tricks and treats, and sugar overloads...

the drive to school on halloween morning.

last night i received an email stating that the elementary school does not acknowledge halloween. so, this morning, instead of sporting his iron man gear, isaiah wore a glow-in-the-dark jack-o-lantern shirt. it was pretty sweet. he was happy about it, i was happy about it. it was all good. 

on the other hand, makayah's preschool class was celebrating halloween, and i was in charge of bringing snacks. makayah dressed as a butterfly ariel princess...basically her ariel mermaid dress with pink butterfly wings. the best part about dressing up? the makeup, for sure. she was pretty stoked about wearing bright red lipstick, eye shadow, and blush. why not? 

for snack i made mini "mummy sausage" and brought an orange v8 splash juice blend. mrs. t, the preschool teacher also made heart tarts (she was dressed as the queen of hearts.

when both kids were home from school, they all dressed up, ready for trick or treating. i picked up sam from school, and on our way back home, we stopped at one of the neighborhoods near our garden spot. we tried to hit as many houses as we could before our 6:30 halloween dinner party with j & em. 

sadly, we were too busy having fun and forgot to take any pictures of our halloween spread. our main dish was pumpkin stew in the pumpkin. it was quite tasty. we also had mummy dogs, pumpkin cookies, veggie pizza (so good!), and chips and salsa. the kids watched, "it's the great pumpkin, charlie brown" as they ate their dinner. we had a great time talking and laughing with j & em. we'll really miss em when she has to leave for her job in michigan. after putting the kids to bed, the adults gathered 'round and watched "red riding hood." it was a pretty good movie, made even better by guessing and throwing in our votes for who we thought the wolf was.

before the night was over, makayah woke a few times with a tummy ache and threw up once. luckily there was no mess to clean up, and all she needed afterwards was a bit of cuddling. she had snuck some extra candy from her bag earlier...let that be a lesson! ;) but seriously, our kids just don't handle sugar very well. they don't get very much of it, and when they do (especially after birthday parties, it seems) they come back with their tummies aching. that's how it goes. happy halloween!