Happy Halloween

We had fun with Halloween yesterday. When I gave the kids a snack, I would say, "Okay! Who wants a skeleton bone?" (A banana) Or, "Yum! look! Cheesy worms!" (Macaroni and cheese). Mac did not like the pretending at all. He kept saying, "Mom! Could you please stop?!" However, Corrie loved it, and I think she actually thought she a was eating a leg bone at one point.  

We managed to accumulate plenty of pumpkins for our porch this year, and thankfully we found a way to decorate them without having to carve them. (We used stickers from the grocery store). I tried to get a picture of the kids sitting with the pumpkins, but they would not even look at me until they all started saying, "Booooooo," which Davey loved. 

We were invited to a Halloween party by a couple friends in my Bible study, and I was grateful for the opportunity since Ellis was working. 

I was glad that the kids were fine with choosing costumes out of our dress-up bin instead of buying them. I stuck Davey in a Cookie Monster onesie, and Corrie chose Elmo (Mac's costume from when he was 2). Mac chose the Batman outfit (size 2T). Corrie fit surprisingly well into the Elmo suit, but Batman was a bit of a stretch (no pun intended). 

I told Mac that it made him look like he had big muscles (it was ripping apart at the seams). The cape was tied on (the velcro was missing), the mask barely stretched around Mac's head (it was so tight that the eye holes were like little slits and he could not see out of them), and the legs only reached just below his knees...but it did not seem to matter to Mac.

When we got to the party, Mac was running around and kicking and chopping the air and jumping with his cape. In his mind, he was really Batman. He totally pulled it off. I chuckled when we ran into a 2-year-old with the same costume later that night. It was obvious how the outfit was supposed fit/look, but Mac didn't seem to notice any difference. His reaction was so sweet. "Mom! A little Batman! Now there are two!" He proceeded to walk next to the "Little Batman" and escort him to the next house for more candy. 

We tried to get a group picture of all the kids before going trick-or-treating, but I am sure you can imagine how it went. I was happy that all three of our kids were in the frame at the same time long enough to snap a picture.

In some ways I would like for Halloween to come a few times a week because of the opportunity for Mac to run and run and run for at least an hour straight. He has the time of this life, and I am so glad for an outlet for some of his energy.

Mac got a pumpkin flashlight at school earlier in the day, and it turned out to be the saving grace of the night for me.

I would have surely lost him amongst the darkness and crowds if not for my instructions to stand and hold his pumpkin up if he couldn't see us. (I am also glad he did not go blind from staring directly into it for hours).


In summary, the day definitely had its hard parts (none of the kids took a nap, and it was so hard for the kids to wait until the evening for costumes and candy!) But all in all, what the kids remember is having a ton of fun and getting to meet and play with some new friends.

I am grateful for those blessings!