Only three weeks behind....that's where I am at with the blog. Halloween week...definitely more trick than treat. First of all, our county can't decide if Halloween is October 30 or October 31. I know you're thinking..."Really?". However, since October 31 fell on a Sunday this year, there was a little confusion. The last time this conundrum occurred, the county collectively decided to celebrate Halloween on Saturday night so that it did not interfere with Sunday evening church services, which honestly was fine with me. Well this year, part of the county celebrated on Saturday and part of it on Sunday. In addition to Trick-or-Treating, Abby was also the flower girl in my cousin's wedding and the rehearsal was Saturday night. So we dressed the kids for Halloween and went to the rehearsal. However, we were late (which we did call to inform everyone) but by the time we arrived at the church, rehearsal was over and the preacher had left. Why? Because this church was one that decided to celebrate Halloween on Saturday and had a Trunk-or-Treat at the local park. SOOOO, we left the rehearsal and went to the park. However, EVERYONE had ran out of candy....ONE HOUR EARLY. Needless to say Abigail, or shall I say "The Little Mermaid", was quite sad. So I did some quick Internet research (what did we do prior to cell phones) and discovered a couple of churches in Elizabethtown that were having Trunk-or-Treats on Saturday night. So away we drove...and drove...and drove because we couldn't find one location. So we abandoned that idea and drove to the other church. When we arrived, there was not a soul (no pun intended) in sight. No candy again meant a sad Abby!!! So, I called my mom and asked if she had ANY candy at all....I didn't care the age or the amount of fuzz from the couch cushions that was on it. My kids just wanted candy!!! Of course, my prepared mother already had individual bags made for each grandchild:) So we drove to Mom's and Trick-or-Treated. After two hours of driving, my kids finally had some loot in their pumpkin buckets. What a night!!!!
On Sunday, we then attended a different church in order to assure that Abby was at the church in time for pictures. She was such a beautiful little flower girl and she did a really great job...of course it was her second flower girl gig in October...she's like a pro. Anyway, after the wedding, we redressed The Little Mermaid and the deer hunter and went Trick-or-Treating for the second time in one weekend. We stopped at the usual places but we also went back to the last church and realized that the Trunk-or-Treat was actually Sunday night, not Saturday night. No wonder no one was there!!! We spent almost two hours at Valley Creek Baptist church playing games and collecting candy. Abby and Micah both really enjoyed the evening. All-in-all, the kids were able to dress up two days in a row, received candy two days in a row, and we had some great family time!!!
Micah the Deer Hunter....Abby as The Little Mermaid!!!
