I have officially made it
into November! I think it’s my
favorite month of the year. It’s
not just because it starts getting cooler and I can legitimately break out the
beanies to wear! I think it’s
because the spooky month of October is over. I am not a fan of scary stuff. I don’t enjoy the creepy ghost dangling from trees or
especially the headless horsemen that I have to pass frequently down the
street. I do embrace the spider
webs because it allows me to pretend that the ones around my house were there on
purpose! :)
I also have to outfit 5 Wogs
in costumes. It’s a daunting
task! Thankfully the older ones
are getting creative and don’t need as much help. Well, really Bubba is some form of a football person every
year! Bonnie gathered up random
florescent clothes and dug out my Swatch watch, big obnoxious 80’s earrings and
my Madonna bracelets and looked strangely like me at 13 especially with the
crimped hair! It’s a wonder I have
any hair left after scorching it by crimper so many times. Mags went the cowgirl route and I don’t
think I have ever seen a cuter one!
Honestly I think she picked it so that she could rock the high heel
boots! Annie wanted to be an
Olympic Swimmer, (just a preview of things to come!) and we dug out a Spiderman costume for Eddie. I have to say I probably should have
bought him a new one. His was
extra tight and possibly a little risqué had he been a few years older. LOL
The funny thing about this
year’s Halloween madness is that my kids didn’t really cause me much stress and
anxiety. Dan and I got invited to
a costume party and I spent more mental moments dealing with that. I know it’s a shock, but Dan was not
fond of many of my ideas. He was
resistant with the costume idea in general and kept saying he wasn’t wearing
one. I thought allowing him to be
Darth Vader would have been a life long dream to be able to choke people from a
far. Not that I would have been
dressed like Leia when she was Jaba’s slave. I would have been donning the white sheet dress and side
buns for sure! Wouldn’t want to
scar anyone permanently. I thought
for sure he would jump at the chance to be Jack Sparrow. Nope! 
I was a little stunned that he agreed
for us to be Woody and Jessie from Toy Story. Really? I
didn’t have much time to locate our costumes. Thankfully, I found a Woody kit that came with vest, hat,
bandana and sheriff badge. Of
course they had no such kit available for Jessie. I ended up having to pay way too much for a Jessie onesie
suit. I learned a valuable
lesson. Never take your mom to
shop for an adult costume. She
thinks I am adorable in whatever.
I got home and tried on my new Jessie costume and had a panic
attack. I am not 8 anymore and
wasn’t feeling super awesome in my onesie. Had I not been dealing with this last minute on top of 6
other kid activities I would have been cutting out my own cow print chaps and
wearing my own comfortable jeans but sometimes you just gotta go with the
onesie! When I put the costume on
for Dan who was near sleep, zoning out in the bed, his reaction was
classic. His eyeballs bulged out
of his head and he said, “WOW!” I
think the vision of a life size Jessie doll was just too much and jolted him
out of a nice relaxed pre-sleep state.
He started laughing and couldn’t quite get past the fact that I had on a
onesie. He said it looked like I
had Jessie jammies on! I started
laughing too and decided just to embrace this hilarity and to provide
entertainment for all! I think many people at the
party had the same reaction to my Jessie costume but maybe not as vocal as
Dan. 
On Halloween, our church had
a festival actually on Halloween.
It was a relief. Usually I
have to deceive my children on the exact day of Halloween. I loathe the thought of dressing them up
more than once. I typically
provide my neighbors with Halloween candy on the Wednesday of Halloween week
and I trick or treat the neighborhood before church. This year was great. No deception at all!
The only stress I had with kid’s
costumes this year was with Annie.
Her costume seemed pretty simple when we thought of it. She could wear
her regular swim gear and I could make an Olympic torch! I was pretty proud of my craft
effort. I used party hats and
bought a flickering little candle for inside. It was pretty legit!
The problem came when we tried to get an American flag and Wohlgemuth on
her rubber swim cap. I learned
some valuable glue wisdom. These
are the things that do NOT work on a rubber cap, hot glue, goop, rubber cement,
double sided tape or strapping tape.
I had one sleepless night worried about this dang cap issue. Before Bible study I dashed to the
dollar store and the wise manager helped me by reading the labels and we found
that Crazy glue could stick to rubber and viola, it worked like a charm! We did sacrifice the cap but it was
worth the authenticity of her costume!
She wanted an Olympic tattoo and I was pretty proud of my freehand
effort on the back tat!
We had a fabulous time at
the festival. The most disturbing party was the way that Eddie was streaking
around like baby jacked up on mountain dew in his too tight spandex
costume. I am pretty sure we lost
him more than we saw him. After the
festival, the older kids talked me into more trick or treating with their
friends. I was pretty bitter about
it. My legs, back and feet hurt
from all the prep work of the day and it was the last thing I wanted to
do. It worked out awesome
though. I put them in the car and
parked at the end of the designated street and watched them in comfort and warm
from my car. I think this is a
brilliant idea. I ran into
neighborhood friends and they were obviously jealous of me relaxing in the car
as they walked miles around the neighborhood. I told them we could rent a parent bus for the next year and
they said they are all in for that! It’s a way to subtly stalk your
children! Now it’s on to
cool beanie weather, Thanksgiving holiday with no psychotic gift giving and
nicer decorations of turkeys versus devils! I am one thankful mom!
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