Halloween 2018

Given that the weekend prior to today was one of our busiest weekends to date, I already warned the kids that we were going to have a low-key actual Halloween. But, as is pretty typical with us, it was still celebrated in style!

Aside from all of the fall-ish activities that have been done already, the Halloween festivities really began the Friday before with our church Trunk or Treat. We decided to have a trunk this year, and as per usual for Justin, he went all out. It had been a while since we had done a theme, and since the Disney Cruise had been on our minds, we decided to go with that. Xavier originally wanted to be Goofy or Donald, but (unlike Justin) I wasn't about to put any effort into making costumes, so we went easy with Mickey. And, while Lissie has a trunk full of Disney princess costumes, she had her mind set on Minnie. I lucked out and already had a Snow White costume in my stash, and Justin was (easily) convinced to be my Prince Charming. He spent upwards to a week crafting and designing his ship, and even I was starting to get a little irritated with his focus on details when I still had a laundry (literally, laundry) list of things to do during his off time! But, I must admit, that his efforts did draw a pretty amazing cruise ship and was a hit of Trunk or Treat (which had to be held indoors because of the wet and icky weather).

Saturday morning, we donned our costumes yet again (although Lissie did a costume change and wanted to be a witch like her friends) to head to my favorite festival - Franklin's PumpkinFest. I love it because the weather is usually pretty decent and it's all free! The kids could bounce, pony, ferris wheel, and maze all for nothing! We even got our picture in the newspaper!

I found my Disney friends!

After coming back home to rest for a bit, we all put on our costumes one more time for a costume birthday party! And, while that was the end of the costumes, Sunday continued to be busy with yet another birthday party followed by our neighborhood picnic.

So, as you can see, because of all of the events of the weekend, I was not keen on dressing up AGAIN and having a big to-do - especially with Justin working nights AND having to be up and at 'em bright and early for not just school, but a Holy Day Mass! And, while Lissie was a little upset because she was the only one in her class not trick-or-treating on actual Halloween, I did manage to make it worth her while.

After school, we (finally) painted our pumpkins (please, I'm not about to carve them!). The kids watched "It's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and took advantage of the 50 cent corn dogs from Sonic for dinner. We made pumpkin rice krispie treats, and I let them raid their already overflowing (hence another reason why I was not interested in trick or treating!) candy buckets. Even better, they were still in bed by 7:30, and I still get a chance to catch up on the latest "This is Us" before a decent bedtime for myself. Win-win for all!