I am always excited to be done with Halloween. But, I must say, it was bit more fun this year. For some reason, I have been EXTREMELY nostalgic this year. I have been reading books to the kids that I enjoyed, letting them decorate with kid-made art work (which I usually do, but even more than normal), driving around my old neighborhood when we were on the west side, and I even knocked on the door of an old friend's parent's house...just to say hello and see her house again.
BUT! What I have been doing the last 3 days always brings a smile to my face. Our kids' candy buckets are on top a dresser in our room and I smell it about 4-5 times a day! The mixture of chocolate and fruity candy sends me right back to the 80's when I would sort through my Halloween treasures. Anyone know what I am talkin' about!? Makes me want to put on Care Bear pj's and curl up to a good episode of The Cosby Show!
So enough reminiscing, onto our day. Jacob's preschool got to dress up and had a party the last 30 minutes of class. I volunteered to face paint and the kids were, well, as one girl said, "I am so happy!"
After Jackson got home from school, it was a bit of a mad dash to get homework done, costumes on, and dinner before 5. We trick-o-treated to the neighbors first, including JJ's teacher. The boys were both too excited about picking out store-bought costumes, that I let them. Since they were both super-heros, I decided Ryn needed to be as well. She said she wanted to be a princess (although she doesn't know much else right now), so I made her a wonder-womanish costume and we called her Super Princess!
After "real" trick-o-treating, we went to our church for trunk-or-treat and then 2 others. By the second one, Ryn was a pro. She looked up at me and said excitedly, "Mama, I twick-o-tweeting!" That made my night. The kids ended up with way more candy than I will ever let them eat, but it was a good night spent with my favorite people!
She looks really old to me in this picture! Sniff, sniff.
