A Little Bit of Everything Under the Roof of 3 Boys: Happy Halloween

Woke up to a full moon which is still present at 7:45 am! It's a cold Halloween morning as the boys head off to school. They are very excited to head out tonight to go trick or treating. We have to hijack a neighborhood since we live in the country. I decided to be frugal this Halloween and we only bought Jordan a costume and he will be Batman. We are reusing the black cape from a year ago for Braedyn's vampire outfit and Cooper just wants to be a hockey player but of course he wants to be one that looks like he just came out of a fight with a black eye and some blood. So all I needed to pick up was some character makeup and practice my creative skills on Braedyn's face. We have so many costumes in the toy box, I felt we didn't need to buy anymore this year. Although, they do get worn even after the Halloween fun is over. Around our house, even though they are 3, 6, and 8 they still love to dress up and play ninja or superheros and saving people from danger. I love that they are so imaginative about helping people who need it. Will this continue out of costume as well? One can only hope....
Sometimes kids can say the simplest things and can make an adult reflect on those honest remarks. I hear people comment on how the stores already have the Christmas decorations on display in the stores and how it bothers them. They aren't the only ones. I realized last night kids pay attention to those kind of things too! I was putting Jordan to bed last night and while we were lying there he had told me he wanted some sort of new toy and I said, "well you know, Christmas will be here soon, maybe you can ask Santa for it." Jordan then said, "It's Halloween mom! What~it's almost christmas time?" I told him, "Christmas isn't for another 55 days or so." He had a funny look on his face and responded by saying, "but that is a long time from now, so why do they have christmas trees in the stores already."
As time has went on social media and the shopping world is so focused on moving from one holiday to another~and it's all about the $ ~ can we all just have a child like mind and think about one holiday at a time and live in the moments. The holidays are all for my children and just being together. We rush everyday, I don't want to rush my holidays away too.
I hope everyone has a safe, warm, and fun filled Halloween day and evening. Don't eat too much candy! ENJOY and may you only be haunted by happy memories!!
Enjoy some throwback Halloween pictures:)!