Who knew???

Who knew this year would be the year for a fantastic Halloween? Usually holidays leave us in a melt and burn at the end of the day but not this holiday. I couldn't believe Halloween could be so much fun with an almost 3 & almost 5 year old. They absolutely loved it. Looking back we are sort of wondering what went right. Hmmmm....we think the biggest factor was not dragging the holiday out. We literally did Halloween in 2 days. We put up some decorations last week to get in the mood but didn't do much else before that. This weekend we sort of laid low. We had already been to 2 parties by the weekend but the kids just sort of seemed oblivious. E did have his school party, which he said was fabulous. Saturday Will and I were busy in the morning. We had a costume party that afternoon at some friends, which the kids always love and usually kicks off our true Halloween celebration. Then we came home to carve pumpkins. We were hesitant at first since the boys were a little on the cranky side but once we started the pumpkins man did they get into it. M worked really hard to scoop the "gunk" out of his pumpkin and E (with a little help from dad) carved his own pumpkin. They were in such a good mood and so hilarious, I don't think Will and I stopped laughing. It was such a good time. I think it also helped that we had no expectation, we weren't trying to get the perfect holiday. Trick or treat the next day was equally fun. The boys wanted us to dress up and so we did. They were so excited they wanted to run the entire time, which was a little difficult since it's dark and you never know what M will do. It was such a fabulous holiday.....if only life were this way more often.