Halloween

I know, I know.....Halloween was a week ago. Where have I been????  Busy with 6 kids, that's where. LOL  And honestly I just have not had the motivation/energy to get on the blog.

Now that I have some time, I will do an update on Halloween.  (and then I'll do one on being with the girls for 3 months).

The girls were so excited to learn the phrase "Happy Halloween".  We have been blessed with people who are teaching them a lot at school.  I know some think we should be the teachers. But honestly Hope & Maggie are learning so much more being at school than being at home.  And, since the people who they come in contact with are amazing, I feel good about sending them to school.

The girls dressed up in costumes that we had. They did not care that we did not buy them new ones. Because these were new to them.  They did not question us to why they were dressing up. They just did it.  Then we explained that they say "Happy Halloween", "Trick-or-Treat" and then "Thank You". They were excited. The smiles on their faces were priceless.  We walked our neighborhood for 2 hours.   Besides the phrases above, they also kept saying "WOW!!!!!" when they would look in their bags.

Not once did they ask to eat the candy while we were out.  They were just excited that people were giving them candy.  It did not take them long to figure out how this worked.  :-)

Taking 5 kids trick-or-treating was not as difficult as I thought. They all stayed with me and Abby & Jadyn would help Hope & Maggie if there was a bowl sitting out with candy.  1/2 way through the night, they would ask the homeowner "1 or 2?"  I was so happy that they did not think to just take a lot.

Halloween is not my favorite time of year. But we did have fun. I'm thankful the night is over and excited about Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Enjoy the photos!