Every year I am really good about setting up the Halloween decorations on October 1 when the kids are at school because I love to see their surprised faces when they come home. Well this year, it didn't happen. I just didn't feel like doing it and it just didn't seem important. In fact, we didn't even carve pumpkins. *gasp* I know. I dropped the ball, but you know what? I don't even think the kids cared because we did other fun things.
Our friends has a Trunk or Treat party at their home during the week so we decided to go to that since the weather wasn't too cold. They had yummy goodies for the kids along with hot chocolate and cider, a fire pit going and a about 20 cars that had their trunks decorated for the kids to get candy from. Isaac had to leave before the trunk or treating began because of wrestling and he wasn't too thrilled about it.
The Friday of that week, the kids didn't have school and Jim's work was having trick or treating there so I took the kids. They had fun going all around the office getting candy and seeing adults dressed up and their decorated desks. They also enjoyed the cookies for a treat. The kids came home with a major haul of the good candy; you know, the chocolate kind. No junkie dum dums or twizzlers there.
On Halloween, I made a huge pot of my chili and took it to our friends, The Songster's, home for a Halloween dinner party. There were a few families invited and the kids had fun being in their costumes together. We only went trick or treating to a couple houses as a whole group before we took the kids to an assisted living retirement community. I don't think the kids were too thrilled to see a bunch of old people, but the old folks sure loved seeing them. From there we packed up the kids and took them back to Cross Plains to trick or treat at the Walker's home and the Clark's home before we went to the Halloween House. This house is decked out with decorations and it is a huge hit with the whole village. The kids had fun walking around seeing all the scary stuff. Lastly we took the kids to Culver's haunted basement before receiving a free scoop of custard for every kid dressed up. Elizabeth was freaked out and shaking and William didn't like the masked figures. But they walked through it and I think enjoyed their frozen custard that much more. They each ended up with a gallon zip lock bag full to the brim with candy and Jim and I had fun "examining" all the candy after the kids went to bed.
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