It rained all day Wednesday and Thursday, Halloween day, wasn’t looking great. We had watched the weather all week and were wondering if it might be a very short night of trick or treating. At our house, we had a growing group of friends coming for a quick dinner before going out and I was crossing my fingers that everyone could actually go out. The food was all ready, costumes good to go, Mimi and GrandGene here to help, and....no rain! It was hot and humid, which proved to be a wardrobe issue for several kids, but we were thrilled to get some quick pictures and send everyone off!
Joshua and friends hemmed and hawed about going trick or treating this year. Too old?? Too cool?? Finally they made a plan to gather at our house with varying degrees of costuming and then meet some girls around the corner to go around the neighborhood together. When he finally made it home, I learned this plan didn’t really come together and he spent most of the night just wandering the neighborhood with a group of friends. He had one small handful of candy to show for it.
Gray and friends came up with a costume idea the week before and while all costumes were slightly different in sizes and materials, I thought they looked great together. I don’t think their costumes lasted very long, but they went out for a couple hours and had a great time, then went back to one of their houses for candy trading and movie watching.
The supervised group of trick or treaters included two preschoolers, a second grader, and 3 fourth graders. The older ones were quite motivated so we ended up a little spread out through the neighborhood trying to keep track of everybody, particularly the families who don’t live there. Allie soon gave up and decided to stay home with Mimi and GrandGene. When we got quite far away from home, everything fell apart a bit, as it got dark and a storm/tornado conditions headed our way. We all split up and booked it home. Fun night and all were happy the weather didn’t shut things down till late.
We didn’t have much time to recover from our night because we had a lacrosse tournament at the beach to get to the next day!
It was a chilly weekend, but Julia proved her love for the ocean by getting in the water anyway. We had fun checking out the beach and hanging out in our condo the first night, watching Animal Planet. We were pretty cold at the tournament, though Allie claimed the only thing that was chilly was her hair. Unfortunately Gray has some packing issues— he brought no shorts/pants/swimsuit/long sleeves/sweatshirts. Thank goodness for his pj pants for post-ocean swim attire. :)
Our first night was a little rough, as we didn’t have heat turned on and were freezing. Throw in a crying child at 11, a fire alarm at 2 am when we did turn on the heat, and an early morning for lacrosse and you’ve got some tired people! Thankfully the second night worked out much better. Allie particularly enjoyed sharing a little room with Joshua, which she called “the zape” for some reason.
The lacrosse team won two of three on Saturday and one of two on Sunday, so not too bad. Wasn’t Joshua’s best playing but he enjoyed it. We liked hanging out with our Hillsborough people and all the kids ended up in the ocean this time.
Julia was so happy to have a friend there and these two were inseparable.
For some reason, one booth there had free mustaches, so that made for some funny pictures.
Allie wandered away from us for a moment and Gray found her over by a group of random kids. She told him she was just talking to her new friends.
Oh, and one more fun thing last week. Matt and I went away for a day hiking at Hanging Rock. We did a waterfall hike and the Hanging Rock hike. They were challenging with lots of steps up and down, but the weather was nice, views amazing, and it was great to be outside and just get to be together.
Meanwhile, the kids got to go to a pumpkin patch with Nanny and we returned in time for s’mores with Nanny and Pa and their international students.
It’s hard to come back to reality, but the week awaits and this one marks the beginning of the second quarter of school. The boys are trying out for basketball this week and I should have some full days of subbing too. Welcome, November!
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