Hello! How was your weekend? We had a really good one. Of course, Saturday was Halloween, but then Sunday was a great slow paced day to get caught up on life and prep for the upcoming week. On top of that, the weather this weekend was beautiful.
Today, I’m sharing a recap of our very 2020 Halloween.
Andrea shared this meme last week, and I laughed! It’s so true! I know I say all of these statements multiple times!
And…I saw this meme and thought it was very 2020.
Friday Night:
Our “festivities” started off Friday evening with our “Spooky Dinner.” I started this tradition last year, and the kids asked for it again. “Bloody finger” hot dogs, green grape eyeballs, ghoulish green mac and cheese, and this year I added in orange cheese balls because….they’re good 😉…and paired the orange with a black spider for Halloween colors.
Trav said we should play Halloween music while we ate dinner. Hadley found a Halloween playlist with some fun music. This was a great idea until the kids started arguing about song selection. Ugh!
Then, I went to bed early. I feel like I overdid it a few days last week, and it all caught up with me. I was in my pjs by 6:00 and in bed by 9:00.
Saturday/Halloween:
I woke up Saturday feeling a lot better, and, thankfully, we had no plans until having our friends over around 4:30. We kept the menu very simple this year. I made Shay’s Chicken Tortilla Soup like I usually do, but I didn’t make appetizers or chili like usual. The soup was for the adults, and then we picked up Little Caesar’s Pizza for the kids.
Our trick-or-treat time was from 6:00-8:00, so I had our friends and my brother’s family come over at 4:30, so we could enjoy the nice weather, hang out in the the backyard, and eat before trick-or-treating.
Usually, we eat after trick-or-treating, and of course, it’s dark outside by then and we hang out inside. So, with Covid, we changed it up a bit to be able to space ourselves out and enjoy the fresh air.
I pulled a few decorations from my Halloween tub to use on the food tables on our back patio.
My sister-in-law (and the kiddos) made these fun Minion Rice Krispie treats. So cute and delish!
We snapped a few pics before heading out around 6:00 for trick-or-treating.
Hadley was a blue M&M with her group of friends. Hayden was Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. I loved that both costume were their idea, and very simple to put together. Hayden even wore his Adidas (rather than cleats) because he said that’s who Mahomes endorses. Kid doesn’t miss a detail! 😂
I do have to give a shout out to Amazon for most elements of Hadley’s costume, and my friend Amy who cut out the m and ironed it on the girls’ sweatshirts.
I swear…they were just this little!
Then, it was time for cousin pic with Princess Jasmine, and a Power Ranger!
We were excited to see our friends who we don’t see very often. These girls are five days apart in age and besties even though they don’t get to see each other as often as they’d like.
Fun fact(s): we’ve trick-or-treated with these families for 11 years, all these kids have November birthdays, and 80’s girl and kidnapped by alien are boy/girl twins too!
They are all growing up on us too quickly!
Here they are on Halloween 2010.
Hadley was able to trick-or-treat with the other M&Ms for a bit…
while Hayden caught up with some of his crew…
and then we all met back up to finish up trick-or-treating.
Most of the houses we went to had fun tubes to dispense the candy or individual bags out on tables…which is what we did.
Hadley helped me bag the candy Saturday morning.
After over an hour of trick-or-treating, their buckets were full…and it was time for the candy swap. 😂
We had such a great evening. We were able to see so many great friends, hang out with family, eat delicious food (and candy!), and enjoy the beautiful weather.
Lots of things about 2020 have been a bummer, but Halloween didn’t disappoint…and the kids have the full size candy bars to proved it!
and now…it’s November! How is that even possible?!
…which means the kids have started their birthday countdown. 18 days and counting!
What did Halloween look like where you live? Of course, I hope you had a great Halloween!
Take care,
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So happy you had a great weekend! Our neighborhood was quieter than usual but I put out baggies on a table, too. Saturday weather was perfection. Sunday was super windy here. I got the Target robe! At least I think it’s the right one. It’s off white and nubby material and it’s floor length. I love it! I thought it was pretty expensive for Target but I think it’s a dupe for Barefoot Dreams?
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We did have a good one. I felt like there were more trick or treaters out in our neighborhood. It was good to do something “normal.” It was very windy here yesterday too! My kids played outside a lot but came in for layers when needed haha. So glad you got the robe. Yes, I think it’s $38? …but I thought it seemed like Barefoot dupe /style!
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Wearing it right now and I’m super happy! So glad for normal for the kids! Have a great week!
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