Halloween

It's a little bittersweet to go to the Madsen Halloween party without Maxine, but I am glad her girls have continued the tradition. It is always so good to get together with my cousins. We had such a fun childhood playing together.

We sent balloon messages to heaven, which is probably a kind of strange Halloween activity, but we just miss her.

We also ate lots of yummy food and then kicked back (Ben) for some pumpkin decorating and crafting.

Halloween was on a Monday night this year, which is such a mean thing to do to teachers. They should all get subs for November 1st. Ben wanted to be a stormtrooper again this year, which made me want to do a happy dance. Halloween costumes for four kids can take a lot of work.

Annie was a pirate, and a pretty cute one at that. I hope she didn't want to be a super scary pirate.

Cole decided very last minute to be a mad scientist, but luckily, that was an easy costume to put together last minute. 

And sweet Molly wanted to be everything this year. A ghost. A cowgirl. A pirate. A princess. Really, everything. We sent her as a witch and she told people she was a bad witch. I don't think they believed her.

Since it was a Monday night, it seemed like the trick-or-treating ended pretty early and everyone went to bed. Except the Griffiths because we don't like sleep around here. Apparently.