Holy Halloween, Batman!

I can't decide if the combination of Halloween Night and Daylight Saving's Time is the greatest thing known to man or unbelievably cruel. Because you definitely need the extra hour of sleep after parading a toddler about to beg for candy, but being woken up by said toddler at 5:30am because they have no concept of "Falling Back" makes it all seem like a sick joke. So, I got an extra hour of being awake today. Joy!

Stepping off of my Negative Nancy soapbox: Halloween ROCKED! And in a completely different way from being a kid. Kathryn and Jeff were here this weekend and they brought with them a hefty supply of Halloween spirit. I decided to dress Audrey up as a black kitty because it's really the last year before I have to start bending over backwards to make some ridiculously requested Halloween costume. Audrey was adorable as a little kitty and it cost way less than $25 to throw together, which seems to be the going rate for pre-made kids costumes made out of polyester, tool and poor stitching. Something tells me I might want to buck up my sewing skills before next year.

Anyway, we spent the day carving pumpkins and decorating the house before getting ready to go out. Audrey was very interested in the whole pumpkin carving process, but she did not like the idea of getting her hands yucky. Anytime we tried to get her to touch the pumpkin guts, she would pull her hand away and say "Pleh!". Add to that the fact John, Kathryn and I kept yelling "Bleehhhh!" at every possible moment, I'm pretty sure we drove everyone else in the house crazy. I carved Audrey's little pumpkin from the neighbor into a cute, innocent Jack-O-Lantern and John, Kathryn and Jeff turned the gigantic one into a puking pumpkin, which is currently stationed directly outside our front door. We felt it fit the overall maturity level of the house's occupants. BLEEHHHH!!!

We ended up hitting up the mall for Trick-or-Treating and Audrey had a great time. She mostly loved seeing all the other kids in their costumes and was easily swept up in the hub-bub. Somehow, we lost her kitty ears before we even got to the mall, but she still looked darn cute in her costume. After that excitement, we stopped for ice cream at my favorite place in town. They've added a corner for little kids' ice cream tea parties since we were last in and Audrey went bonkers over the Lil A-sized accommodations. We were all pretty well worn out by this point and returned home to de-kitty and change into fuzzy monkey pajamas. It was a good day.

...Turns out we might have overdone things a bit though; Audrey woke up sick this morning and has been miserable all day. She's been getting plenty of fluids and lots of loving and I really hope she starts feeling better soon. It's hard to see her so unhappy when she can't really tell us what she needs. In the mean time, feel free to check out our Halloween Album! I added a few pictures to the end of the last album as well. Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween and took full advantage of their extra hour to recover from the festivities.