I'm back. Again. Truth be told, most days I forgot I had a blog. The days I didn't forget, I felt guilty but just didn't seem to find the time to fit it in. I'm a terrible person. No news there.
Well today marks the very first Hailey Halloween! I love Halloween. The dress up, the free candy. I mean honestly, what's not to love about any of that!? Anyway, this year we have our little bundle of Hailey joy to help us celebrate. And we aren't even really celebrating... I don't know why really, but the excitement of the whole thing dwindled a bit for me. We aren't taking Hailey trick-or-treating, Ryan isn't getting home until after festivities have started (generally just before Hailey eats and gets ready for bed anyway) and we aren't dressing up as anything. For fear of sounding like a complete Halloween Scrooge, I will say that I am putting Hailey in a "costume" if only to get a few pictures and say that we actually did something. Don't worry, I'm also passing out candy to the cute little ones :)
I made Hailey's costume, as I do all my costumes (I'm too cheap to actually buy one). She is going as a troll! I can't remember who but someone gave me the idea months ago when her hair naturally stuck straight up. People would say she reminded them of one of those little troll dolls from the 90's. Yeah, I totally had some :) Anyway, I thought it was cute, easy, and most importantly funny, so that's what she will be. In truth we aren't even leaving the house and I will have to miss a big chunk of candy duty to get her fed and ready for bed but all in all this Halloween won't be a total bust! Next year should be more fun, you know, when Hailey isn't just a 7 month old and can actually eat the candy :) Thanks Hailey! And like I said earlier, lamely, Ryan and I aren't going as anything. We somehow got old and boring between last year and this year and didn't even have a single Halloween party to go to. We did however carve pumpkins like we do every year and that was really fun! I love carving pumpkins. Although I always end up breaking something off my design... I'm still a rookie. We never really carved pumpkins growing up in my household. This year I made a Disney princess castle and Ryan made the Batman logo. *Tip* If you lube the carved edges up with vaseline, it won't rot and become dilapidated before the big night! I'll have to post a picture of our pumpkins and some of my little monster, I mean Troll, later tonight when I get some. Can't wait!
Even if we aren't doing anything grand this year, I still love this day. Growing up I always had trouble deciding if Christmas or Halloween was my favorite holiday. Now that I am older, I still don't know! So Happy Halloween to everyone! Make it a good one :)
...Then comes marriage
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