We did our best to really stretch Halloween out this year. We had a daily countdown going for at least the past 15 days and yesterday, we were all in costume by 2:00 pm.
I’m so glad I snagged a picture when we all felt fresh because the craziness began not long after. Let me present to you our most memorable Halloween moments of 2016!
Throwing a Halloween party and at start time having not a single soul there except for the magician, face painter, and my own kids.
Talk about my nightmare come to life. Throwing parties stresses me out and hearing the first child who arrived ask to go back home because no one was there pretty much had me considering reaching for a glass of wine at 3:00 pm (I refrained). Fortunately by the time the magic show started, the place was full- phew. Lucky for us because The Magic Man puts on an incredible show! Charlotte locals, if you need an engaging, truly magical act, give Todd a call.
Watching Hailey commit to painting her entire face green.
I made her promise me she really wanted it two times before going in the chair. And she loved it.
Walking over a mile away from our house and then having Kaitlyn tell me she had to go potty. (And not #1)
I ran, carrying Kaitlyn on my hip, to try and find a house with someone home. I flew past 12,000 steps on my fitbit, then past 13,000 steps when we finally found a kind stranger who let two witches come into her house and use her bathroom. Never a dull moment.
Watching both kids love the haunted garage in our neighborhood and ask to go through it over and over again.
It’s quite the impressive garage set up with flashing lights and spooky sounds. Not a single scream from the girls, just giggles. They don’t get that from me.
Pushing it further than we should and watching David pull both kids, crying, in the wagon into our driveway at roughly 9:30 pm.
Because a sugar high will only last you so long.
All in all, a successful Halloween in the books. But a quick note for the future- Halloweens on a Monday are not for the faint of heart. I’m wishing all the parents of over-sugared, over-tired kids (myself included) the best of luck with the rest of their week!
Now tell me– how was your Halloween?
What was the best costume you saw?
I saw some tweens dressed up as Alvin, Simon and Theodore- adorable!
And a Trump & Hilary duo too- ’tis election season!
Nadia North says
Couldn’t agree more- Monday night Halloween is scarier than anyone could have imagined! Give extra love to your kids’ teachers and all the moms&dads today! The best costume I saw was two baby chicks in a pen (twin boys) – adorable!
Jackie says
Best halloween i saw was at work – unicorn horn (all glittery) + corn shirts. Took me a minute to get it – then i realized “uni+corn”. 🙂 i may have had to interrupt a meeting to comment on the cleverness!
Brittany Dixon says
Oh I love clever costumes!! That sounds like a really cute one 🙂
Erin @ Her Heartland Soul says
What cute little witches!
Julie says
Loved this post! Hilarious! Halloween is not complete until someone has a meltdown… bahaha! The most “memorable” costume I saw (& the 1st & last time I asked what someone was!) was a little girl (8yo?) who had a gray sweatshirt & sweatpants on w/ all this green mesh swirled & attached around her. She told me she was a fart! :O
Heather says
I stayed home to hand out candy while our kiddos went with their dad, uncle and cousin. They were so excited and lasted longer than I thought they would! We had a few munchkins pose for pictures with our inflatable vampire Mickey Mouse in the lawn, so I’m glad I ended up picking that up on clearance last year. 😉
However…
I’m not looking forward to hearing how the day went when I go get the kiddos from preschool. We had 1 major meltdown and I got kicked in the face trying to get someone in their car seat.
sherry says
Loved all the pictures and Hailey’s green face! And thank goodness for a kind neighbor to let two running witches into her house!
Christine says
Agree – Halloween on a Monday is TOUGH! It was our first time trick or treating with our almost 2 year old. He absolutely LOVED it! But after 12 or so houses he was getting sloppy, didn’t want to pick up his feet to walk – didn’t want to sit in the wagon or be carried either, hahaha. We went trick or treating with neighbors and did enjoy watching the kids get candy. And I was so impressed with how polite other children were when trick or treating!
Favorite costume was one I saw on Facebook of a young gir (9 or 10?) dressed as a tired mom – she had bags under her eyes, spit up on her shirt, holding one baby and another baby wrapped around her leg! hahaha All she needed was a cup of coffee !