Friday, February 10th, 2012

We want candy!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Here are some pictures of Halloween at school this week of Ethan and Jamie with their friends (Ben has been sick since Wed so he just gets one day of Halloween today).

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Halloween and I’ll be sad when its over. It is definitely my favorite holiday. I love having the house decorated for Halloween and I think it will have to stay that way until next weekend to prolong the fun just a bit. I don’t understand some people who are grumpy about Halloween and who freak out over “what to do with the candy”! I keep seeing ideas for parents to sneak, bribe or steal their kids candy away and I think its nuts and kind of mean. We are going to go trick or treating tonight rain or shine and the kids can eat their candy. No restrictions, its just once a year and if they totally pig out and eat a ton of chocolate and sugar they will live and live happily! Who wants their kids to grow up remembering how they’d cry on Halloween after collecting candy only to have it taken away? I confess, I will pull out those awful tooth breaking stupid candy (like Laffy Taffy) but all the rest is theirs on eat. I have such fun Halloween memories from when I was a kid and I hope my kids will have even better memories! I’m so looking forward to tonight (and hoping it doesn’t rain). Oh and to make this Halloween extra memorable, Jillian decided to learn to walk today! She had been taking 1 or 2 little steps since her birthday last week but today (her due date last year) she is taking 6-7 steps at a time!