Halloween

Attempt at group picture

Grandma reading to the kids - Robby was hot.

This pasta is so yummy, and it's EASY my kids love it.
It's chicken, mixed veggies, dry ranch dressing
and butter. It takes about 10 min. from start to
finish and my kids LOVE it.

The cauldron - this was funny it scared Miles

Scary yummy food!

Robby and Isaac are best friends and cousins.

Buggy - she went back to the punch bowl all night,
and when we got home, it may have been spiked,
she was bouncing off the walls.

My little monster, being him.

A minute later, probably after a bribe to smile
He is the cutest monster in the whole world.

Risi's costume ended up being my favorite,
"Marisa Mayhem"
I'll try to get a better picture on Friday.
She came up with this all on her own.

This years Halloween party was AWESOME. Mostly, because I haven't spent a dime on costumes. I told the kids we were not buying anything this year. No one complained. They were very creative, even spiderman has on a cape he made at a birthday party. Miles is the blue monster, very fitting, and Marisa came down the stairs very excited about her choice to be "Marisa Mayhem" I was relieved, because her first choice was Miss America. Praises be, to Miss Mayhem instead. Maya used a dance costume and was kind of a dog-witch??? Who knows, who cares, they got dressed up, were able to wear some make-up and Grandma did her thing. Which is food, dinner and an entire dessert buffet. This really is the only part of Halloween I enjoy. My mom does an amazing job every year. She was such a great 'holiday mom' as I was growing up. And, now she is the perfect 'holiday grandma' which is very fortunate for my children, because I am terrible. Just today, Risi asked me if we could get out our Halloween decorations. I sort of looked at her like she was crazy, because Halloween is pretty much here. I really thought I had dodged that bullet, and oh, don't worry, for me it feels like a bullet. My response to her was asking her what she thought about getting Christmas out on Monday, after Halloween. Yeah, she didn't go for it. So, thank you mother, I absolutely love you for providing my children with fun nights like tonight. I don't just think of this holiday as one I could do without, I really don't like it. Read last year's rant. Feelings haven't changed, only become a little more charged.

In the meantime, I'm eagerly awaiting turkey time.