Halloween?

We did something not so Halloween last night. After stopping by a few family member's houses, we came home to hang out. Everyone was tired. Drew and Julianna had not had naps and were asleep on their feet. I don't know if it makes me a bad mom or not, but we didn't pass out candy last night either. Instead all the kids had a nice warm bath and got snuggled into their jammies. We made pigs in a blanket, munched on candy and watched The Sound of Music. Drew and Lily loved it. Loved it like they couldn't tear their eyes from the screen. I know it's not very festive of us, but sometimes, you gotta do what you can do.

I am trying not to feel guilty about the fact that we didn't do any outrageous fun Halloween activities. But, then again, on Friday the kids got all dressed up for the whole day. They had parades at their school, Lily had a Halloween party, and then we got to go to Tom's office and collect candy. And then that evening we celebrated Tom's birthday with my family. The week before that, we spent all day with extended family. Lily bedazzled her costume, the kids painted pumpkins and then carved more pumpkins and then we had breakfast for dinner. I'm hoping that that is enough. I am hoping that they will forgive me for not going all out on the actual 31st.

I heard Tom ask Lily if she liked the movie and she said, "I loved it!" And then this morning I asked her about Halloween and she said that she preferred to get candy at Daddy's office because when we went to people's house we had to stay and talk to them. I guess she can forgive me for not taking her from house to house this year. Next year I will do better.