Take a chance and roll the dice
Ride with the moon in the dead of night
Everybody scream, everybody scream
In our town of Halloween
If I had a dollar for every time we listened to that song this month, I'd easily have $100! But I actually love that song too, so I'm not mad about it!
I don't remember Halloween being one of my favorites when I was growing up. I never really cared much for dressing up, and I think I was pretty young when I decided I was over trick or treating. My kids on the other hand? LOVE IT! They love everything about Halloween and because of their excitement, it's become one of my favorite days of the year!
I know there are a lot of Christians out there who are completely against the holiday and don't participate... but for me, Halloween is what you make it! For Eden, Ila, and James, it's simply a fun day where you get to dress up and get free candy!
This year I had a...
Texans cheerleader!
And...
Cinderella!
And...
Sheriff Woody, the rootinest, tootinest, cowboy in the wild, wild west!
All together they were...
freaking adorable!
Also, today was freaking cold! Cold, cold, cold, with a piercing north wind that made it pretty much miserable to be outside! Those poor babies were freezing when I made them go outside to take pictures! But I wanted cute pictures dangit, because I'm a mean mom like that!
Back it up... I just wanted to say that I put James in his costume at about 9:00 this morning! I was so excited about his; I couldn't wait! I dressed him up, and then I put him in front of the mirror, and he saw himself and shouted, "I WOODY!!!" He and I went to WalMart (to find a shirt and leggings for Eden to wear under her costume because of the coldness), and every once in a while, he would blurt out to somebody we passed on an aisle, "I Woody!".
Anyways, so after the girls got home from school this afternoon, and after they got ready, and after I made them stand out in the cold for pictures, we went over to Pops and Granny's house. Now I do remember when I was young, that every year before my mom took me and Marshall trick or treating, we always went to Pops and Granny's house first - to show them our costumes and to get candy. So it's really special to take my own kids to the exact same house to do the exact same thing every year. Marshall was actually there when we pulled up, doing the same thing that I was - showing off his kids to them. We didn't plan it or even talk about it, but it turned out that Harrison was dressed up as Buzz! So I tried really hard to get a picture of Buzz and Woody together, but it was pretty difficult!
With each passing year, I cherish the moments that we are able to still do this type of thing with my grandparents more and more.
Then we stopped by my dad and Susie's house. They always have the cutest setup for the kids when we arrive on Halloween!
And then finally to the church! This is our 3rd year to spend Halloween at our church, and man, our church knocks it out of the park! And they seem to improve it each year! There's Trunk or Treat in the parking lot, games and prizes set up on the lawn, hot dogs and frito pie and chips and soooo many desserts and even more games and prizes in the Sunday school building! So the girls put on their warm coats, and the kids went to work - playing and eating and collecting as much candy as possible!
Eden and her cousin, Rylen
All the people who were working the games were in costumes. This lady is dressed for Christmas. I'm not sure if she's actually dressed for Christmas or if "woman dressed up for Christmas" is her costume.
We got home wayyyy past our bedtimes tonight, so I told them to run and put on pajamas as fast as they could. Then I set Alexa for ten minutes and told them they could eat as much candy as they wanted in ten minutes and the rest would be saved for later!
It was a super fun Halloween, and now tomorrow, we can start planning Thanksgiving!
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