Too Cute To Spook

Happy Halloween!!!

Halloween seems to be more and more fun for the kids and the adults as the years go by. Every year I feel like we are living out the scene from the movie Mr. Mom when the families are all dressed up and out trick or treating. This time of year always makes me thankful for our friends, neighbors and the community in which we live for allowing such a small town feeling to sweep over our lives for just one night.

This year, for the first time, I am sad to say there was really no theme for the three kiddos. Ally has come in to her own world of likes and dislikes...and unfortunately, that also means we’ve kinda left the princess thing behind us. She still loves dressing up, but now it’s more of a diva or pop start image than a princess. So, this year, Ally dressed up like Hannah Montana...complete with wig and sparkling shoes. Kelsey has wanted to be Bat Girl for months. Hayden was going to be Batman, but changed his mind to Mario from Super Mario Brothers. To pick up the slack, Asher picked up Kelsey’s sadness and offered to be Batman, but he changed his mind and ended up as Wolverine. So...to keep our little Bat Girl from melting down, Drew stepped up and filled in to save the day. As much as I pushed for the super hero theme, Ally wasn’t breaking, so we had a super hero duo and the teen pop idol. I’m thinking my years for themes have passed us. :( The kids had dinner together...pizza...before trick or treating...a tradition that we started years ago and seems to be the easiest thing for a busy night. After dinner and costume prep, we all met outside for our cul-de-sac picture with everyone dressed up and then we were off. There were two distinctive groups this year...the older kids (Ally, Kelsey, Hannah, Hayden, Addison, Molly, Madison, Logan, Sydney, Jack, Ben, Ayanna, Treyvon and Asher) who ran from house to house and the younger kids (Drew, Caroline and Max) who were carted around in strollers and wagons from house to house. We scoured the neighborhood for 2 solid hours grabbing all kinds of candy loot and by the end the kids were exhausted. We came home, dumped all the candy on the floor while we watched The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and had a few pieces of our candy while watching our favorite holiday show. The kids had school the next day, so we quickly got them showered and off to bed in hopes that the next day wouldn’t be a difficult start. Thankfully, Tuesday was an election day, so we had a day to catch up if we were dragging.

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