Halloween

I think that my kids growing up is helping me to get some of my sanity back...well maybe a tiny bit. I always wanted to make Halloween fun for my kids, but it always ended up stressful for me...figuring out costumes, make up, school parties and trick-or-treating. I have always ended up grumpy with a BAD headache despite my efforts. For a few years I kept hoping that it would get better, but it didn't...until this year! I let my kids choose their own costumes (from our overflowing dress up box). I told them if it wasn't in there they would have to figure something else out. To my great surprise they did it! I didn't even mention make up and no one asked! Yeah! So far so good. My two oldest did their own thing with their friends...so they took care of themselves. I only had to take the 3 youngest out trick-or-treating and I didn't even mind that Dave got home later than he usually does. We went around our neighborhood with some friends and the only glitch was that Kent got REALLY thirsty about 1/2 through. My friends came through with some water bottles and we went on, until they didn't want to carry their candy anymore because it was too heavy. A sure sign to me that we have had enough! On to Dave's parent house and home to bed!!!