Halloween felt like such a whirlwind this year. We had a town trunk-or-treat the Saturday before Halloween (in the snow), trick-or-treating on actual Halloween (in the rain), and then an All Saints Day party (on All Souls Day which wasn't exactly liturgically correct but certainly more convenient being Friday and all). The kids had so much fun and have been hyped up on candy and excitement for an entire week straight. I on the other hand am pretty much done.
This year we bought back most of their candy from them offering first $1 per 4 oz. of candy and then $20 outright for anyone willing to turn over the entirety of their haul. We've gotten rid of a lot of candy this way and used the first batch to give back out to trick-or-treaters, but there is still so much candy. I think it's having candy babies on top of the fridge.
We were invited to the All Saints Day party by another parishioner from our church, whom I only knew because she brought food over when Timothy was born. It was really nice to get out and chat with people from church and judging from her bookshelves, I think we may be kindred spirits. Also, I was able to repurpose the kids' Halloween costumes into saints which pretty much makes me an all-star Catholic Halloween mom. Or lazy.
Let's go with all-star.
Since we already had two dragons Christopher naturally went as St. George. And as Margaret insisted on being St. Margaret--she became St. Margaret of Antioch who burst out of a dragon's belly wielding a crucifix (princess dress plus crucifix, done and done)--no basic St. Margarets of Scottland here. John's costume was the best though, we just subbed his wizard hat for Chris' graduation cap, used his belt and some cardboard to make a medallion, and presto--St. Thomas Moore. And to think Chris wanted to get rid of that cap. "Never going to have a reason to use it again" indeed.
Well, now that all of our October birthdays and costume crafting sessions are over, I can get focused on Thanksgiving and Advent preparations. They're coming up fast!