Halloween Fun

I am a big fan of Halloween, mostly due to my sweetheart. I was somewhat indifferent to Halloween before I met him. His birthday is in October, and Halloween has always been a favorite of his. His enthusiasm has been contagious, and I now love the holiday too. What's not to love - a holiday where you buy no gifts, prepare no huge meal, have no familial travel expectations? All you do is dress up and eat massive amounts of candy - that is a notion I firmly endorse.

We started the holiday on Thursday with Hardy's preschool party. It was fun to watch the kids in their costumes, eating pizza and having fun. Ellie had a blast playing in his classroom.

This year I lost my mind - I volunteered to host our playgroup Halloween party. It seemed like a good idea, and you can't not have a party, right? And I somehow convinced myself that a lot of the mommies would not be able to make it. I ended up with 31 people (adults, children, and babies) in my 1,400 square foot house, celebrating the day with abandon.

It was a lot of fun, actually, and the weather cooperated fully. It was a gorgeous fall day. We decorated bags for a Halloween hunt (fancy term for candy hunt). We hunted candy, chased ghosts around (white balloons that the wind obligingly blew all over the back yard), played spider web and pin the smile on the pumpkin. We ate tons of yummy food (those mommies know how to potluck!) and enjoyed a little adult company for awhile. The kids were adorable in their costumes.



That afternoon, as if the day was not busy enough, we went trick or treating on the Square. That, for me, is the highlight of Halloween in Murfreesboro. Lots of kids, lots of cool costumes, and lots of costumes. This year was Ellie's first year of actual trick or treating, and she embraced it willingly. She walked around the Square like a trooper. She even kept her ears on.



The next day was actually Halloween, the third day of our ongoing celebration. After naps, we dressed the kids up and took them to Nashville to see my parents. They were given huge goody bags and cookies, because heaven knows there was not enough sugar in this house! After we returned home, Hardy and Justin ventured out for his first year of trick or treating in our neighborhood. He got a good haul, and had a lot of fun.

After 3 full days of Halloween, I am glad the fun is over. I've come down from the sugar high, and am ready for normal life again!