PSU Halloween

Today was crazy. I got up early, but let the kids sleep in until they woke up because we were out so late a Megan & Kenny's. It took me until 10:30 to finally get them awake, fed, bathed, and clothed to get to Bev's house! I was already worn out. Then off to good ol' Wal-Mart to throw together a scarecrow & lion costume for Tyler & I for Halloween night. After two relentless hours of shopping, all was bought & figured out for the costumes - off to wash the minivan. In the meantime, Tyler called and wanted me to meet him and his mom at Sweet Greens for lunch. Megan met us there as well, as she was in between classes. An hour later, off to the title company - we signed on our land today. We are officially proud new owners of 16 acres fully equipped with a stocked fishing pond, a creek, and plenty of large trees to attract wild animals for hunting! Now once we get our metal shed, a tractor with bush hog, and a couple of four-wheelers, we'll be set. Our goal is to build our home out there within the next five years. I've already got the plans, but we have a long way to go to actually get to the building point.

Next, home to throw together the scarecrow costume in 30 minutes before leaving for the gym. We spent an hour at the "Y" where I nearly killed myself on the precor (is this truly necessary after looking back on all that I did today), and then to get the kids at Bev's. We considered throwing some tacos from Taco Bell at them on the way home, but decided on the "more healthy" option of a lunchable before jumping into their costumes and heading for the Pitt State Halloween night by 6:00 pm. I would like to tell you this was a crazy day, but it is really more "normal" than crazy.

The PSU Halloween was a lot of fun this year for the girls. They enjoyed it more this year than ever before. They have finally learned to not be afraid of people in costume, "They're just fake, right Mom", and the games were a lot of fun. They have things like the beanbag toss, a cake walk, fishing with a clothes pin, pull the sucker, pick a pumpkin floating in water & get as many pieces of candy as the number on the bottom, etc. It's like a carnival put on by the college students. The girls even got their faces painted this year! That's major improvement over our shyness last year. After filling their buckets to the brim with candy, they entered the costume contest, and WON! They got a Wal-Mart gift card for winning. Tyler says the sheer excitement was much like how he imagines it must feel to win a Superbowl!! What a mess.

Speaking of messes, Tucker was a mess all night. He is definitely TWO! He wanted held all night and didn't want to do any of the games until we begged him. If you gave him water, he wanted milk, he didn't want his hat on, he didn't want to put his costume on, then he didn't want to take it off, he wanted pop (so Tyanna got him some while we were later at the Mall Deli) but he didn't want root beer when she brought it to him, he ordered a hotdog while we were on the way home, but when we actually served him with one, he wanted a "hamburger"! You get the picture - TWO! But it was fun all the same.

Now, up till midnight making a lion costume. Don't you love procrastinators? More Halloween fun to follow tomorrow night!