My Beautiful Mess

HaPPy HaLLoWeeN

I was so tired after waking up, wide awake at 3:30 am and not being even remotely tired until 20 minutes before I am supposed to be awake and getting ready for my early morning walk. I dragged myself out of bed at 6:05, went on my walk, came home and woke up all the kids for school, got dressed started some laundry, crawled back in bed and Laren, since he was going to a meeting at CDOT a little later than normal, took the kids to school for me on his way in. Oh, that was SO nice!!




Then Tyler and I played with cars and talked in my bedroom, looked at a couple of catalogs for clothing and curtains. Then I dressed him and made cupcakes, rushed to Rilyn's class Halloween party and home to frost the now-cooled cupcakes. Thank goodness for the double ovens that made baking them a snap!!


After lunch I took Rilyn to Payton's house to play. Payton is the daughter of my friend that I walk with. Then I drove quickly home with Tyler, found a gift bag and baby girl outfitI had purchased in advance for my friend Sarah who just had her baby last Thursday. I then sped to Papa Murphy's to pick up a cute Jack-o-Lantern Pizza for their family and went 20 minutes South to Sarah's neighborhood to deliver the goods and see her cute new baby girl!! This is her 4th baby and her 3rd girl in a row! She is a cutie!! But I didn't have the same feeling holding her as I did holding my little new nephew, Zack. Must be something about your own family or something?


I couldn't help but be a little jealous though when Sarah said Lizzy (her new baby girl) only wakes up once in the night to feed. My babies didn't do that until they were about 10 months old!! Sarah's Mom was there for the week to help her.

I stayed just long enough to make me have to be in a hurry again! Tyler was downstairs in the playroom with Katie. He wouldn't come up. I had to run down and get him and then get him out to the van and buckled. We raced back to our neck of the woods and I picked up Rilyn, ran home to get the cupcakes and candy corn for the Halloween Bingo Game and went to the school.


I had to park way out away from the school on the street. All the parking lots were full and the street was already packed with cars. Tyler had finally fallen asleep but we had a long trek ahead of us and I had to carry cupcakes, not him. Plus, he was poopy. So I got him out of his carseat and changed his diaper in the van. Then I wiped my hands real good, carrying extra baby wipes and diapers is convenient. We made a mad dash into the school, well as fast I could with cupcakes and other stuff and a 5 year old and 2 year old in tow.




We got in and missed the costume parade but had plenty of time to fill the cups with candy corn for the Bingo game and get the cupcakes set out. The kids were very excited and talkative. When I first walked into the room all the kids turned to Kyle and said "Your Mom is here, Kyle!" It makes me feel good to know that they know me because that must mean I'm there helping my son or his class enough for them to remember and hopefully that makes Kyle feel important. Because he is so important to me, just like Rilyn, Alyssa, Kayla and Tyler are.





The class party went well, they made an edible spider out of brownie bites and red hots (for eyes) and licorice (for legs), ate their goodies (which were plentiful) and I called for the BINGO game. It was chaotic and fun all at the same time!!

I gathered all my 5 kids (they all go to the same school, thankfully), except Tyler who is not yet in school, and came home. Rooms needed cleaning (again), we needed dinner - you know that same Jack-o-lantern pizza - then dishes, costumes needed to be put on and finally we could go but not before we answered the door to about 10 trick or treaters. We finally had to turn out our lights and leave a bowl of candy on the front porch to get out of here!


We were gone an hour and the kids came home with their buckets FULL of candy!! I do not think we've ever had THIS much candy! Ugh!! With the ward Trunk or Treat last night, Trick or Treat Street at School on Saturday and now Halloween they have already had enough sweets --and me too!!




We came home, they had some candy, we took some pictures and read scriptures and now they are all in bed, except Tyler who is here sitting on my lap as I type. He is playing with my hair and giving me hugs. I'm exhausted. Laren put the candy away and is getting ready for bed. I need to get there too! Good night!! :) and Happy Halloween!!!!!!