With all the thinking that I gave to a costume for Jake and I this year, I went to my sister-and-law's at 10am the morning of and just barrowed a few things to make quick costumes. Costuming four children took all of my halloween strength. Assembling costumes is a lot more work than just buying them premade. Next year I vow to go to the next step and actually pull out the sewing machine to make good costumes.
We had a lot of fun and the day went very fast. The morning was taken up with last minute costume finding, getting everyone dressed and getting Lucy a nap. The afternoon zipped by with getting Caleb to preschool and helping out at Lydia's school halloween party. In the evening we attended the ward halloween party (thank goodness dinner was provided because there was no time to cook anything), the ward trunk or treat and a little neighborhood trick or treating. It was a long day of costumes and candy and as much as I like the holiday, I was quite relieved when it was over.
We have an interesting "day after halloween" tradition. It's called "go candy wild." Other than keeping wrappers picked up, we have absolutely no rules. Candy for breakfast and candy all day long. It makes our children sick and grumpy, but it cures them of their love for candy. And it makes the post halloween candy supply go very fast. They get a little wreckless and they start tasting them and throwing them away after a couple of second. They share with neighbor friends. They do trades in which they really do not get a very good deal. All of this sounds pretty bad, but it ends in my favorite result, which is to have no more candy. We used to ration it out in a healthy and responsible way but it lasted forever that way. This way it is all gone in a couple of days. Yeah.
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Hehe! Same wavelength here. Tried to be healthy about it last few years and it was ridiculous. This year we let them have at it and it's Sunday and it's almost gone! Half in the trash at their choosing, half partially eaten then forgotten. Not to mention we went to a very rich neighborhood and learned that rich people don't really celebrate Halloween, so a lot of walking with half empty bags and the kids begging to go home. So all in all, it worked out perfectly! ;)
Love the Incredible Hulk costume. I'll have to remember that one. Bryton's probably outgrown it though. Can I send a girl as incredible hulk?? We've got to throw all the sugar out. It's definitely no good for ADD.
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