Is it over?

WOW, this has been a busy day!

The first thing Keaton said when he woke up this morning..."Is it Halloween? When do we Trick or Treat?" That was at 6:45 in the morning! I heard it about a million times after that.

Tatum's school had their Pumpkin Celebration today. I went up to help and was assigned cookie decorating. Each class came in, got some icing and sprinkles for their pumpkin cookie, decorated it and then ate it. There were sprinkles all over the floor and my hands smelled like sugar when it was all done. I had a great time! It really made me miss being in the classroom :-(.
When Tatum and I got home, Weston was very fussy. Jarrek said the whole time I was up at the school he cried. The minute I walked in and he saw me, he stopped. What a mamma's boy! So I was thinking...I'm home, he will be all better now. Wrong. Anytime I was out of sight he cried. It was sweet for a little while then got kinda disturbing. I had to vacuum so I did what I always said I would never do and what I kinda made fun of other people for doing (sorry if you do this)...I vacuumed with Weston strapped to me in his Baby Bjorn . Let me tell you, it is not easy to vacuum with an extra 16 pounds strapped to your chest. I was sweating by the time I was finished!
While Jarrek and I were picking up, Tatum and Keaton were in the back yard spraying silly string. Once it was all gone, they balled it all up and made 'food' using the string, pool water and dirt. They worked on their culinary masterpiece for about an hour.

So, the house was clean and Ma, Pa and Mamaw were on their way over. They came to see the kids and pass out candy while we Trick or Treated. The kids were super excited to see them. We got dressed and headed off to get some candy. Keaton was surprisingly scared of the people in masks. He would tighten his grip on my finger when someone with a mask walked by. One house we went to "scared the beejesus" out of Tatum and Keaton (those were Keaton's words). There was a boy dressed up as a scary clown (really, aren't all clowns scary?) and was sitting on the porch like a decoration. When the kids walked up he moved and screamed. I saw it coming, apparently the kids didn't. Tatum screamed like a girl and Keaton just ran and tried not to cry.

We headed home so they could pass out candy which they enjoy almost more than getting their own candy.

All in all it was a pretty good Halloween. Weston made it the whole time with out fussing. Of course, he was again strapped to my in the Baby Bjorn.

I like Halloween, but am glad it's over.