It's all done....

Halloween 2008 has come to a close. It was a very busy, very fun-filled day. We started with all kids in costume by 8 a.m. Andrew was off to school for his Halloween parade and festivities until 1:15 this afternoon. Kaitlynn, Mitchell and I............ - Drove through McDonald's for breakfast, drove to a friend's house to borrow my Halloween costume, drove to Kaitlynn's school to help set up for Fall Festival, enjoyed Fall Festival, drove to Vons to buy pumpkins (so we were a little late), drove through El Pollo Loco for lunch (back to my diet on Monday), came home for 30 minutes to change the little ones out of their costumes and to eat lunch, drove to Andrew's school to pick him up, headed over to Target to return some extra Halloween candy and treat bags, drove to FedEx to drop off a package, drove to the bank to deposit a check ... and... we FINALLY made it home at about 2:30 this afternoon. I sent the kids to bed for naps while I cleaned the front of the house. By 5 p.m. Cory and his brother had arrived home. We decorated (notice I didn't say "carved") the pumpkins, ate dinner, put costumes back on and headed out for trick-or-treating until 7:30. The most adorable part of the evening had to be when we all walked out the door to start out on our trek for candy. Kaitlynn grabbed Andrew and declared, "Andrew!! This is it!"... as if she'd been waiting her entire life for that very moment. Well..... The candy has been picked over, eaten and put back into treat bags and Halloween 2008 has come to a close. Dare I selfishly say "Thank Goodness!" ??

Happy Halloween from Dash:

From Minnie Mouse:

And from our little Squirt!