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… And we’re back!

Friday (Spooky Day!!) dawns early with Seth cleaning up the backyard to prepare for the festivities.

Being that it’s the day after Harvestfest each year and the kids already had one day off of school, I have it set so they go to school on Spooky Day… so everyone is finishing up their morning and heading out the door. Shortly after this photo, I sell the gnomes so I stop getting seeds for Maggie.

While the kids are at school, Seth works on upgrading the plumbing so hopefully it breaks less. (Yeah… right. I never really notice a difference, but I keep trying anyway.) This gives him his fourth handiness point.

Maggie doing some chores while the kids are at school. Notice the washer working again, too. I swear, they run it at least once a day!

Maggie wasting time working on her flower arranging skill.

… Another broken plumbing item.

.. What is Seth planning??

A costume party for the whole family! … I also set up the house.

Everyone gets a pumpkin station…

… And a trick or treat bowl. (Which I find out does NOT complete the trick or treat part of the holiday.. apparently each person has to physically give treats to the passers-by to have that complete.)

.. The kids doing their homework before the party like good little soldiers. LOL.

… Costumes!!!

Being that he’s an elder, I found Seth’s choice of costume hilarious.

… Pirate # 1…

… Pirate #2. (He’s upset because he can’t be a bear for the party. Poor Kent.)

.. A skinky skellie. (But to be fair, Ximena was working on her focused homework aspiration, so she didn’t have time for a pre-party shower. She’ll live.)

… And the last costume. Maggie didn’t automatically change into hers… so I made her change.. and discovered that if they don’t do it manually, changing for the party doesn’t count for the holiday credit, either. (Which is why you see some different costumes later)

The pumpkin-carving party. Everyone is having so much fun!

The only trick-or-treater that I notice for the evening. Isn’t her costume gorgeous?!?! This is also when I notice that it doesn’t count for anyone’s holiday credit…. but the party is so hectic, I don’t have time to hunt for the trick-or-treaters for everyone’s credit.

.. Scaring each other .. because it’s spooky day! And no, I have no idea who’s in the sleepy hollow costume… but I think it’s my favorite of the entire night.

Spooky Cookies for Yoda…

… Maybe Maggie’s really a hotdog delivery person?? … Just kidding.

.. I spy someone who opted out of costumes behind our pretty caterer. (Who seems quite overwhelmed by the whole party. I also find out caterers will put laundry in the washing machine. Who knew??)

Ahoy! Bear sighting!

.. The last person up. Katarina finishes her cookies before bed.

… The morning-after mess.  And the start of another long day with all the kids home because it’s Saturday. At least the week is almost over, though!

As usual, Kent seems to do the lion’s share of the clean-up.

… And Seth has something else to fix. How many times can this thing break in a week??

Playtime… 🙂

.. Someone decides to use the puppet theater.. but I have no idea who, I never checked. I was too busy trying to get the week over with. LOL.

… Really Seth???  Again?!?

.. A broken fridge. The party cleanup is continuing in the background.

Everything’s clean.. homework’s done.. time to relax.

.. Poor Maggie appears to be feeling her age.

SETH!!! This was supposed to be the last, easy day of the week, not the day to give me a heart attack!

Maggie shows off her grit and comes to the rescue, while Ximena (rightly so!) panicks and everyone else runs for the sidewalk.

…. More rain. This is the first time I’ve ever noticed that they can “use” the mud puddles to have a mud fight, though. How cute.

I catch most of the family gathered around the table. (Seth is off camera somewhere showering.)

… More bedtime hijinks. Hehe.

… And that’s it for the week. Here’s Bristol as the last one to bed before my 5:30 AM household switch. The only thing that happens before morning is Maggie waking up early to take a shower (after cleaning it…) .. and I didn’t think I needed a picture for that.

Next up… time to move to Oasis Springs and the Landgraab family!

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