It’s been a busy Halloween weekend thus far. Mostly lots of fun with my two boys.
As mentioned a while ago, my eldest was injured in his first regular-season football game. We enjoyed the comforts of the Grand River Hospital emergency room the next morning.
Well, his recovery continues. He tried to play a couple of weeks ago but reinjured himself in the first series. Thus, he’s been off both the football field and hockey rink most of both seasons.
We’ve been heading up to Waterloo Sports Medicine at RIM Park for regular treatments and advice. It’s a great facility run by Mike Clermont and his team. Special thanks to Angela and Craig, as my son seems to be making great progress.
We were at WSM again on Friday afternoon.
Friday evening we watched the second Transformers movie while playing some board games and preparing for Halloween. My youngest son picked out Transformers. It's not really my favourite genre, but I did enjoy it. Good choice on his part!
Saturday morning we watched another movie, Yes Man, along with lots of other Halloween preparation.
We also learned that pumpkins are sometimes sold out on the afternoon of Halloween. We did eventually find some, but it took a while.
Of course, handing out treats last night was lots of fun. I didn’t see many ghosts, goblins or other scary creatures. We were mostly visited by princesses, movie characters, cute little frogs and puppy dogs, and many similar passersby.
All of these activities, especially the young and glowing faces that visited while trick or treating, reminded me of this following quote.
“There is one thing we can do, and the happiest people are those who can do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present. We can be all here. We can ... give all our attention to the opportunity before us.” -Mark Van Doren
Our visitors were most definitely “completely present.” My boys were also “completely present.” And, happily, so was I.
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