Is October already over? Time to take down the witches, the spiders, the ghosts and goblins. Time to put away the slobbery vampire teeth.

But you know what that means right? The stores will be packed with Christmas paraphernalia and kids will be bombarding us with the "I wants". Already the store catalogs are arriving I have already dashed Giggles hopes for an iPod and more Legos to decorate the basement floor.

Halloween day was crazy busy and I didn't have time to dress up this year. But I still had fun going to the school to watch my boys in the costume parade. This was the first year that Sheriff did not participate as he is too old. :( But he is still young enough to trick-or-treat thank goodness. And he did wear a costume to his school which had his father a little nervous. He told Sheriff that he could take his costume off at school if he wanted and to be prepared if 9th-graders made fun of 7th graders. Sounds to me like someone has some middle-school memories they still need to deal with.

Smiley only cried twice and only dropped his candy twice (blaming it on Giggles once). I call that a successful trick-or-treating night!

Brett's brother Jeff continues to amaze and delight family and friends with his fantastic haunted Halloween yard every year.

By the end of the night this is kind of how I felt...

a little bit worn out. But it was fun taking kids around and watching how excited they were for their different treats. It was a beautiful night with great weather. Pretty soon they will be too grown up for trick-or-treating so I will enjoy these moments while I can.