicago style pizza.

Delighted to snuggle up with my beautiful wife for a great lunch!

We got bread sticks because we were starving and were5n't sure we would survive long enough to wait the 35 minutes it takes to get the Chicago style pizza.