A Hogwarts Halloween

Dear Kiddos, 

This year for Halloween, we all dressed up as characters from the Harry Potter books. 2 Griffendor Students, Severus Snape, Bellatrix LeStrange and Hedwig the owl. 

But first, we interrupt with a regularly scheduled techno jam session. 

Daddy usually listens to music while he's working 1) to drown out the craziness that's going on in the house and 2) for enjoyment. (But I think it's mainly for the former). Sometimes I will catch you sitting by Daddy, listening to his music and just relaxing. It's super cute. 

Ok, before we talk about the big day, we have to catch up on the events that led to all hallows eve. 

We went to pumpkin nights, which was a special event at Pioneer Farms. We saw some giant pumpkins!

Watched a fire show, which ended up being the highlight of the evening.  

And we saw some pretty cool pumpkin displays. 

One weekend participated in the neighborhood garage sale. Our neighbors across the street are extreme coupon-ers and with new items at deeply discounted prices, someone (Hannah) became very jealous of all the attention that their booth got. I mean, who doesn't want Barbies with tangled hair and gently loved toys? You each made about $10 and walked away with some life lessons...gone wrong, which I'm going to have to go back and have a talk with you one of these days. After this whole experience, Hannah, you feel like we should buy more things, so we can make money re-selling them at a garage sale. Hint: That's not how it should work. 

Our school had a trunk or treat and we hosted a trunk this year. 

Hannah and Maddie did a great job running the game. It was pretty fun seeing all the different costumes come through. 

Nathan, you finished your first baseball season. With 2 wins, 1 tie and 6 losses under your belt, you have decided that you love baseball and want to continue by playing spring ball.  It was pretty amazing to watch you improve throughout the season. You went from possibly the worst most-inexperienced player to one of the average players. 

And I don't know if it was experience or glasses, but up until you got your glasses, you have never hit the ball during a game. Once you got your new glasses, you were hitting them right and left! 

Hailey and I attended all but 1 game. At one of the last games, I let you have one of the legendary snow cones that you have been wondering about all season. 

As Halloween started to approach, we made pumpkin soup, which Daddy and I thought was delicious, but you guys weren't big fans. 

You guys had a vocabulary parade at school. Nathan, your word was "onomatopoeia" and Hannah, your word was "studious." 

Grandma and Grandpa came for Halloween weekend. We went to the Wildflower center to check out their new forts at Fortlandia. 

We also visited Sweetberry farms in Marble Falls. 

And then on Halloween afternoon, we carved our pumpkins. 

After a quick dinner, we were off at around 6:15. 

Hailey, you were so excited! Every piece of candy was like a new treasure and the enthusiasm was so amazing to watch. 

Our street is about a mile loop around a section of the neighborhood, so we walked the loop and after collecting all our candy, we returned home to count the loot. I let you guys go crazy by saying you could have as much candy as you want and I wish I could say that I had a proud mom moment, but no, that didn't happen. 

Well, that's it for October. I have a post ready for November coming up next! 

Love, 

Mommy