Happy Halloween 2014

Why does Halloween candy rock these parent's world?

Because it basically supplies our holiday goody stock for the rest of the year. Some may say gross - others may say brilliant. If the dark chocolate color fades we just label it white chocolate. :) Yum.

After a couple days our kids forget their Halloween candy exists - The Beloved and I bag all of it up - and it, unbeknownst to the offspring, magically appears in Christmas stockings, Easter baskets, sugar craving parent's mouths - whatev.

Thank you Halloween creators.

The Beloved is the fun parent in this fam. 

I am more sporadic, unplanned fun -

The Beloved is  - let's dress up - make memories - and traditions fun.

Thinking of those things makes me desire a long rest.

This year The Beloved was in Portland over Halloween.

I desperately tried to convince my kiddos to forfeit trick-or-treating for an AWESOME movie! Yes! Who's with me?!

No one was.

I was a horrible saleswoman.  

So since they wouldn't go with my lame plan I took them trick-or-treating at the mall, tried bringing up the movie idea afterward, it was vetoed, and we ended up trick-or-treating with some families in our neighborhood.

Which is a good thing on many levels -

they had a ball,

I did too :),

plus what would we have done without our yearly stock-up of candy?

p.s. Little C really is part of our family. I included the last picture so you can see what occupies most of his time - he's in the background talking on the phone. 

Always. 

talking. on. the. phone.

On Halloween he opted for some friend time.

We missed his guts and I'm sure he secretly missed ours. 

Moo (frog) Ruckus (Red Power Ranger) Lou (Grim Reaper - he called himself a Greaper). :)

Our Sweet Poo Bear.
I could look at this photo forever -
I spoke to my mom yesterday and she says she pulls out her phone once or twice a day to see this cute picture.

Greaper.

Lou showing me his tattoos - Though awesome - check out my tween boy in the background.
Hi Little C! We love you. Hang up the phone and give us your mental presence once again because we miss you. - Love, Your Family.