Halloween!

Halloween finally came. After 2 months of trunk or treating, pumpkin painting, pumpkin patches and get togethers, it was finally Halloween! It had been a busy weekend, prior to Halloween Monday. Most notably on Saturday, we ate dinner with the Niebuhrs and did a little trick or treating in their neighborhood. But, since actual Halloween was a Monday, only my early piano lessons came and the kids stayed home (instead of going to my mom's like they normally do). Brian took the afternoon off and he and the kids went outside and carved pumpkins while I taught my few lessons. I can hardly believe it was nice enough to carve pumpkins outside, but it was!! Uncle Wes, Aunt Kara and Sebastian came over and ate a quick dinner with us then Brian took all 4 kids trick or treating in the neighborhood. I stayed home and answered the door for trick-or-treaters. When they got home, we hopped in the car and went to my mom and dad's house. We were supposed to have gone over there Sunday night for dinner and trick or treating their neighborhood, but my mom came down with the stomach flu, so we didn't go. So, we had to go show off our costumes to them and their neighborhood friends. We got home and the kids went to bed, and it was surprisingly not too late (around 8 or so!). Not too bad, we fit in all our Halloween festivities and still got to bed on time. And, they were surprisingly not tired or grumpy the next day!