Halloween and Beyond

Halloween was very good this year. The day started out wonderful by making popcorn balls with my Grandma. It is a tradition, she has done it as long as I can remember. She gives candy to the "regular" kids, but for us grandkids and great-grandkids she gives caramel popcorn balls. She was convinced that if she didn't make them that nobody would come trick-or-treating...she is so silly. She didn't feel very good this year, so my mom brought her to my house and I helped her make them while my mom took my Grandpa to the Dr. (this is my grandpa who has cancer)I had to snap a picture, because I never want to forget the wonderful morning we had together.
The weather was absolutely perfect, so that made it all the better!!! We had the same lady who always paints our kids faces do it again this year. She does SO awesome, and it is SO cheap ($3). Hallie was a Graveyard Fairy (The Mummy Fairy costume was sold out...) She ended up looking more like a Gothic something because she took off her fairy wings after the first picture we took. Gavin was a vampire bat. What ever happened to kids being things like a ghost, witch, cat...lol. They got pretty creative with their choices this year. He had these vampire teeth that he insisted on keeping in all night. The good thing was that he couldn't talk with the teeth in, so we had a very quiet vampire all night! Kayler was supposed to be a monkey. Well, the time came to put the costume on, and he FLIPPED out. He was NOT going to be a monkey. He repeated over and over, "I no be Monkey man, I no be Monkey man." So we laid out his other options, and he chose the Superman costume. He LOVED the candy but hated all the people and chaos so he spent most of his time in his car seat watching a movie. You will see the very last picture is of all the kids loot...it is disgusting to have that much candy... I put it in my 40 cup Tupperware bowl, and they haven't asked about it one time, is that weird or what! Of course I am going to seperate out the chocolate for me....they won't miss it! Anyways, we had a great time.
I had to go to Craig, CO for a Modbe party on Saturday, so G.J. got to be Mr. Mom, do yard work, and he even took the kids to the Rec. Center (not Kayler). It turned out pretty good, and someone even signed up under me to sell, so that was a plus. I love this time of year, minus the cold weather. I can't wait for Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. Have a great day!