So yep it is Autumn and we are loving it. Everyday seems like a picture perfect moment with the brilliant colors changing everywhere and the crisp air-im lovin it! And then there was Halloween. I absolutely adore the fall, especially around Halloween cuz there are tons of fun filled and fabulous things to do like pumpkin patches and Halloween parties-im lovin it. My Emma was a big black cat and Hailey was a dancing elephant. They were darling and then there was trick or treating. We have a fun family tradition that we go to my brother's house and have chili then take the kids trick or treating. Now to preface the remainder of the story, my brother is very intense and competitive, so when we go he makes sure to point out that his kids are running faster than mine to the doors and will last longer getting treats. So this year I was bound to make sure he didn't win the my kids better than your kids contest-im lovin it. As the night began it was business as usual, his kids were running to each door and my little Emma was just delighted to be out enjoying the evening of getting treats! But as the night wore on my brother made it clear that we would be trick or treating until 9pm. Door after door, street after street the night wore on. Emma's adrenalin wore off about an hour into it and mine was out about 10 minutes later but we held out and stuck with it until the magical long awaited 9pm. And so after two and a half hours of trick or treating/whining we went back to my brother's to see the goodies, and to my pure delight Emma had LOTS of candy. Now of course I got first choice on which pieces were "poison"-im lovin it, then Emma started in on her stash. With the days to follow Emma quickly forgot about her "stash" but it was on my mind most of the day and the bag o treats quickly became my breakfast, lunch and dinner. After a few days of chocolate galore, Casey realized what I was doing and hid the candy-not from Emma-oh no, from me. So now I'm back to carrot and lots of water and a daily hunt for the trick or treat stash-might be swearing about it!
3 comments:
darling costumes. I love the dancing elephant. I CANNOT believe you stayed out for 2 1/2 hours. How old are your brother's kids? You should be grateful your kids want to quit after an hour. Think of all the calories and cavities they're saving themselves from........and you from it sounds like.......ha ha ha. We all steal the best candy from our kids trick or treat bags. That;s the one bad thing about this time of year. There is just too mnay good things to eat all the time. The diet I've just finally committed myself to goes right out the window. BIG SIGH................
I'm glad I'm not the only one who ate my kids' Halloween Candy. I never was one of those kids who could make my candy last for a very long time (like Jaclyn) and it looks like I'm not one of those parents either. I tried to convince Shane to hide it from me, but he wouldn't and I don't have the will power to do it myself, so alas it was gone in about 5 days.
I love the elephant! Did you make it? I made Charlie an elephant costume this year. It doesn't look as cute as yours, though. We get lucky over here because the boys don't like nuts so we get all the GOOD stuff from their bags - Almond Joy, Snickers, etc. Score.
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