First of all, Happy Halloween to all you little Ghouls and Goblins out there (and their parents too). Halloween is such a fun day for kids, both big and small. For that one evening, children let their imagination soar and they let themselves be transformed into someone else.
It is not a holiday worshiping the devil (what I heard in my house growing up) but a day for fun.
The history of Halloween is very interesting indeed. I don't know very many kids that don't enjoy dressing up and receiving candy. My kids are not any different. They start looking forward to Trick o' Treating in September, and usually get their costume ideas by end of summer. Since I make most of their costumes I need to know well in advance what they are planning on being. Once they decide, my Monkeys are bound to change their ideas oh about ...... a million times. This year was not any different. I had everything from angry birds, to 60's girl, to football player, to Garfield. 3 weeks ago I had to finally tell the Monkeys that there are no more changes to the costumes as I had to start making them. So we ended up with a Fisherman, A Hello Kitty, and a Knight. Making the costumes at home allowed me to keep the costs down, plus I don't have to feel bad about buying a costume for one year that will eventually find it's way to the landfill. I try to make costumes that are either recycled (second hand stores are great for the supplies) or are made up of parts that the kids will use again.
And what about the candy? I am really not a fan of majority of "junk" food that the kids are given at Halloween
mainly due to sugar content and GMO ingredients in them. And since our kids only want to go Trick o' Treating to few houses (maybe 25 houses in total) we have a solution. We only take them to few houses for the fun of having the experience and then we take their candy and substitute them with healthier choices. This year they got some organic jelly beans (and yes, I know that there is still sugar in these) and organic chocolate pieces. And what do we do with all the other candy? I have to confess that I do have few of them (and then feel sorry that I even had few) and Daddy takes the rest to work with him. Don't ask me why he still eats them. Before I go into the details about some good things that are happening, here are some pictures of the Monkeys for Halloween.
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| Fisherman Funky Monkey |
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| Hello Kitty Girly Monkey |
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| Sir Knight Little Monkey |
I really dislike feeling sorry for myself, but with all these u
nforeseen things happening lately I was really thinking that
someone out there was out to make my life miserable. But during all this time I was forgetting my most important motto; everything happens for a reason! Sometimes I am just blinded by self-pity enough to loose sight of what it is that I am learning or gaining from it. I was so very upset at the dishwasher being broken, but we found a wonderful repairman that fixed it for us and gave me some great tips on how to keep my dishwasher running smoothly. The dishwasher now cleans better than it had in months! And my dishes come out super clean! Daddy's truck accident was a little scary but he ended up getting a new (used) truck that he likes much better. So there was a positive to it. On the other exciting news, i went to see the midwife today and it turned out to be a wonderful visit. I am measuring 37 weeks (so a bit of a jump from measuring a week behind), and the baby is looking great. He was very active today. My hemoglobin test came back normal and I the midwife gave me a GBS swab to do at home and drop off at the lab. Hopefully I will be negative for Group B Strep and I won't have to worry about antibiotics in labor.
We discussed homebirth and I got my supply list plus I bought a homebirth kit from the midwives' office. It includes things like the disposable blue mats, and postpartum sanitary pads, and peri bottle, and baby hat, and instant cold compress. I also gave the midwife directions to my house and my next visit is going to be a home visit. I am getting very excited. It's really getting close to this little boy arriving. I only have to hold off one more week and then I am considered "full term" and I can give birth at home.
First of all, Happy Halloween to all you little Ghouls and Goblins out there (and their parents too). Halloween is such a fun day for kids, both big and small. For that one evening, children let their imagination soar and they let themselves be transformed into someone else. It is not a holiday worshiping the devil (what I heard in my house growing up) but a day for fun. The history of Halloween is very interesting indeed. I don't know very many kids that don't enjoy dressing up and receiving candy. My kids are not any different. They start looking forward to Trick o' Treating in September, and usually get their costume ideas by end of summer. Since I make most of their costumes I need to know well in advance what they are planning on being. Once they decide, my Monkeys are bound to change their ideas oh about ...... a million times. This year was not any different. I had everything from angry birds, to 60's girl, to football player, to Garfield. 3 weeks ago I had to finally tell the Monkeys that there are no more changes to the costumes as I had to start making them. So we ended up with a Fisherman, A Hello Kitty, and a Knight. Making the costumes at home allowed me to keep the costs down, plus I don't have to feel bad about buying a costume for one year that will eventually find it's way to the landfill. I try to make costumes that are either recycled (second hand stores are great for the supplies) or are made up of parts that the kids will use again.
And what about the candy? I am really not a fan of majority of "junk" food that the kids are given at Halloween mainly due to sugar content and GMO ingredients in them. And since our kids only want to go Trick o' Treating to few houses (maybe 25 houses in total) we have a solution. We only take them to few houses for the fun of having the experience and then we take their candy and substitute them with healthier choices. This year they got some organic jelly beans (and yes, I know that there is still sugar in these) and organic chocolate pieces. And what do we do with all the other candy? I have to confess that I do have few of them (and then feel sorry that I even had few) and Daddy takes the rest to work with him. Don't ask me why he still eats them. Before I go into the details about some good things that are happening, here are some pictures of the Monkeys for Halloween.
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