Last week, Kason continued to get into trouble at the Afterschool program. It is always the same thing: talking back, not listening, rolling eyes, etc. We spanked him, took away video games, TV and even his football. But nothing seemed to really get his attention. So we finally warned him on Wednesday, that if he could not get through the next 2 days without getting into trouble he would not be able to go Trick or Treating. Lo and behold, the next day he got into trouble again. So now we had to follow through on the punishment. I think I was more upset than Kason was. I had been looking forward to this all month!! But a deal is a deal, and we couldn’t back down. (Actually, I totally would have backed down if it hadn’t have been for GD. He is much better at the ‘tough love’ thing than me!) So we told him that he couldn’t go to the football game on Friday night, couldn’t go to Trunk or Treat at church on Saturday afternoon and couldn’t go Trick or Treating on Saturday night. My heart was broken. On Friday, we did let him get dressed up to go to school. When GD picked him up on Friday afternoon, the girls at the Afterschool program told GD that Kason had had a GREAT day. When he got home, his behavior was exceptional. So GD and I discussed it and told Kason if he could behave himself the rest of the weekend, then he could earn back his Trunk or Treat privileges for Saturday afternoon. He was still grounded from the football game and Trick or Treating, but at least he could do something. He seemed happy with that, or at least happier.
On Friday night, my good friend Susanne came over and we made goodies to hand out to the kids at Trunk or Treating the next day. For those of you who may not know what Trunk or Treating is, it is a community event that our church offers where we decorate our trunks and hand out candy to the kids. It is lots of fun. Susanne and I had a great time visiting (and drinking a little vino!)
Saturday, of course, was Halloween. This is the first year that Katie understood what a costume was, although I don’t think she still understands the whole Halloween concept. She is still asking me if we can go trick or treating again! My mom and GD’s mom both came over Saturday afternoon and helped get the kids dressed so I could go up to the church to decorate my trunk. Trunk or Treating was a blast! There was a great turnout and the kids had lots of fun. I think Katie had a lollipop in her mouth everytime I saw her!! After Trunk or Treating, we all went to Susanne and Monty’s house for dinner. Susanne is a gracious host and awesome cook. Her chili was so yummy and the kids loved their “mummy dogs”! After dinner, GD and the moms took Kason home to fulfill his punishment of no Trick or Treating. He was upset, and so was I. But Katie was still raring to go, so Susanne, Monty and I rounded up Katie, Tanner, Adelie and Reid and took them around the neighborhood to go Trick or Treating. It was perfect weather with a little bit of chill in the air. The kids absolutely loved it! Katie sat in the wagon like a princess about half the time. But in between lollipops, she did go up to a few houses to trick or treat. However, if there was scary music or smoke coming from the house, forget about it!! She was scared! By the time we got back home, Katie was still on a sugar-high, but I was exhausted! I was so happy that we gained an hour Saturday night!! (Although Katie woke up at 6:30 the next morning!!)
Katie is really coming into her own these days. She is little Miss Thing!! We are going to have to start working on her little attitude, but right now it is totally cracking us up!! Yesterday, she had her baby doll in her stroller and I asked her how her baby was doing. She looked at me and said, “Don’t worry about my baby!”. I told her not to talk like that to me. She put her hand on her hip, looked me in the eye and said, “Don’t talk to my baby like that!” I had to stifle a laugh, the look on her face with that hand on one hip was priceless!!!
Here are some pics from the weekend.
I looked for pictures from past Halloweens, but could only find the past 2 years. I'm sure I have the prior years, but just didn't have time to search for them. I really need to get better organized! Enjoy!
Halloween 2008
Halloween 2007
Too Funny!!!! :)
Too bad you weren't able to get a picture of Katie with her hand on her hip when she was getting defensive abt her baby! And that picture of her as a pea back in 07' is absolutely hilarious!!
ReplyDeleteI know! We cracked up at that pea pod pic last night!! LOL!!!
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