The Young and the Restless

Let the Festivities Begin!

We had a fun Halloween filled weekend which we kicked off with our annual ward trunk or treat. Each year there are always lots of moms that dress up and I think that they look so cute. I'm never creative enough to come up with a costume (or gutsy enough to wear one), but this year I was forced to come up with a costume for the preschool Halloween party. Since I actually had a costume I decided to be brave enough to dress up for the trunk or treat. I went the safe route with the classic black cat. That is what Kylie wanted to be and so we pulled off the whole "mommy cat and baby kitten" look. Jason got home from work just in time to walk out the door, as he saw me come out with my skin tight black pants, cat ears, tail and playboy bunny-ish bowtie (what cat wears a bowtie?) he gave me one of those "are you serious?" looks. It took quite some time to try and convince him that "lots of moms dress up for these things, it will be fun". Finally we arrive to discover that I am only one of THREE moms that dressed up! I knew it was a bad sign as we pulled up and my friend Crystal got all excited because I was dressed the same....as her 1 year old daughter! I also enjoyed the comments like: "I have a costume too, but I wasn't brave enough to wear it tonight". Oh well, it was fun but next year I think I'll keep my black fuzzy tail at home. The kids had alot of fun, though. This was the first year that Kylie was old enough to go off on her own with her friends, it was kind of sad. Jayden was still loyal and hung out with mom and dad. He made a stinkin cute Chinese Captain Jack! I'm always amazed at how much candy we go through at these functions. I bought what I thought was enough candy for the trunk or treat and regular trick or treaters on Halloween, but my whole supply got wiped out and we still ran out early! What a fun night, though, I love seeing my kids get so excited about the holidays.


The next day Kylie went to her friend's costume b-day party at a bowling alley. They had cosmic bowling and it was a total blast. After that we went to a carnival put on by Jason's work. The kids had fun playing on the bouncy slides and running around with the other kids. It was nice to meet Jason's co-workers and put a face to the names. They had some leftover goodies when we were leaving so they were kind enough to hook my kids up with a book of 500 tatoos. What were they thinking?? Now I've got the task of trying to scrub tatoos off every square inch of their bodies before church....oh well, the kids were excited about it. After the carnival we went and checked out a new outdoor mall that just opened near our house. We couldn't ask for more perfect weather as we enjoyed walking around with the kids. They had some acrobat/magicians/circus performers there putting on a show. It was fun to watch and I got a kick out of Jayden, every time this guy did these cool tricks he would turn to me and say "Oh, I can do that too!" Typical male ego. It was a great weekend and we're excited for Halloween!