Another Athletic Achievement

Dec. 14, 2012 Carson just reminded me that I have neglected to post an important athletic achievement from back in early December; the SAS Intermediate School's Basketball Shootout.  Carson participated in the prelims before school one morning, against any of the 150-180 (or so) third grade boys who were interested in trying out.  He made it to the finals for the third grade boys. Our whole house was excited for Carson to participate in the Finals because we could all tell how important it was to him.  He was so excited and nervous about it that he woke up at midnight the night before the competition and started getting dressed for school because he was so worried that he might miss the finals or be late.  (The competition was held before school at 7:30am.)

For the finals the clock ran for 1 minute and the top 3 boys all shot at 3 different baskets simultaneously.  It was pretty clear before the minute was up that Carson was the winner.  He played the game very smart and shot carefully, always running as fast as he could back to the 1, 2 or 3 point lines.  He was determined and smart in his strategy and it payed off.  After he won he told everyone who could hear that he won...now we are working on humility. :)

Happy Halloween!

It's lucky for us that SAS has a pumpkin sale a couple of weeks before Halloween.  Skylar and I were one of the first ones there to pick out our pumpkins:

I made these cute ghost cupcakes on Pinterest, my favorite place for fun and festive ideas!

I picked these up for Bailey one day at Giant while grocery shopping.  They were mixed in with all the socks and weren't meant for Halloween.  Who would wear these when it's not Halloween????

My friend Sonia sent me some great photos just recently from Halloween night at our house so I better post them.

Halloween night has become such a fun and predictable tradition at the Daynes home!  We have mostly the same families over every year with a few exceptions.  This year we had the Smarts (our South African friends), the Laus, Laurie Wiluan and her kiddos, the Lawlers and Lindsay Hancock (hubby Ben is in the U.S. now for his job).

We had our traditional soups, homemade bread, and pumpkin pies.  We had thousands of pieces of candy to give out as usual.  What was a bit different this year was our costumes!!!

This is what Mike brought home from work Halloween evening for he and I to wear:

 
 It took some careful maneuvering to make it through the crowds in these giant shark costumes!




 
 Skylar really loved Halloween this year.  She was Tinkerbell but she didn't care who she
was...all she really cared about was eating all of the candy she possibly could.







 
Carson was Ironman this year.  He and his classmates were definitely into the Avengers/Superhero theme this year:
 




Jack was Cole, the black Ninja from Lego Ninjago. 

Jack was only a Mummy for a short while at his class party after I wrapped him in toilet paper!

 


 

I thought the Smart girls looked fabulous in their costumes.  Sammy was pretty cute as a Newsie too!

Carson, Jack, Bailey & Sammy pumpkins (you can already see the mold growing inside!)

 

Here I am with the loot and my friend Lindsay.  She really went retro with her hair for the event!!!

Bailey and friends were Little Miss girls.  I like that Halloween in Singapore is for all ages!

The sweetest candy of the night was right here...yummy!!!