Halloween was a great success. It was actually the most fun Halloween I've had with the kids (specifically Joey) yet. Joey loved saying 'trick or treat' and getting candy. Like, he loved it. And he happily wore his pirate costume! And whenever he'd look at Frankie in her butterfly costume, he'd say, "Aw, Frankie! You are just so cute!"
The morning of Halloween, we dropped Stuart's mom off at the Oakland Airport, so by the time we got to the morning trick or treat we'd already been driving a good hour and 45 minutes and were all itching to get out of the car.
I didn't tell any of my friends who were going to be there that we were going, because the Willow Glen trick or treat is an insane, chaotic event and I didn't want to have to try to stick together with them and I wanted to focus on the kids. I'm so glad I made that decision because Joey and Frankie were happy the entire time. Barnes and Noble had I guess donated a bunch of kids best sellers. It was amazing. Joey got an awesome 'Thomas and Friends Treasury' and Frankie got a super cute Eric Carle book. That was the highlight of the morning for this mama.
This was also the first year that Joey enjoyed (and even insisted on!) getting his face painted, and at lunch, the first time Frankie has eaten broccoli and enjoyed it. We had the best time at a restuarant together. It was chaos, but it was fun becuase the kids were being so funny and well behaved and I wasn't sick. The weather was perfect and the food was good! It was just the perfect morning with my kids.
When we got home, Frankie had a long nap and Joey had.... no nap. I'm pretty sure it's because I said, "On Halloween, you're allowed to eat as much candy and chocolate as you want. It's the only day that you're allowed." and so, as you can imagine, he was on sugar overload. Oops. My bad.
I really wanted him to sleep because we were planning to go to a tick or treating event at our church at 6 that evening and I knew it was going to be a late night. We all piled in the car around 6 o'clock, and as we were walking through the trick or treating line, a tired Joey says in an exhausted sounding voice, "I really shouldn't be here. I should be sleeping." Haha! Our poor little Joey!
Another first that happened this Halloween is that Joey got into a bouncy house full of kids, and I mean, packed, and didn't freak out. He was the one who suggested him going in. I couldn't believe it! He spent a good 20 minutes in there with rowdy older kids and had the time of his life. I was so proud of him for how brave he was!
When we got home, the kids were bouncing off the walls and being so funny and cute. Joey had eaten so much chocolate it was crazy, and so had Stuart and I, and Stuart and I were feeling sick and soooo hungry for real food. Luckily I had fed the kids a bunch of veggies and fruit before we went out, so hopefully Joey didn't feel too sick haha he didn't say he did, so I'm sure he was fine.
We didn't get the kids to bed until 9, which is crazy, but whatever. It was Halloween!
The End.
PS I have a bunch of pictures that I'll post later!
I really wanted him to sleep because we were planning to go to a tick or treating event at our church at 6 that evening and I knew it was going to be a late night. We all piled in the car around 6 o'clock, and as we were walking through the trick or treating line, a tired Joey says in an exhausted sounding voice, "I really shouldn't be here. I should be sleeping." Haha! Our poor little Joey!
Another first that happened this Halloween is that Joey got into a bouncy house full of kids, and I mean, packed, and didn't freak out. He was the one who suggested him going in. I couldn't believe it! He spent a good 20 minutes in there with rowdy older kids and had the time of his life. I was so proud of him for how brave he was!
When we got home, the kids were bouncing off the walls and being so funny and cute. Joey had eaten so much chocolate it was crazy, and so had Stuart and I, and Stuart and I were feeling sick and soooo hungry for real food. Luckily I had fed the kids a bunch of veggies and fruit before we went out, so hopefully Joey didn't feel too sick haha he didn't say he did, so I'm sure he was fine.
We didn't get the kids to bed until 9, which is crazy, but whatever. It was Halloween!
The End.
PS I have a bunch of pictures that I'll post later!
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