Halloween Spooktacular!!!

The kids really didn't seem super excited until today, Liam had a party at school that I brought Krispy Kreme Jack-o-lanterns for (YUM) So of course Aynsley was there for all the festivities in his classroom. All the kids were able to decorate a loot bag, hear spooky stories, sort of trick or treat in the classroom, bust a pinata, carve a pumpkin and play games. It was a long party for me but a fun one for them. I went down to Julia's class and got her out a little early so she could have a little fun too. We then took off to the store to find some vampire teeth for Liam's costume. As my list was checked off running all of my errands I seemed to forget a key ingredient to Liam's success as looking the part. When we arrived at home we were there for two minutes and in walks Granny and Grandaddy eager to get Halloween underway. Grandaddy entertained the little ones on the trampoline while Gina and I started dinner. The kids at this point had already had more candy than they have in a month so I needed to make sure they had a good meal before going trick or treat and eating candy along the way. So after having to literally feed my babies (all three.....me feeding them with a fork.....all three) we started to get dressed up.

At this point it seemed very rushed, it was getting dark and we should have already been out. Aynsley was the first one ready so she handed out candy while Grandaddy worked on Liam and Granny helped Julia. I felt like a chicken with my head cut off running from here to there trying to get everyone out the door with out stressing them out. So in a few minutes and some black hair coloring later we were out the door. Liam looked Awesomely scary and my angel Julia looked just as you would expect.....the angel that she is, Aynsley was hopping around casting fairy dust around the rooms. When they were all ready we headed out the door for some fun. This was the first year that Ross was home before we even left the house. I was so happy to have him here the whole time. So he and Granny took the kids around a couple of houses while Grandaddy transformed himself into......................................

It was crazy!! he said it was hot!! The Kids didn't know who it was, they knew it wasn't real but they weren't believing my story of Grandaddy is in the bathroom. Julia walked up and snooped around finally spouting out that "it has on Grandaddy's shirt!" He really played the part, beating his chest and walking funny. Great Job Daddy!!! Thanks for being a good sport. Some other children in the neighborhood got a kick out of it as well. I think it was great fun.

We met up with some friends and strolled the streets going from house to house and a few people didn't even recognize little Liam. They all seemed to have a great time and when we got back around to our house we took a group photo of a bunch of the kids. Other kids were off bartering candy, or gone to the next neighborhood. We decided once we went to all of our fiends houses then we would call it a night. It was tough getting all that make up and hair color off Liam but a few girly tricks and he was off to his room wanting candy before bed. They were all pretty tired but wanted to stay up and sort through all their loot. All in all it was a great Halloween and we expect each year to get more and more fun. Happy Halloween!!