Halloween

Daniel is anxious to see the pictures of the kids dressed for Halloween. We had a successful hunt for candy - very much so for the boys. My brother, Brigham, was here for the big night which was very helpful. He helped get kids dressed and their make-up done. Then he took the boys thru some other neighborhoods. Our street is just a culdesac of about 20 houses and 6 or 8 of those weren't even home. Last year we only took the kids up the street and to a few other friends' homes. They certainly got "enough" candy but by comparison it didn't seem like much. Their pumpkins were only 1/4 full and I felt a little bad. So this year I had Brigham walk them thru some bigger neighborhoods nearby. Ainsley and I would have slowed the pace way down so the two of us just did our street. She got plenty of candy, she was certainly happy with her little stash. Well as it turned out the boys ended up walking a little over 2 miles and came home with their pumpkins overflowing! My brother decided to weigh the candy and it was 9 pounds - yes that was 9 pounds of candy! I hate my kids on candy - so Daniel is getting a lot these treats in his next few packages and we are going to send my brother home with probably half - for his services of course.

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I really felt bad for the boys this year because I didn't give them a choice of what they could be. My dad asked Chase, "What do you want to be this year?" I quickly snapped, "Don't ask him that - he doesn't have a choice, unless you are going to make or buy his costume and accessories!" I just felt like I couldn't do any of that Halloween planning and purchasing this year. I am trying to get my Christmas shopping done and I can only do so much. Plus, we had white shirts and black pants and capes from last year. All I bought were some new fangs and some black hairspray. Luckily Ainsley fits into my nieces handme downs so I didn't have to do anything special for her other than makeup.


Terribly Fierce!









So Sweet!