halloween was good overall this year.

 

first - my candy-giveaway-bucket was loaded with awesome stuff...mike & ikes, reece's peanut butter cups, butterfingers, babyruths, nestle's crunch, dots, reece's pieces, and kit-kats!  therefore, not only do i think the young'ns were happy with my variety...i'm also pumped for the leftovers!

 

second - pumpkin carving...ok...we carved our first pumpkin...very basic, but i think a solid first attempt (see picture below).  i was also just told there are 'pumpkin carving tools'...who the hell knew that...i'll have to get them for next year.  anyway - we also baked the pumpkin seeds - OMG - sooooo yummy!  i found a recipe that said to boil them first in salt water - then bake in a lil olive oil - needless to say - sooo delish!

 

 

 

third - Aiden's costume.  now, we've been a little more creative in past years (i esp. liked the skunk from last year)...but, this year we went with Thomas.  why?  well, the reality is, we saw the costume and realized Aiden would probably wear it every day for the next year, given his borderline unhealthy obsession w/ trains.  so, why not give in to the kid's true love?  here are a couple shots of him...one check'n out the innards of the pumpkin and another of him eating his first candy treat of the night.

 

 

 

 

finally, the one negative...being sick.  Aiden & i are both ridiculously sick with head colds, and have been for 3 days now.  Aiden was also sick last year for halloween...don't know what the deal is with that...although calling him the snotty skunk kinda worked....snotty Thomas isn't as catchy.  oh well - at least it was 60 degrees outside and the fresh air hopefully did our sinuses some good!

 

happy halloween freaks!

 

 

Jon went to a bachelor party.  the following day...well, lets just say that the excessive alcohol sped up his bowels. 

 

i'm upstairs taking a nice relaxing shower...he's downstairs with the boy.  apparently jon needs to take trip number four to the loo (which i'm unaware of in my happy shower place).  suddenly the smoke/carbon monoxide detector goes off.  i assume that he's downstairs burning some toast or something for the boy.  the alarm stops after maybe five minutes.  i get out of the shower and say..."so, what'd you burn?"  jon replies: "nothing...i was poop'n when it went off."...to which i said..."you do realize that the smoke/carbon monoxide detector is right outside of the bathroom, right?"  jon's response: "heh...nice."  i have never in my life heard of someone that has the ability to trigger a smoke/carbon monoxide detector with their own stank.  i didn't know whether to high-five him or be utterly horrified...i chose to laugh and then publicly write about it.  worst stank evah award goes to...Mr. Jon.

 

it's Sunday morning...ever so peaceful on a beautiful fall day...eating breakfast with the fam at the kitchen table...acoustic tunes in the background...then my boy changes the atmosphere by saying:

 

"moma, are you a rooster?"  as he points to my bed-head hair. 

 

ya see...it's Sunday morning...and i'm in the comfort of my house...i rolled out of bed...as i do every weekend without a care...as i should be able to.  so, i took the wonderfully sincere comment with a smile, as jon was choking on his egg sandwich bc he was laughing so hard.  oh, and Aiden continued to reference the rooster throughout the day (even after i had 'cleaned up') by saying "moma - make a rooster sound."

 

nothan like some humble pie.  kids are super.