Trick or Treat…Smell my Feet!
First off – yes, I’m green!…and no, I didn’t start out that way. My initial plan was to be a rock star. It quickly and wickedly morphed into an Alien Rock Star. I realized Will needed a costume as well and I have always wanted to be , “matchy, matchy, green, green” (okay, without the green). Did anyone catch that movie reference?! I digress, couples costumes have always seemed so fun to me, but they have never happened for us. I seized my moment this year. I was so desperate to match Will that I painted almost my entire body green. Quite a bit of painting on my my end, but Will’s domed foil hat and, “They coming for me!” shirt made it all worth it.
Halloween brought more fun than we could handle. I thought I would try to be the cool parent and let my kids go trick-or-treating 3 times. Ha! Boy was that lesson learned quickly. Maybe when they are older they will enjoy it more, but we had major meltdowns during round 2. Hudson just refused to trick-or-treat. The stores in our area give out candy so we were letting the kids go from store to store. Hudson started by telling Will he didn’t want candy from any of them because he didn’t like their faces. What?! I’m thankful he whispered that comment to Will. His tact is starting to grow. Then the truth came out. He was hungry. Will picked up some sushi and bought Hudson a snack. Annie and I finished the rounds to find the two of them sitting by a rock waterfall chowing down. Maybe Maslow did know what he was talking about.
Round 3 went considerably better. I’m sure it was due to the fact that he was with his friends and had just finished up a fun Halloween party.
love the green – although I would have loved to see both parts of the matchy matchy couple
also, enjoyed the Maslow reference, I think I need to go back to psych 101
November 1st, 2009 at 10:36 pmWow, impressive “Alien Rock Star” costume! We had way too much trick or treating at our house, too. A ward party, a school party, Dave’s work party, AND the neighborhood trick or treating. Overkill in a big way.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:52 amYou look awesome, although I wish I could see the green couple together
We had a few meltdowns this year too. Our kids just don’t know how lucky they are!
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:55 pm