Halloween 5.0

Since I stay practically seven months behind in everything I do, I thought I should share photos from last year's Halloween. Adrienne trick-or-treated with her little besties again this year. The kids are getting older, so they are easier to wrangle. They totally had the hang of it unlike the chaos from the year before. We just sat back and watched from the end of each house's driveway. And then we went home, sent them to bed, and ate the good candy. Because PARENTS. 

Oh, and here they are from the year before's Halloween! Gosh, they are growing.

Halloween 4.0

Each year I tell myself I am not doing Halloween again. Ever. Sorry, kid. I'm done. And then by the time the next October comes around I'm all like, awe you are going to be so super duper cute in this outfit! Let's go trick or treating!

Then we do. And after my frizzled (is it too late for coffee, never mind, I'll take two bottles of pinot then) mind clears from the said hype of Halloween, I vow to never do it again, again. 

This Halloween it rained and poured, but I knew Adrienne's little heart would have been straight crushed if we didn't solicit candy from strangers at night. Because that always makes total sense. So, we braved mother nature and met up with her little friends. Everything started off fairly sane, but then it started getting harder and harder to keep up with our massive gang of tiny-sized humans.

By the end of the sugar fueled run, Adrienne was walking like a glossy-eyed zombie baby, while shoveling as much candy into her mouth as humanly zombiely possible. I was about to short circuit from stepping in twentybajillion puddles and, well, from the madness of it all. I was whining and over it. I needed to go back home. To my wine. And solitude. And we did.

Thanks, Halloween, for always being on point for parents.

Read about last year's Halloween by going HERE.

I once again put her Mud Pie tutu under her bumble bee costume, because we love the poof. Wings are from the Dollar Tree. She also wore Jefferies knee-high socks and Circo glitter shoes.

Halloween 3.0

Trick or treating this year was a tad better than last year's. I didn't have to carry a then almost two year old around by myself in the swarms of candy fueled humans like the previous year. This year William came with us. It was actually his first time ever to go door to door asking strangers for candy. His parents didn't believe in all that jazz when he was a youngster. After Wednesday night's headache, I can totes see why his parents didn't.

We got Adrienne dressed up, then we met our friends. We all piled into one vehicle and headed out into the unknown to the Halloween festivities  The first stop was a jam packed church function that had the jumpy houses, food, and mini games for the kiddos. Adrienne was basically a space cadet, trying to take in as much as possible, not watching where she was going, and mos def not listening. Basically the norm. It was like we were herding squirrels. I mean, you know what I mean. Impossible.

We left that jaunt after our bellies were full and balloon animals were made. We were ready to walk up and down rando streets and tell our kids to run up to doors and demand candy. I haven't been actual trick or treating since I was around eleven. I couldn't even remember what to do. The lights on mean they are handing out candy, right? No? They aren't coming to the door? Bang harder kids! 

Towards the end of this holiday night, it was cold, and we didn't have the energy of these kids who we were trying to drag in the right directions. The houses were giving out one piece of candy per kiddo ::blink blink:: and we had had enough. It was time to go home and check the candy basket for the good stuff that we needed to confiscate, because, well, that's our job.

Next year, I'm pretty sure we are just dressing our tiny sized human up and hiding candy in our yard. Like Easter. Sans eggs and headaches. Win. Win.

I put her Mud Pie tutu under the Big Bird costume, making it more puffy. I added a long sleeve pink shirt, hot pink stockings, and her Garanimals hightops. I was pretty pleased with the cuteness.

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween! 

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