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Halloween was kind of a big bummer for me this year. Only Dusty and Bryson were going to be dressing up. Jordan is too old for trick or treating and was just planning to hand out candy. Bry is in student council and they trick or treat for non-perishable food items for the food pantry every year. Steve was surprised that Dusty was still going to trick or treat. I had to remind him that Dusty is still only 12 years old! But with his size and maturity, we both tend to forget that he is as young as he is. He has always been years beyond his actual age! Anyway, Bry made her costume this year. She went as Batgirl. She found the idea on Pinterest and being a huge fan of superheroes, she fell in love with it. Dusty was torn on what he wanted to do. Normally we do something that involves a box or something that is hard for him to get around in alone. But..... since he is 12 this year, there was a no mom's allowed trick or treat rule, so we had to come up with something that he could maneuver around in without me helping him. BOOOO! So, we wandered around the Halloween store looking for ideas. He was first going to be a zombie redneck, but his sister was coming up with all kinds of extravagant makeup ideas and he decided that he didn't want to do that anymore. I was in the aisle the caveman costumes and remembered that I had seen some ideas for a voodoo witch doctor, so he decided that was a cool idea. We got him a hula skirt, wig, lots of skeleton stuff and makeup (he still wasn't thrilled about the makeup, but it was far less than what Bry had planned for the zombie redneck!), but we couldn't find a skull staff. So, the kids found a "pimp cane" and a foam skull so we could make our own skull staff. We had to make a stop at Hobby Lobby for feathers because Bry wanted to weave feathers into his wig. The staff turned out easy to make. I just cut part of his hula shirt off and glued it around the gold part of the pimp cane. I had to dig a little hole in the bottom of the foam skull, but it fit right on to the end of the cane. Then I was just able to poke the feathers into the foam. Turned out pretty cool! I wanted to dress up the skirt a little, so I glued some fake bones and feathers around the waist of the skirt. It ended up being very cold for trick or treat, so he had to wear a shirt and long pants. In fact, I made him wear a thermal shirt under his regular shirt! Now, here's where I get bummed out... I knew he was going to want to go off trick or treating with his friends, but I thought he would still do the downtown parade and costume contest with me. So, I went in and told him we needed to start getting him ready to go downtown and he said, "I don't want to do the parade this year". It was like a punch to the gut! I have known this day was coming. My baby is 12. I knew my fun Halloween days were coming to an end, but I wasn't quite prepared for it to be this year! Halloween has always been one of my favorite days of the year. I love making the kids costumes and going trick or treating. :( So, I sulked for a little while, then pulled my big girl panties up. The good part about not going downtown was that I was able to see Bry and gets pics of her before she headed out. I dropped her off with her group, then Dusty and I headed to my dad's. They always have family over on Halloween. The kids that don't want to trick or treat hand out candy and the adults just hang out. My stepmom always has snacks and they usually get pizza. At least that part was fun! Steve and Jordan hung around here, so they could hand out candy in our neighborhood. Well, Jordan did for awhile. Until he ditched his dad when his friend came by. They ended up at Dad's house too. Dusty met up with his friends from over there. And I watched my baby take off and ditch his momma on Halloween! Almost as bad being stood up at the prom!For the record, that is just a reference. I was never stood up at the prom! :) In the end, we ended up with a TON of candy left over. Steve said we hardly had any trick or treaters. Nobody else around us had their lights on and if you are driving by, who wants to drag your kids out of the car for one house? There weren't as many at my dad's house either. I am assuming the cold weather didn't help much. My stepmom sent us home with most of their leftover candy and after we added that with what we had left, we had WAY more than what we started with! Kit Kats and Heath bars beware! You have a sad, bummed out momma coming for you!
P.S. On a great note, Bryson said the student council ended up with lots of food for the food pantry!
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| People were surprised when The Sullivan's didn't have any blood and gore this year. Just some skulls and bones! And a cute little Batgirl! :) |
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| I put this thing out on the porch on Halloween night. It has a sensor in it, so if somebody walks by, the eyes light up and it makes scary noises. However, it wouldn't work. Not sure if the sensor was messed up or the batteries were just bad, but it wouldn't work. That was until this morning at 6:15 as I was stumbling out the door, half asleep to take Bry to catch the bus for Indy to the state student council convention. Scared us to death when that thing went off. Guess the joke's on me!!! |
