Sunday, November 02, 2008
Well. . . we pulled off Halloween without too many hitches this year. The kids got loads of candy and we gave out just as much. This year was the first time the three big boys went trick-or-treating on their own. We gave them a one block radius, a cell phone, and set them free while Mark and I followed behind very slowly with the three babies. After twenty minutes or so I ran to catch up with the big boys to see how they were doing. That's when I caught Noah doorbell ditching someone's house. All three boys ran as soon as Noah rang the doorbell and started shouting, "Hurry, hurry! Hide!" I guess the plan was to play a trick first and then get their treat. I quickly put an end to their pranks, explaining that they were only allowed to play a trick on someone if they didn't give them a treat and not the other way around. (Ahh, come on Mom! What a party pooper!)
This year was also the first year we made a cemetary in our garden patch. I've been wanting to make one for years and the boys were so excited to have a place to hide and scare people. We put the cemetary in as soon as it was officially October and three days later someone decided to steal one of our tombstones. We were sorely disappointed. We pulled the entire cemetary out and decided to save it for Halloween in case the thief had plans of coming back for more. Friday, after the kids' school parade, Caleb and I reinstalled the cemetary, complete with a dug out grave filled with leaves where the boys could bury themselves and surprise trick-or-treaters.
 
As soon as the boys returned from trick-or-treating they hid themselves in the cemetary. And all night long they waited and waited and waited for someone to scare. I think Hunter was the only one that got a good scare out of anybody. Noah and Denver tried desperately to recruit trick-or-treaters and I even found myself calling out every once in awhile, "We've got candy!" But unfortunately, I think we missed the bulk of the trick-or-treaters while we were out trick-or-treating ourselves. Either that, or our cemetary was so daunting no one dared come too close.
The rest of the night the boys sorted their candy and I bought all of their Reeses Peanut Butter Cups for myself. We had homemade pizza and fed the missionaries. And Mark even finished carving his pumpkin. Of course we were all exhausted by the end of the day and are really glad we have an extra hour today to recover. That said, I'm not sure I'm going to like that it's dark here tonight at 4:45pm. Ugh! Connecticut's got the shortest days, ever!
posted by Shana # 6:42 AM 
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