Halloween Roundup

Halloween is no longer a one night holiday, it's apparently a 2-week-long celebration! The boys Halloween'd every chance they got this year, and as a family, we definitely made the most of our favorite fall festivities.

The UM Township Trunk or Treat party:

Joergen's preschool party:

Joergen's preschool class trip to pick pumpkins at Freddy Hill Farms:

Villanova's Halloween party:

Liam's school party and parade:

Getting ready for Halloween by carving up our pumpkin:

It's a team effort... but sometimes you just gotta rest up on the sidelines!

Joergen showing off our little pumpkin patch... and our support for the Teal Pumpkin Project:

And of course, the main event-- trick-or-treating on Halloween night. We were so happy to have Grandma and Papa visiting for Halloween!  For all the build-up prior to the actual Halloween night, though, believe it or not, Liam didn't even go trick-or-treating this year.  Notre Dame played Temple in Philadelphia on Halloween night, and Liam chose to go to the game instead.  He actually didn't even hesitate to make that decision (kind of can't blame him, given how much celebrating we'd already done...!).  So Dad, Papa, and Liam headed to the game, while Grandma, Joergen, and I headed out on the town.

Joergen and his best bud Will

Joergen showing Theresa just what he thinks of her sweatshirt :)

Uncle Sam and Aunt Doreen with their little ninja

Joergen showing off his costume

So fun celebrating with Grandma!

Meanwhile, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philly... 

Papa and Liam tailgating on Halloween night!

This guy is ready for some football!

In the stadium, waiting for kickoff

Awesome seats and a really close game! (Thankfully, an Irish victory!)

Papa, Daddy, and Liam enjoying the game with what we later understood to be Liam's 437th piece of candy...

After a really exciting night, a lot of fun, and did I mention a lot of candy?, the big guys got home after midnight and crashed.  The next morning, Liam did what many a Derry before him has done after an ND football game... and to keep it classy, let's just say that it was quite some time before this little Irish fan could stomach any more Halloween candy. I have a feeling he may never eat a Twizzler again!