What a day yesterday was. It started out with a parade at school made up of all the kids in their costumes walking twice around the school. The oldest was a zombie and I have to say, the best zombie I’ve ever seen. He had glued on scars that looked as real as any in a movie. The youngest was as you know, an Angry Bird. There were two other Angry Birds, the principal and another kid but none looked as good as he did in the costume the misses made. Both boys definitely stood out. After the parade, the kids had party’s in their classrooms. In the youngest ones class, the misses was the “party mom”. She’s done a lot this year (and all the other years), as no one else volunteered. I can’t believe more parents don’t pitch in to help, what if the misses wasn’t there? After school, the youngest told me that Mom is “the best party mom ever”, so I guess it was a success. Maybe more people don’t do it since you end up spending your own money on party stuff.
We picked the boys up at 2:45 and headed home where they played a bit while waiting for the hour of trick or treating. We ran up to Grandma’s around 5pm to show her the boys costumes and she gave the boys a few pieces of candy and a wishbone necklace and a dreamcatcher for them to both share. The oldest one wore the necklace all last night and I’m sure the youngest will want it today. Hopefully it won’t cause too much of a fuss. I then left the misses at home to rest her back and headed out with the boys to get some loot. We walked a good mile hitting house after house until each boy had at least 5 pounds of candy. Maybe it was 10, I’m not sure but I did end up lugging both pillow cases full of candy up the hill on the way home. We stopped at Uncle T and Aunt B’s who of course had special bags with all the best goodies. By the time we made it home it was almost 7:30. Both boys began to sort and trade their candy and then as ours was running short with kids still ringing our bell, the youngest started donating some of his to the bowl to hand out. Somehow this concept steamrolled and both boys began giving away their candy to kids that showed up. At first it was the things they didn’t really want and then it evolved into giving away the best candy they had. By the time the night was over, the youngest had given away ALL his candy and the oldest one pretty much too. Could we have reached the point where candy is not that important anymore? Boy would that be nice. Mom and I jumped in and offered some sort of “credits” to be redeemed later for their generosity and good choices. They still have a little (what was left over in our family bowl) but have no regrets in giving away most all of the sweet stuff. When asked why, they said things like “it’s not really good for my body” and “I don’t like the way it makes me feel”. All we could think was WOW!
We all jumped into our bed and talked about the day while watching a little tv. We slept late as it’s almost 7am now. Today the snow arrives late, as much as 14 inches they say although it’ll probably be more like 4 or 5. The misses and I need to get all the Halloween decorations down, chop up the big branches in the back yard, clean the mud room and our bedroom, and if we have time, also tackle the garage. All this and get in full day of work, get to the gym, a trip to the bank and gas up both cars. Guess I’d better get going, huh.
One last thing, Aunt Robi did post her favorite costume and here it is,
| My favorite costume whas when I was a Pink Fink – mom made mine too! I had a pink and white sheet and a pink mop for my head and a big cardboard heart that said I’m a Pink Fink! It was so cute! |
Now I don’t know what a “pink fink” is but it sounds fun. We’re very disappointed that none of the rest of you participated. I mean how hard is it really to complete this one simple request, shame shame. If you were in school, there would be no gold stars for you!
Oh well, maybe no one reads anymore. Thank you Grandma Annette and Aunt Robi. If I missed any comments from some of you, I’m sorry but they didn’t show up.
Take care, have a great day and here comes Thanksgiving!