Halloween 2009

So, notice the lack of pictures for Halloween 2009.

I don't have any, that's why. I am not sure if it was my lack of enthusiasm for this specific holiday that then rubbed off on the kids, or if all of the ghosts and goblins around town scared them, or they just didn't care, but we just weren't into it. I was trying to be a "good mom" and started asking them what they might want to be, no answers, I was not going to push it, why buy a costume if I don't have to, right!

Braidens school didn't do dress up, they had a nursery rhyme party instead so everyone in his class wore pajamas. Pajamas we have, so I dodged a bullet then.

And Trevor, oh how I love this kid, thought getting into a costume was the dumbest thing we have ever told him (he is so his dad's child). He was NOT going to wear a costume to school, but I felt bad if he went and all the kids were in a costume and he wasn't, so I packed a train engineer dress up outfit in his backpack. He walked into school, and as all the kids are in their costumes he pulls his out of his backpack and shows everyone and then puts it back in, never putting it on (I guess he did put it on for a little of the party later but he was Not going to wear it any longer than he had to).

Jeremy worked Halloween day, so it was up to me to take the kiddos trick or treating, still no costumes, we went through our dress up box and the boys decided on knights, like last year. Our friend Becca let Audrey borrow a lady bug outfit, so I just assumed that she wouldn't care, to which she didn't care UNTIL we got downtown and saw all the princesses, and then she was MAD!

Downtown, was a disaster!!! Audrey didn't want her costume on, then she froze and it was so windy she just cried the whole time. Braiden and Trevor did good, it was just to busy and I felt I wasn't being able to watch all three closely and felt a little overwhelmed. We didn't stay to long, just long enough for the kids to get "enough" candy.

A sweet story; I took the boys in to a Realtors office that had been converted int a spooky house for trick or treating, and I really flunked the good mother award. In my defence I did see people with their really little kids going in and out so I thought it was OK, needless to say I should have walked through it first. Braiden was trying to be brave but you could just see it in his face that he was scared, there were witches popping out of doors and scary music. THIS is exactly why I don't like this "holiday", crazy as it sounds I like my kids to sleep, and NOT have nightmares. Well, as I am starting to panic that he is going to have nightmares at night, Braiden Vary loudly started to rebuke everything. He kept saying "I am a child of God and this scary stuff does not scare me, Get out of here all evil, in the name of Jesus!!" I was so proud and I felt like all of our bedtime talks really have helped him.