This year's Trick or Treat at my house can only be described as a joyful cluster f*ck!
Normally, I love this holiday, but this year turned out to be major chaos!! Maddy started proclaiming herself a Strawberry Shortcake Princess 3 weeks ago. For whatever reason, Mommy kept waiting....and waiting....and waiting to buy said costume. In addition, I had tried to be El Cheapo' and buy the twins' costumes last year on clearance at the outlet mall. Needless to say, I VASTLY underestimated how enormous they would grow in the last year. Thus, the robots I chose a year ago would not fit. Again, Mommy waited and waited and waited to buy new costumes.
Fast forward to this past Saturday......we had decided to all go as a family to buy costumes. Then the dreaded stomach bug hit! Wiped me out! I finally recovered Sunday night, which left me running around like a maniac on HALLOWEEN looking for one Strawberry Shortcake costume and two matching outfits size 12-18 months that weren't fugly!
I literally went to four stores and wound up with 1 Strawberry Shortcake (that was a bit too small) and 2 matching Frankensteins!
After the stress of the costume purchasing was over, there was this fiasco (which Frank lovingly captured on film):
This is Maddy (a.k.a. Strawberry Shortcake) in anguish because she tripped and ripped her tights before she even went to the first house!! :(
Oh and then there is dear old Dad....as all good wives do, I gave Frank my stomach bug! He was such a trooper for going out last night given how bad he felt. More proof that he would do anything if Maddy asked him to! :)
Despite it all, the kids had a blast, which is really all that matters! Hope everyone had a great Halloween!
