HALLOWEEN

This year seemed a little different than other Halloweens. . .the kids really didn't make much fuss about it. . .we bought Soy Boy's costume in Target about a month ago & didn't pull it out of the bag in his closet until Halloween night! (Luckily, it fit)

Chunky Monkey was just a little tougher. . .went to take her to a SPIRIT store that comes into town each year, only to find out that it wasn't there! We traveled across a town or two to find one and spent about 2 hours trying on different BLACK outfits. . .has to be BLACK!! No pink to be found! Ended up geting the first one we tried on and we were on our way. . .that was about it!

Soy Boy even said that he didn't really even want to go trick or treating this year. . .I told him he's only 9 AND HE'S GOING. . .LIKE IT OR NOT! At the end of the night I asked him please to not grow up so fast!!

Halloween sure isn't what it used to be. . .the days of walking your butt off all over town to get as much candy as possible and homemade costumes has been replaced with $60 exact replica costumes complete with sound effects and lights. . .trunk candy. . .and carnivals with bouncy castles and 'take as much as you want' candy stands! The excitement of 'the hunt' is a thing of the past. . .I even had trick or treaters show up at my door last night with NO COSTUME AT ALL!! What is this world coming to??