Halloween 2012

Last year we went all out for Halloween. We decorated the house. We did Halloween arts & crafts. We made Halloween cookies and cup cakes. We had a Halloween party and invited guests. The children dressed up in their costumes and went to Trick or Treat Town and to a church Halloween event. Lincoln was too young to participate in the aforementioned activities, but he did get dressed up in a costume and have his picture taken.

This year we did not go all out for Halloween. Other than the eleven Lego Monster Fighter sets that I purchased, Kara and I did not engage in any Halloween activities with the children. Okay, that's not entirely true. I put out a few Halloween decorations on the fireplace ledge in the family room. The decorations inspired Bentley to make an eyeball and spider (yes, it only has six legs). Viva and I put together the Lego pumpkin and placed it on the ledge. The children read their collection of Halloween books that we keep stashed away the rest of the year. I played the Halloween CD and Lincoln and Bentley danced to it.

We did not have a party. We did not make cookies--the boys were sick with the flu during the week before they left for Mexico. We did not put up Kara's Halloween tree because we didn't want to have to police Lincoln. We did not buy the children Halloween costumes because they weren’t going to be here for Halloween. Since they left for Mexico on the 21st and won't return home until early Friday morning, they weren't here for Halloween parties, events, and trick or treating. Missing Halloween is a bummer, but spending twelve days in sunny Mexico more than makes up for it.