Halloween wrap-up!

It has been a busy busy month! So quick that I barely noticed it was Halloween and then it was over. Here is our Holiday Weekend summary, complete with pictures!

Friday was an awesome day spent with close friends. I think it was the perfect day for a kid. We made cookies, we made caramel apples, they played in the snow.But mommy-story here. This was the first time my son has actually understood decorating the cookies.....or so I thought. His definition is completely different from mine!! He took one cookie that I had frosted, (I think we convinced him to partially decorate two others, it was mainly just the one), and then he put sprinkles on it...and licked the sprinkles off. Put more sprinkles on...licked them off. Need more icing (here mom!), sprinkles, lick, repeat. He did this the WHOLE time the other kids decorated all the other cookies! And the apples. Silly little guy. He couldn't decide between red or green, so he ate one of both! After all that, he NEEDED to get outside!  It was actually the first time my son has ever really played in the snow. He rolled down the hill, made his first snow angel, and threw his first snowball.  Then we finished our huge spider pumpkin! Perfect.

 All those cookies, and he only did ONE!

Little man making his snow angel

 

Our Pumpkin Spider

And of course Saturday was Halloween. We took the kids to the local zoo event to trick or treat, then to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner, and my son's very VERY first real trick or treating (1st year he was too young, and last year he was still in the hospital). He was awesome. He got it right away, and kept asking to ring the next doorbell. He got to go with his cousins, so he even got to go up to the doors all by himself! He told people he was a dog, he took three pieces of candy, and they let him because he was so stinking cute. He ran and slushed in snow. My heart was so full it almost burst!

Looking at animals with grandpa at the zoo.

 

Little lady finally can see the big monkeys, however, the kids in costume were apparently more interesting!

My little man's first official trick-or-treat!

Playing with his favorite puppy, who really wanted little man's fake bone!

I will admit, though, as I watched my son start to WALK IN to the first house, I realized how crazy this idea is. Here you go, kiddo! It is FUN to ring random doorbells and ask for tricks or treats. And then, you get to take candy from a stranger. And it is cute when you tell that stranger your name. Sheesh. A kidnapper's dream.

But Halloween is different than when I grew up. Only every 4th or 5th house didn't have the light on. Now every 4th or 5th house DOES! Everywhere you looked was a group of trickor treaters. We saw three other groups. My mom had ONE set of kids while we were gone. Remember the lines? You would actually have to WAIT to get candy at houses. Not any more! I remember my parents looking for open candy and home made treats, throwing them out. Now you have to look at the packages for holes. What has happened to Halloween?!?
So, with this is the end of trick or treats, but no worries my friends. From now until Christmas I will be having a gift buying guide, showing you fun giveaways, frugal and fun ideas, and where to get some great deals!

What is your fun mommy-story from this Halloween?