Halloweeng

I just love how Logan adds a “g” onto the end of Halloween.  It’s one of those little things that he mispronounces that I will never correct.  He’s got several of those, and I know before too long they will be gone.  So when he says “This Halloweeng candy taste-es really good”  I just smile.  I just love 6 year olds.

Anyway, I digress.

Another year of Halloween fun has come and gone, and I think the kids would tell you that this was the best Halloween ever.  For the first time ever, I took the kids to one of those big Halloween stores.  And I told them that they could pick out whatever costume they wanted.  That was a bold move on my part, and they really did a great job of picking out the perfect costumes.  Although, I was really pushing for Logan to get the Whoopie Cushion, but he just couldn’t be convinced.

Connor picked out Harry Potter.  Which then morphed into “just myself going to Hogwarts” because he didn’t want to be burdened with the HP glasses.  Then it morphed into a Harry Potter burglar which was thwarted when I couldn’t produce a ski mask for him to cut some holes in, and being the unreasonable mother that I am, I wouldn’t rush out to the store and buy one at 5:30 on Halloween night.  Then there was a little drama involving the Harry Potter cape and how it wouldn’t close up the way he wanted, and all of this drama eventually led to him digging around in his closet and putting on a Boba Fett costume that I got 75% off at Target last year after Halloween and then wrapped up and put under the Christmas tree.

The $30 on the Harry Potter costume was clearly money well spent.  It’s a good thing I love this kid so darn much.

Logan picked out Luigi, which I thought was perfect for him.  Although, if it had really been perfect, I would have let him carry around the “plumb” (aka the plunger and another word that I won’t correct…it makes perfect sense that a plumber would carry around a plumb, right?)  With the regularity that our toilets are clogged, and with as much use as our plunger gets, I just had to say no to him being anywhere near the plumb.

Camryn picked out Minnie Mouse, but not just any Minnie Mouse, a Minnie Mouse cheerleader.  She was so cute picking out her costume.  It was as if a light from heaven shone down upon the costume.  Once she saw it, there was nothing else for her to see.  She had found the one.

And, in what can only be described as a Halloween miracle, the three kids actually stood close to one another and let me take a photo of them!  I didn’t even have to bribe them.  It was a big moment.

I don’t think it was the costumes that made this the best Halloween ever.  I think it was the friends.

We met up with 3 other families for a really fun dinner and trick or treating.  It was such a blast!  We all brought different foods for a potluck, appetizer style.  And do I ever love appetizers!  Then, the dads took the kids around trick or treating while the moms sat in the driveway and handed out candy to the masses handful of trick or treaters that came by.  Then we switched roles.  While not many trick or treaters came by our spot, the kids all got tons of candy from the neighborhood.  It was certainly a Thurman family record.  Usually we don’t go out for very long (I’m that mean mom who still wants them to go to bed at a decent hour!)  But we stayed out longer this year, and the kids loved every second of it.

Truth be told, I think the grown ups loved it, too.  We’re already planning next year’s event which will include a pumpkin carving party at our house and costumes for the adults on Halloween.  I can hardly wait.  All my Halloween dreams could come true if I could just find that whoopie cushion costume, especially if I can find it on sale and make a Christmas present out of it.