Halloween 2013

Halloween 2013 was a success! Aiden had a great time, and this was the first time he went out and trick-or-treated with some friends. We didn't walk around the entire neighborhood, partly because Ava was a little fussy, and Hubby had a class to get to today.

I didn't get as many pictures as I had planned to take. I did, however, get more than usual. Aren't you proud of me?

Hubby wore a ghost mask with some torn clothes, and I, a cat hat and cat makeup. We both had not really planned to wear anything Halloweenie. It was a last-minute decision.

Boy oh boy did Aiden get a lot of candy. Not to mention the all candy we have been eating for the past two weeks. See, I bought two bags of Halloween candy in advance, mistake number 1. They stayed in the pantry for a couple of days. Then I thought, "Oh what's the harm in having a piece of candy or two," mistake number 2. By the time Halloween came around, the remainder of the candy left was embarrassing. I mean, where did it all go? Oh that's right, in my stomach. In my defense, Aiden ate some too. He's my candy eating sidekick.

I go through this thought process of enjoying a couple pieces of candy, because life is short, I don't want to be bothered with petty things like calories. Then, I start thinking that I need to stop eating them, because it's not healthy and all that junk. Finally, I realize I NEED to get them out of the house, but I won't throw them away because, well that would just be wasting money. I'm not into wasting money. In the end, I eat the rest of the candy in a short amount of time to get rid of it. After that, I loathe myself for about an hour.

We got home after dark. There were still kids running the streets trying to get the last bit of candy. We made sure we had our outside lights off because, well frankly, we didn't have any candy for them. Why? Aiden and I, well let's just say I ate just about all the candy.

I was expecting my neighbor to drop by. I heard a knock at the door, and opened it. It was not my neighbor! "Trick-or-treat," three tweens said excitedly. My mind went blank. Quickly I said, "Hold on just a minute." I shut the door and ran frantically into the kitchen looking for that darn candy that I had just about devoured these past two weeks. There was just a little left. Just enough for the three trick-or-treaters outside my door. "Thank you Jesus," I said. Yes, I thank Jesus all the time, even for the smallest things. I return to the door, open it and promptly handed out the candy telling them I was sorry they had to wait.

I woke up this morning, thankful for another day, grateful that Halloween is over, and four pounds heavier...

Moral of the story: Do not buy candy for Halloween until Halloween...

Here are some pictures of last night.

                                       

 

Two Weird Halloween Costumes

I'm sure most if not all of you have some weird Halloween kid costume stories, whether it is of you as a youngin' or your youngins'. My story is of myself mainly because my kids are too young.

The first incident, (yes there are more than one) happened in second grade. I had just moved to south Florida with my mom. Back then, we were allowed to dress in costume at school on Halloween. This was the only year I remember wearing a costume at school. I think my selective memory is kicking in…

Before there was Pinterest and Google our imaginations served as the sole purpose of our Halloween creations. My imagination told me that I should go dressed as a homeless person. Yes! My costume was complete with nappy hair, a tattered shirt that had top drinking excuses on it, and my own cardboard sign that said, “Will work for food.” God help me.

The second occasion of my weird Halloween costume was when I was about ten years old. This time I didn’t wear this costume to school, but to trick-or-treat with my family around the neighborhood. Ok wait, here it is, drum roll please… I was a boy. Yep that’s right I decided to dress up as a boy, and no I didn’t have gender identity issues. I basically just put my hair up in a baseball cap, wore a flannel shirt with jeans, and took brown eyeliner made a fake beard. Haha. I even had the neighbors thinking I was a boy! I have always been a trickster. It was certainly fun that’s for sure.

I have always done my own thing. I was not a girly girl. I consider myself as more of the road less traveled kind of gal. That in itself is good insight as to why I would come up with such ideas.

I wish, oh how I wish that I had pictures of those days!

Here are a few pictures of Aiden during Halloween. I am dismayed at this point knowing that my ability to take and organize pictures on my computer is seriously lacking. I plan on scouring the pictures folder for the other two Halloween costumes. Until they are recovered, here are these of my cutie pie. Obviously he has an affinity for super heroes. Hey, I'm ok with that!

What is the craziest costume you or your kids wore?

Have a safe Halloween peeps!

Update:

Thanks to my lovely step-mother I have the other two!