Sweet Success

Halloween has been going on for a couple of weeks here it seems. Yesterday morning the kids woke up bright and early, as though it were Christmas! Thus began the costume wearing and costume changing. Since we had no school due to parent-teacher conferences, we had a day-long party. We sang Halloween songs and rhymes, read books, did crafts, baked goodies, went and rented a movie to watch together and just had a great day all together at home (with just Daddy missing!) After dinner the real decision of which costume to wear had to be made. It turned out that Big J was Odette (from the Swan Princess) and Mr. T became Prince Derek (also from Swan Princess, my little guy’s favourite movie right now!) Last week Big J was the Tooth Fairy, and Mr. T was Ammon from the Book of Mormon (note his sheep and sword to cut off the bad guys’ arms!) Little E remained true and faithful as Rocket from Little Einsteins.

Tooth Fairy (last week)

Odette (last night) - Grandma made the dress!

ROCKET!!!

Obsessed with candy, ROCKET!

Ammon (last week)

Prince Derek (last night)

Little E did about 5 houses, and under the impression that he could immediately eat each candy as he received it, and pretty upset about life in general (having just woken up from a VERY late unexpected nap) he returned home. Mr. T rode in the stroller after that (his ankle was sore) and Big J and I ran as fast as we could from house to house eager to gather all the candy we could! Much to my disappointment Mr. T declared that he didn’t want any more candy after about 9 or 10 houses, and that was that. He was pretty scared of all the costumes, but enjoyed being with his little neighbor friend, Spiderman, who held strong to the side of his stroller between houses. All in all I’d say Big J had enough stamina and determination for all of us. I called it quits when I could no longer feel my fingers and my toes were numb from the cold. (Of course it was 72 on the 30th and 42 on the 31st!) The chocolate was a little on the low end, but we’ve stored plenty candy away for decorating our gingerbread houses next month. I’m excited to get some more costumes on clearance – dressing up is such a fun and favourite activity at our house! And, as it seems, we need plenty for the constant change of costumes even on that day of days where dressing up is rewarded with candy! Trick or treat?!