We started off the Halloween season with a trip to the pumpkin patch/corn maze again this year. We were a little more prepared knowing that we would be buying a huge pumpkin from the patch. We went just a week or so after they opened and there were plenty of pumpkins for us to pick from. We choose this bad boy, all 155 pounds. It was pretty difficult for Rusty to carry this thing. It was not only heavy, but awkward. It sustained some damage upon loading in the car, but nothing too serious. It sat on the front porch, along with it's cousin, a 20 pound ghost pumpkin, for a few weeks. We didn't carve it until just before Halloween. Rusty had a special plan for carving...the sawzall. Ridge got to help and we had a few extra kids over to watch the fun. How many people have seen a pumpkin carved with a saw? It went really smooth. Good idea Russ!
We had a ward trunk or treat this year, so lots of candy at the Cook house. On Halloween night we took the kids out. Our trick or treaters were curious George (again), Pocahontas (again), and Belle. Repeat costumes do not hurt my feelings. Ridge lasted about 1/2 way before he plopped down in the wagon and declared that he was done. We asked if he wanted more candy. He emphatically said, "no, it is time for me to eat my candy." And that is what he did. While the other kids trick or treated on he sat and ate and ate. When we got home he ate some more. The next morning he ate some more. He came downstairs, jumped up on the couch next to me and told me his tummy hurt. Then he projectile vomited all of the candy up, all over me and the couch. That was fun.
Katelyn was hilarious. She and a friend ran and ran. Kyleigh and her friend tried to keep up. They were out of breath and declared they were too old to keep up with the younger kids. Aliya was a maniac. She ran with the best of them. When she finally plopped happily down in the wagon (pictured below) it took her about 2 minuted to fall fast asleep, hunkered over. She is the most hilarious all or nothing kid I have ever met.
And of course, it's not Halloween without the sort. Holly would allow no such thing. Late, tired, sugared up, it doesn't matter. The sort is a key to Halloween. I know the guidebooks say to take the candy away, but I just can't do it. Katelyn and Ridge are done with theirs in a day, maybe two (impressive in it's own right, those are my kids!). Kyleigh saves hers and still has some left the following Halloween. She can control her sweet tooth and eat a piece a day while doing her homework (seriously impressive, that is all Rusty).
Happy Halloween.
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