Halloween 2013

The week or so before Halloween is always crazy. We have school parties, trick or treat, boo at the zoo, etc. etc. etc.  Here is a recap of the Halloween season.

This year since I was like 38 weeks pregnant there wasn't much I could really do.  I worked at our Homecoming football game for the Levy Committee the night before we were to go to Boo at the Zoo.  Bad idea.  I came home after the game and could barely move.  Thankfully Paul is a trooper and took the kids in the rain and on his birthday without me.  Also thanks to Ashley who went along on the trip to help out!

Our next stop on the Halloween train took us to Dussel Farm to get our pumpkins.  We always go every year and get the obligatory pictures.  Some of us cooperate. Some of us don't.

That week the girls friend Milyn came over to carve pumpkins with them.

The Thursday before Halloween was Rylee's party at school.  I was able to go with Doc McStuffins that day.  She still acts pretty shy if I'm in the room and did not want to play the game they had set up.  She did partake in the dessert portion of the party though. :)

That weekend was Trick or Treat.  Another event I wasn't really able to participate in since I was not going to walk around the neighborhood at 38 weeks pregnant.  Ashley and Corey came over to help out and along with their help, Paul took the kids to all the houses.  Thankfully this year it was not raining and freezing like it is most years.

Finally during my many trips to L&D, Morgan had her Fall Festival at school.  I was scheduled to go but due to my circumstances, Paul ended up going for a little bit in the morning with her.  Kindergartners don't get to dress up in their costumes but they can dress up as farmers.  Morgan was not happy about that at first but warmed up to the idea when she found out she could have braids in her hair.

All in all this year was very fun and very tiring (for mommy at least).

Halloween Party and ToT

Our weekend of Halloween festivities started off at Morgan's preschool party.  Unfortunately, Rylee woke up with a fever that day so she couldn't attend as planned.  Thankfully Grandma and Grandpa showed up to save the day!  Instead Tenley and I met Paul at Morgan's school.  They start off the party by doing a parade in the downstairs of the church (her classroom is upstairs) and then take a class photo.

Then we head back upstairs to eat and then play games and do crafts.  This year it was a pizza party with chips and cheese puffs. Yum!

Morgan's BFF

After the pizza party, the kids got their dessert of cookies and juice and started on their crafts.  Afterwards they all played Bingo and got their treat bags. I'm so glad Paul and I have flexibility with our work schedules that we don't have to miss these moments.

That following Sunday was ToT in our neighborhood.  It was miserable.  The weather was awful thanks to Hurricane Sandy and my girls were not feeling it.  Turns out the reason two of them weren't feeling it and were a general whiny mess was because they had Hand, Foot and Mouth.  On Friday, Rylee woke up with a fever and Tenley started to get one that afternoon.  After 24 hours it went away but man were they still crabby.  I thought Tenley was getting teeth since she was drooling a ton.  Fast forward to Monday and they both had rashes all over.  We took them to Akron Childrens since it was impossible to get them in anywhere else.  My kids have never had Hand, Foot and Mouth before so I didn't know anything about it.  The doctor did tell us that the rash comes at the end of the illness which meant that it was basically over.  While Tenley was being examined they noticed her left ear was infected so thankfully we caught that and got some antibiotics.  Knowing all of that now, you can imagine how fun ToT-ing was for everyone.

It's a miracle I got them all to look at the camera that day!

Tenley was very confused by Rylee's wig.  She kept giving her the eyeball.

This is what happens when I tell Rylee to get closer.  I meant to her sisters, not my camera.

Paul took Tenley around to our immediate neighbors so they could see her in costume and then brought her back.  It was too cold and she was just not happy.  Mackenzie ended up coming over and joining Mo and Ry since there wasn't much ToT happening in her neighborhood.  I stayed at home with T while the rest of them headed out. They weren't gone that long and when they came back they were soaked. They were just happy that they got candy and continued eating it by the fistfuls.  Better them, then me.