Makings from the Madhouse: Halloween

The other weekend Paul managed to drag me out of the house for a walk to Stanah. I haven't been myself recently, at the weekends Paul has been the one to take the kids out somewhere to the park or beach for a couple of hours and i have stayed in doing my homework, cooking dinner or other tasks, to be honest the last month i just haven't felt like going out, i just felt like hibernating really, although obviously i have had to go to take the kids to school, go to college and committee meetings, but for me i am happy just to stay in (knitting). May be its the change in the season but i do really love this time of the year its my faveroite, or maybe i am just a bit burnt out, its been so busy, so much to do and its only set to get busier, it always is before Christmas. Also i am finding myself in so much pain with my back and neck and i am now suffering with pain in my wrist, but i have an appointment with the specialist so may be one day i will get some help with it. But despite not really wanting to go out for a walk,it was really nice and the kids do love getting out and about, the park is just the right size for Alex and it was refreshing to walk along the river, i enjoyed it.

Before Halloween i took a large delivery of pumpkins (or pumpcakes as Ali calls them!) 10 of them i needed to carve as i was doing Halloween in the woods again and also another one at a different place. As the pumpkins were dropped off after the kids were in bed, we had a plan, we decided to have our very own pumpkin patch in the playroom that and ELFY Guy would return to deliver them. When the kids came down in the morning they were squealing when they saw him, we had a full day of carving and making soup of course with the bits we scooped out, the kids were really upset when Elfy had to leave that night, but he will be back soon! That night we went to the first outdoor Halloween party. Halloween arrived and it was the same as I did last year with the local councillor and we decorated the wood with glow in the dark props we had made and carved pumpkins, and this year it was even better, we had a fantastic night and afterwards Paul took the kids trick or treating, the only downside was Ewan, he was not really a happy bunny, he had been to the dentist as 4pm, yes 4pm on Halloween to have a tooth removed as the 2nd tooth was coming through already and would have come through crooked, so this meant that although he went out he couldn't eat any sweets so I think that booking that appointment for him was an epic parenting fail! But despite that a good time was had by all.