Halloween Weekend :)

*** NOTE - I started to write this post a week ago.  #whoops

For the record, Nory pointed to our Halloween decorations yesterday and exclaimed with disgust, "those are for Halloween, Mom, and Halloween is over, Mom."

HAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

When your toddler tells you its time to take the decorations down, it's TIME TO TAKE THE DECORATIONS DOWN!  On the same account, it's time to blog about the holiday so that I can say an official good riddance and get geared up for the best time of the year.  You're about to see me go full-blown CHRISTMAS, you guys! #youcringe #Iamnotashamed

But first!  HALLOWEEN.

Halloween weekend happened to coincide with Phil's trip to Jordan for a volleyball tournament.  It was a bummer that Phil had to miss out on getting the girls into their costumes (HA!) and trick-or-treating around our complex.  At the same time, the weekend went by faster than expected because we had so many Halloween activities to keep us busy!  Here's a look at our GIRLS ONLY weekend:

Halloween cupcakes....baked on NATIONAL CHOCOLATE DAY, of course!

Mummy-making in the courtyard.  It was an indoor activity until she begged for glitter.

Ghost pancakes for breakfast :)

Halloween!  Nory and Juliet dressed up like mice and I went as a cat :)

The two of them racing around the house, giggling like crazy :)

Some smothering.......

And some more smothering.....

Playing in the courtyard puddles :)

Overall it was a successful, Dad-less weekend.  I survived a bad rain storm that had me moving furniture and mopping up water at midnight.  I survived the urge to throw in the Halloween towel and skip the trick or treating part altogether.  I survived Nory's post trick-or-treating tantrum related to the departure of her Uncle Steve.  And I survived all three of us getting sick and both girls wanting ME AND ONLY ME the day before Daddy got home.  So, as I said, it was a successful, Dad-less weekend overall :)

HALLOWEEN IS OVER, you guys.

It's now CHRISTMAS, SWEET CHRISTMAS :)