Halloween Festivities and Jog-A-Thon!

I LOVE Halloween. I do. But once it's over I always kind of breath a sigh of relief and am perfectly fine to wait another year for it :)  It is FUN, just busy. We had our annual cookie and cupcake baking nights, our Pumpkin-Painting-and-Carving-with-apple-cider-and-caramel-apples-night, and then the "big event!" I have to say, I LOVED our costumes this year. I thought last year would be hard to top, but I had so much fun being Cruella DeVille, so I think it definitely was as creative as last year! The girls were Dalmations, Shawn was the Dad in 101 Dalmatians, and Sully was one of the pound puppies! We looked awesome, if I do say so myself :)

But..... (there's almost always a but, right?!) Piper suddenly came down with a fever and a stomach ache.  It literally happened SO fast. Right before we took pictures.  It was so strange.  She felt SO sick. She could barely stand up for pictures.  She would take a picture and then whimper a little saying it hurt to smile. I was worried about her and offered to stay home with her but she would NOT have that. She would have been devastated to miss Trick-or-Treating. So we bundled her up in the wagon and walked it door-to-door alongside Lucy who was holding her sister's bag and collecting her goodies so that Piper could have candy too...Isn't that sweet? I loved that. At each door she dutifully held up both bags and pointed to the wagon showing everyone who she was getting her candy for.  But here's the strangest part: earlier that day the school nurse called me and Lucy came home from school early because SHE had a stomach and headache as well.  But with Tylenol, she felt better. It was just crazy that both kids got sick very quickly that day!  

It was also frigid outside for us Okies! It was in the 40's and windy.  There were hardly any trick-or-treaters out and if there were, most of them were driven in cars and the kids would hop out when they got to each house. So it wasn't the greatest night. We looked good and the kids got a good amount of candy, but we only had a handful of trick-or-treaters come to our house.  Last year we ran out of candy because we had so many kids. But it was in the 80's last year and the 40's this year. I seriously can't keep up with Oklahoma weather! All I know is that I kept Piper home from school the next day because she woke up still really cranky but by today she was back to her regular self.  And it's a good thing because today was Jog-a-thon!

We did Emoji Pumpkins this year :)

Next: Jog-a-thon is the school's biggest fundraiser all year. The kids collect money and run their little hearts out. It's adorable. There is loud music, water stations, misters (it was so hot!) and lots of cheering! There are quite a few little kids who take tumbles! It's so sad but cute at the same time. They fall and the little ones behind them can't quite stop fast enough so they tumble too, and then they all stand up and act super brave and keep on running :) I love these little kids! Lucy stopped at the drink station every single lap, haha! And Piper ran for about a minute and then stopped and said "I can't run anymore! It's just too much!" So she walked the rest of the time... needless to say, my kids aren't the most athletic of them all! Hahaha!

Anyway, we are fast approaching Christmas, can you believe it? My kids will be writing their letters to Santa in a couple of weeks and this year is just absolutely FLYING by. It's NOVEMBER. How did that even happen??!!

So, goodnight everyone! I hope you all had a very happy Halloween!

P.S. Sully is doing MUCH better. After the 7 day incubation lock-down he's allowed to go back out into the world and interact with friends. His sores are clearing up and he's doing awesome!