Halloween

We had such great weather in October this year! perfect for a fun trip to the pumpkin patch.

But that never happened.

Every time I suggested it, the kids wanted to do something else. So I waited. Big mistake! Just when I thought I had the perfect day planned, the weather turn freezing cold. And both boys came down with a nasty cold. Just my luck ;)

So the only one who carved a pumpkin this year was Megan:

 My cousin always has a party/bonfire in October. It's a huge event with people coming and going all evening long. She has a pumpkin carving station on her back porch so we stopped at Kroger on the way and grabbed one for Megan. She was the only one of our gang interested in carving at the party. The other kids wanted to wait (ugh!). You can tell the weather was still great then! It was actually the perfect night for a bonfire!

I tried to talk our kids out of trick-or-treating this year. They have so many food allergies that there wouldn't be one piece of candy they'd be able to eat. That seemed like a waste. But they really wanted to so I agreed they could go if they donated their candy. That was fine with them! That just goes to show you that it's really all about the dressing up and the fun of running door to door, not as much about the candy.

They also wanted to invite some friends along this year. I know that was part of their reason to go. Who doesn't like running door to door dressed up and WITH FRIENDS?!? Our friends came earlier in the afternoon and the kids played while I chatted with their mother (a had a friend over too!) and made treats we could actually eat :)

These girls are so cute! Fiona was a fairy and Megan was an angel :)

 The boys had a Minecraft theme going. If you have children, I'm sure you know what Minecraft is! Finn was Steve, Nick was a creeper, and Brandon was an Enderman. So fun!

 The whole gang:

They had so much fun together! The weather was lousy though, especially if your costume is made out of card board and paper ;) But they put coats on and we all went out anyway! The kids picked out their hard candy to put in their boxes for Operation Christmas Child and the chocolate is being donated to a food pantry.