HALLOWEEN!

Halloween this year was chaotic, and despite doing all I could to get Maddie to not have a bad, fit throwing day- it still happened, just like last year. She was good only when she was getting exactly what she wanted but when you said no- that was it. So I came home exhausted, stressed, etc.., but my kids had fun aparently so that was good. We started the night at the Johnstons with root beer and pizza, with about 7 other families (with more who trickled in when the actual trick or treating started). There were to many kids to count! Everybody tried to stay together, but there was so many families, with kids running everywhere it ended up impossible. After trick or treating in their neighborhood we came back and went to another really fun neighborhood by our house and trick or treated even longer with Christophers family the Munsons, so you can only imagine how much candy my kids have! I included pictures from that night and from the church trunk or treat party the previous weekend. I wish on camera you could see Maddies skirt, it has fiber optics on it, so the whole skirt lights up- it is really cool!! James went as Tom Hanks from Castaway and Tristen was trying all night to do crazy pirate faces- he never quite got =). The picture with Ethan and Eliza was on Halloween, all of a sudden I looked over at them in the corner and thought that the two of them just chillin in their car seats (they are about a month apart) looking at each other was cute!