More Tricks Than Treats?

Some days just don’t go as I plan, and today was one of those days. It started out all right, but Will came home from school having eaten a LOT of sweets. He crashed from his sugar high around 1:00 and things went downhill from there. By dinner time, Will still had not finished his homework, and he had changed his mind about his Halloween costume… again. At that point, I was not even willing to LET him participate in trick-or-treating because he had been mean to his siblings and me and hadn’t finished his schoolwork. I helped the younger three get dressed up, then the three littles and I headed to a neighbor’s home to help with some games we were doing with some families from our Sunday school class. Allen stayed to oversee Will doing his homework and chores. They joined us later, and Will did go trick-or-treating with some of the other kids in our group when he finished his work.

As for the costumes, Will planned on being Gandalf, and I had gotten him a long white wig and beard and a witch’s hat. He put on a graduation gown that had been in our closet, but then decided he would rather we draw a scar on his head so he could go as Harry Potter. I kept the white wig and witch hat and put them on with a cloak. I painted my face to look old, but we didn’t get any pictures. Maddie also was a witch, but she was much cuter than I. Ben was a ninja, but part of his costume went missing right before he got dressed (we later found he had put it in the washing machine when he washed his clothes.) Jon was a SWAT team member. Allen put a paper grocery bag on and put a big A on it. He was a Scrabble tile.