Happy Halloween

Yesterday was a Halloween adventure. We began at the bank. The kids got to trade their colored in postcards for a pumpkin. We came back and said goodbye to Rob - he was off to tape a wedding all day and night. We stopped off at the police department to drop off a bag of expired drugs.
We went to Toys r Us to meet Spiderman, Barbie and Geoffrey. I was able to pick up Halloween treats at 50% off, too. We went to Meijer's for their Halloween Carnival - a bit disappointing. They are usually very together but were extremely disorganized on Saturday. Eventually the kids got a glow stick and a few pieces of candy.
We picked Tony up and we came home for lunch and to assemble Ellie's treats for school. We started our afternoon at Presbyterian Home. The kids had a ball and they really get kudos for the best free Halloween activity. They played games, trick or treated, decorate a pumpkin, had snacks, heard stories, got tattoos, went to a petting zoo, got their photo taken and saw the n gauge railway. This was very cool.
We ended our adventure at St. Paul's Trunk or Treat. The kids got to play games and trick or treat through many decorated trunks. We came home and the kids played very nicely together - we ended up outside on bikes and playing soccer. Jo and Ole came to pick T up and we went to pick up dinner.
We had movie night - we were going to watch Hocus Pocus but about 45 minutes into it Nick said he was scared so we switched to Halloween Wars on Food Network. I got the kids to sleep and then watched some TV. Rob got home around 1AM.
Today we started the day with a trip to Mariano's. The kids got a free pumpkin and got to trick or treat around the store. We came home and decorated and carved our pumpkins. I found sidewalk paint in the Halloween box so we went outside and decorated the front walk. It is supposed to glow in the dark - I just hope it survives the rain.
We went to Mom and Dad's for family Sunday. I helped Mom assemble the cannelloni and got the salad ready. We plated up and were ready for dinner. Mom named all the items for the festivities - witch's fingers, hearts and blood, blood and bones...
Everything was delicious. The kids were a bit nuts but that does happen with sugar. We got to share our pictures from the weekend with the GGs. We came home and Ellie did her homework and I gave Nick a bath. I put away a couple baskets of laundry and finally swapped out Ellie's drawers so that Summer clothes are away in the closet and Fall in her drawers.
My body isn't feeling so good the last couple days. I have had some chest pain - started with my phantom Plum pain and has traveled a bit lower today. My ankles hurt - not sure what that is about. My shoulders were feeling better but started a dull pain again tonight. Hoping everyone has a fun Halloween. Visualising my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree