Our Sweet little Lady bug and Spider... a family full of creepy crawly things.
This has been a week full of parties! It all began with our church Chili Cookoff in which I won the Spiciest chili award. I know you never thought I would be the one for that award, and actually I was praying that it tasted alright, because I refused to taste it. I got the recipe from a neighbor who described it as "so hot you need a package of Tucks afterwords". From what I hear, she may be right. At the cookoff, the kids also got to play some games and trick or treat. The highlight for Buster was snagging desserts off the dessert table. On Tuesday, KB had a party at preschool where we made the cutest pumpkins and spiders I have ever seen, and we had a lunch full of Halloween foods. Finally we end with the big shabang, of dinner in a pumpkin, candy all day, donuts, and of course Trick or Treating! I have to say that Halloween is not one of my favorite holidays, but having kids is really helping me enjoy it. Tonight we had dinner with some friends and then went trick or treating in this awesome neighborhood, most of the houses were all decked out in Halloween attire, and the residents all sit on their front porches. We didn't even have to knock for our candy. We scored 2 buckets full of candy. KB loved it until she got tired, but even then as long as we carried her in between houses she was happy to collect more candy. In fact she would get her candy and then sit there as if she expected them to give her more. She would watch very closely to see what her friends got, and would finally move on when mommy or daddy told her to say "Thank You". Now Buster, he did not want to get that close to the strangers but would hold his bucket if you carried him. Shortly after we began trick or treating he started throwing the hugest fit. Finally we realized as long as his mouth was stocked with candy he was good. In fact at one point during the night he wanted to just plant himself in front of his bucket and eat. I loved hearing the kids complain about how HEAVY their buckets were.
So it's a good thing Halloween is a time to relish in all the junk we can put into our bodies. Let me just tell you a little about my junk food boy. Today he ate some Maple sugar oatmeal, and yogurt, and a few granola/fruit bars, pretty good so far right? Well the rest of his diet consisted of pumpkin muffins/bread, candy and the .... Sugar Cookie. Everywhere I went there was something yummy for my kids to eat, and Buster being the junk food junkie he is, spotted them all. I realize I'm in charge, but hey it was a holiday. Besides, could you deprive a boy out of this much pleasure?
