Alec and I rocked our vote after school on today. It took us 10 to 15 minutes to to get through the line of cars and park. It took us less than 10 minutes to vote and get back in our car.
Super quick. 
Michelle Obama said this: “When you walk through the door of opportunity, hold it open for someone else. That’s what America is all about.”
I believe this.
We didn’t drag out the Halloween festivities out as much this year as last year. Nope. We condensed it into a weekend and wow – what a weekend it was!
We started off last Friday with my work party. They/we out-do themselves every year.
As usual, the pictures do not do it justice. Alec had a blast and I finally had to drag him out of there after a few hours. It is such a great moral booster for the people who work there- and it is always nice for the families to come in and see where their loved ones work. There were 54 kids in attendance this year. Wow!
Saturday morning we woke up bright and early for the Haunted Breakfast. We decided to hit the 8am seating because we thought we had soccer at 9 but that changed long after we had made the reservations. We felt pretty lucky for Alec that he to got to sit with his peeps. We had originally planned to go with Ben, Noelle and Aaron and then we found out McKenna and Connelly would be there and then Pam and Kiley decided come along. The more the merrier.
HA!
Think again.
Saco use to have their Harvestfest but this year turned it into the MonsterMash or maybe Monster Bash. I am not really sure which and I am not really sure why it changed names. It was pretty much the same thing. Alec at this point was pretty much toast and his behavior plummeted. Think stock market crash plummet. So annoying but we persevered in the name of all things Halloween. ;) Thankfully it was a beautiful day and we were with the peeps who know our child in good times and in bad and they still stick by us. (Thanks guys!)
And then the hayride.
We made a few more stops but the boys spent the majority of their time jumping from bale of hay to bale of hay. Over and over and over.
And with that- the Saturday festivities were done.
Sunday was the at-home preparations.
A little pumpkin carving.
I missed all the fun in-between photos because I had to go give Nanny her meds and make her lunch.
And then more fun!
What are they making? Why these yummy chocolate filled rice krispie pumpkins.
Calories? What calories?
Fast forward a few days and one tropical storm later and we are arrive on Halloween evening. Alec had a school “Harvest” party during the day. No costumes needed (or allowed). Once home we had to prepare for the official event.
We ate dinner with Noelle and Aaron & Ben (and Buffy) and prepared to go out. Well, we attempted to eat but the boys were so wild that it was a fail. Next year we are skipping dinner since they won’t eat anyway!
After the trick-or treating we all went to visit Auntie Hil and Uncle Tom for a little more candy action. Both boys were weary and shucked their costumes. Uncle Tommy has a way of winding these boys up so things got a little wild again.
A proper uncle I would say :)
The next stop for us was a Erik’s parent house.
But – at this time- Alec was beat and so were we. No pictures were taken at our last stop.
Erik’s mom was crushed that Alec wasn’t wearing his costume and I don’t blame her.
Alec was hot, tired and crashing from all the sugar and didn’t want to put it on – I couldn’t blame him either.
But she had gone trick or treating with Leo while they were on Akron over the weekend so I didn’t feel too bad.
The Scooby-Doo costume was laid to rest.
And that my friends is what they call ‘The End’.
Good bye orange, black, pumpkins, witches, costumes and the like until next year!
