Tuesday - October 31st
It was a busy day for me. I woke up thinking that I was going to get the kids to school, go to the gym, clean the kitchen and vacuum, then relax and crochet for a little bit before all the Halloween fun started. But, I was wrong! I got a message from a friend asking me about the Halloween party for Brinley's class. I'm a room mom in her class and their party was today at 1:45pm. We had discussed decorating sugar cookies, but when we had that discussion, I thought we were talking about the fall carnival (which we already had). I did the photo booth for the fall carnival, so I just figured that she changed her mind about the sugar cookies. I don't know why I hadn't realized we were talking about the class Halloween party. So, I was surprised to realize that we were in charge of the party and we needed to get on it, since the party was coming fast.
I got the kids off to school and got right to work. The kitchen was a disaster, since I didn't clean it at all last night (because I thought I'd have lots of time in the morning to get it done). There were a ton of dishes to wash and get out of the way, so I'd have room to make my cookies. I got the kitchen clean and started on the cookies. My partner room mom, Shari, went to the store and picked up the things we'd need to decorate them and a few ingredients I needed to make the icing. I worked hard, but not quite fast enough. I was about 10 minutes late to the party. But that's okay. It all worked out. It was just super stressful trying to get everything done in time. The party was a success! The kids had fun! Here are a few pictures of Brinley's class and 2 pictures I made her take with me. She hid behind me in the first one I took. She is really funny and really good at making funny faces right as I snap the picture.
The top picture is Brinley with her whole class. She is, of course, making a funny face.
The kids got home from school and got dressed in their costumes. Parker decided to be a minion, Brinley decided to be a boy, and Alissa had an idea that didn't work out, so she can't decide what she is. She said burn victim at first, then decided zombie, then a neighbor said she looked like road kill. She just couldn't decide what to call herself.
We drove the kids to Kristy Spencer's(the color guard coach) house. She said she'd give lots of candy to anybody who came, since nobody trick-or-treats to her house. Then we stopped at Tonya's, because she also said nobody comes. After that, we dropped Alissa off at Erin's house so she could hang out with her friends on Halloween.
Parker and Brinley were excited to get home and go trick-or-treating with Khloe and her brother Korver.
Parker and Brinley went trick-or-treating to a few houses while they waited for their friends to get here, then they came back and chillaxed with Roger and I. I made some yummy Taco soup. I always forget to make dinner on Halloween. I get so caught up in all the trick-or-treating fun, and I just forget. I'm usually busy helping kids get ready, then I go out with them. I don't even think about dinner until we got home, but by then, I'm too tired and full of candy, so we just skip dinner. It's not a wonderful way to do things, but that's just how it always happens. So, this is the first year in a really long time that I remembered to make dinner. Go me!
Dinner was yummy! Parker and Brinley's friends came and they went out trick-or-treating. Roger and I had been planning to sit out by the fire in the front yard, but it was windy when all the trick-or-treating fun started. So, we decided to wait and see if the wind calmed down. Eventually, it did, so we got to have out fire! I love sitting out by the fire. This was a good night for it too. It was cold, but not too cold. The neighbor next door was dressed up like a creepy clown and he was walking the street, scaring people. It was fun to sit out and watch. 2 boys came to our house and as I was giving them candy, they were looking toward the clown. They told me they aren't scared of much, but clowns freak them out a lot. They were so nervous to get past the clown. They snuck across the street and hid behind a truck. The clown saw them and eventually went walking toward them to surprise them behind the truck. When the boys saw him, they panicked and the both took off running in opposite directions. One kids turned and yelled to the other as he ran, "You went the wrong way!" They were both terrified and kept on running. It was really funny to watch.
Roger and I listened to an episode of 'Lore' while we were out here. We had to keep stopping it when trick-or-treaters came or when Parker and Brinley came home and they would come out to talk to us. It took a long time to get through one episode.
They had a lot of fun trick-or-treating, and, as always, they got a ton of candy on Century Drive. That is the best street on Halloween. We love it. I took a video of the kiddos showing me all the yummy treats that they got.
After going through their candy, the kiddos came out to sit by the fire. But, they thought that was boring, so Brinley asked if we could put the spot light on the trampoline so they could jump. Brinley and Khloe got tired of that really quickly, so they went inside to play. The boys stayed out and kept jumping. Roger saw the clown walking by and he asked him to go in the backyard to scare the boys. It was funny. I tried to get the camera going to record it, but I didn't get the recording started in time. I was a little bummed about that.
Here is the videos that I took today.
