Halloween

Okay, I've tried over and over to upload the Halloween pictures and over half of them aren't working, but that's okay, they'll work just fine for my blog book ;)

We had a fun Halloween. I went into Alissa's class for their Halloween party and ended up meeting and chatting with a lady in our neighborhood the last half of the time while the other moms did their activities with the class. The kids had a blast with BINGO, word finds, egg walks and more.

After school, the kids were pretty anxious to get out and go trick-or-treating. Zach and his friends ran from house to house getting pictures with "this mom and that mom" and they were itching to go. As soon as I gave the kids dinner and took MY pictures, Zach was off. It's weird to be a mom when the time comes when they would rather be with friends. It happens, I know, but it's new and different for this momma!

Alissa was running back and forth from our house to Katelyn's house and we had some drama unfold for a little bit. Mindy, John and the boys wanted to come over, but I didn't know the plan. I knew Zach wanted to be with friends and Alissa wanted to go with Katelyn. Alissa and Katelyn had the plan to go out and Alissa was waiting over at our house, when she saw Katelyn's dad and Katelyn drive away. We assured Alissa that if he said she could go, he wouldn't just leave with out her. Non the less, Alissa was in tears. A few minutes later, they pulled back in and then it was time for Katelyn to have tears. She was sad about her clown smile and it looked liked the girls weren't going to go out and Alissa would be "stuck" with mom, Mindy and the boys. When all seemed to be lost, Katelyn and her dad walked over to take Alissa with them down the road to a few houses.

Mindy, John and the boys showed up minutes later and we waited until Alissa came back and headed out. Half way through, we saw Zach and his friends and Zach joined us for the rest of the night. At the end of the night, the kids got to divvy up their candy and trade it in for some predetermined alternatives. Zach wanted money and Alissa wanted stuffed animals, so it all worked out great. Zach only kept 4 of his candies and Alissa chose to keep all 10 that we told them they could keep. It was a fun night.
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