November 3, 2013

All Hallows Day



 After days of preparation and anticipation, Halloween Day finally fell upon us!!  Although I used the word preparation, I should be clear that I had to place Jacob in daycare and recruit Grammy Sue to come up and help me get everything finalized.  As most of you know, I am not one for baking/cooking...boiling water for that matter. However, with being 36 weeks pregnant something has shifted in my mentality and I am in full nesting mode!! So what did this "Susie Homemaker" try and do? Oh, bake approximately 120 cookies for all the neighbors and teachers at Jacob's daycare!! I chose two different recipes, one for the kids in the house and one for the grown-ups. I think they actually turned out rather tasty and super cute!!


 I love the picture at the top. Jacob looks like he is the Halloween Santa Clause!! Although this was a major feat and took ALL day long...I am so glad that I did it. We got to meet most of our neighbors and have an actual conversation with them. It was a great way to extend our hands to people that we really want to get to know. I already have one mom mentioning organizing a block party!!! EEK I'm excited!!


 After we delivered all our cookies and treats, we went to Gabby's neighborhood to trick or treat. The amount of children in both our neighborhoods was insane!! I thought we had traveled back to the 1950's!! It was awesome to see so many kids and parents out and about having fun. Jacob got a little intimidated at the doors if there were a lot of kids, but he got through it.  He enjoyed placing the candy in the bucket himself.  He made an adorable Elmo (again). I think that was the best $12.00's I have spent in a long time. He has worn it 4 times this week!!


 An added bonus to Halloween night in this area is the firefighters come out and hand out candy!! They let the kids climb into the driver's seat, they kept their lights flashing, and they handed out stickers!! Minus the whole stranger danger part...Jacob had a blast!!! He kept saying "wee-woo, wee-woo." Needless to say Jacob had a great night!! He slept in until almost 10 the next morning!!


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