Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We had a fun going out in the pumpkin patch and hunting down our pumpkins at Ben's Giant Pumpkin Patch in Sugar Grove. We each got a pumpkin, even Spunt. Megan found a "princess" pumpkin. Steve picked out a huge pumpkin, but not a ginormous one like in the past (the prices were a little high this year).  We worked hard carving and decorating our pumpkins. They turned out scary, pretty or funny. Megan's princess pumpkin looked beautiful with lots of colors and fancy feathers. Trick-or-Treating was exciting for Megan who dressed as a princess. Matthew, a spider, could have cared less. He had no interest going up to a strangers door and talking. This was the first year Megan really understood that she could go up to a house and get lots of candy. She tired out easier than I thought she would. Maybe she wasn't tired, maybe she just wanted to go home and eat her candy before Mommy did. Unfortunately some of the houses with creepy decorations scared her a little. It also didn't help that some older kids had some monster costumes on and tried to freak her out. I think that was part of the reason she quit early and didn't want to go out again after dinner. Poor Megs. When we got home she enjoyed giving out our old, crappy, parade candy to the kids that came to our door.  All in all it was a really nice Halloween. The weather was perfect, there were no tears, the kids had fun, our pumpkins didn't get smashed and I got lots of chocolate that might last me a week!