At one of our Monday afternoon playdates with the neighbors, Julia was getting a little hot and tired, so I left a perfectly normal playground playdate to walk her back up the hill.
When I returned, I discovered that things had changed a bit whilst I was away.
Things had gotten...a bit...medeival:
You know...a bit swords-and-shieldsy.
...and it was epic and amazing.
So I made a movie of "The Battle of Bruised Knuckles."
We love dressing up in costume (and y'all don't necessarily wait for October to make that happen!). We love candy! We love trick or treating. We love getting in the spoooooky spirit and decorating. We love walking around getting candy with our neighbors. We love carving pumpkins and toasting seeds.
So, when it was time for this Halloween, there was definitely some magic in the air!
Julia, you went as Princess Elsa from Frozen!
Aidan, you followed your newest obsession and went as a GHOSTBUSTER!
On the day of, we packed your lunches up nice:
And I headed off for a Weird day at work dressed as our favorite summer obsession, Weird Al! You kids loved the costume, but were iffy on my mustache. Toby barked at me because he didn't recognize me!
Mommy wasn't going to dress up, but then we made her a costume at the last second, and went as the subject of one of our recent movie nights: A NEWSIE!
The rainy weather cleared, our teams were assembled, and we headed down the hill to collect the Long sisters and miss Ana for trick-or-treating!
And off y'all went...running door to door...not being daunted by an empty house, or spooky electronic ghost (which Aidan gladly "Busted").
As darkness settled in, and the candy baskets got rather full...and as your tummies got fuller and slightly more upset from too much candy consumption.... we called a close to this 2018 eve of ghouls and goblins and chocolate....
And...if you look back on the day and the month leading up to it....there was certainly a BIG spark of MAGIC!
Sunday November 13.The three of us headed down to the playground at the end of our street. Your agreed-upon request. You both put on special outfits for the trip. We brought our guitars, we brought some snacks, we were ready to get out in the beautiful weather and enjoy the sunshine.
At first it was just the three of us at the park.
Then the whole neighborhood, by happenstance, came out too!
The Long triplets; the Larson boys; one of the Raineys; the Bear triplets; our neighbor Grayson; and some new friends.
And we stayed and played and chatted with neighbors for FIVE hours!
There was swinging, and singing...
Duck ducking, and goosing...
Bike sharing and racing...
Ant hill and tiny frog exploring...
Some feelings, and drawings, and climbings, and kissings (Aidan, you and Zoe were smooching quite a bit) and lots and lots of smiles.
Before we knew it, it was time to get ready for dinner. And our neighbors, and our family, all returned to our respective homes.
It was a beautiful day, and beautiful to watch you all bonding and playing and learning from each other.
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