A random Thursday post which includes some Halloween pictures because I do really love Halloween.  And since Halloween is gone every store is now full on Christmas.  Harper went on a small rant in Target yesterday about how she doesn’t like people skipping over Thanksgiving.  I kind of agree.  Although I live with Josh Kelley who wants to put up our Christmas tree right now.  So I’m still living in last Friday.

We tried doing some trick-or-treating in our neighborhood, but after a few houses and some epic Halloween fails we decided to ditch our own and head over to hang with some friends.  We’re lucky in the fact we have friends who don’t mind us crashing their festivities with 4 children.

My favorite moment of the night was when Hudson hopped in the car and said, “I can’t wait to eat this chocolate Santa.”  Whaaaattt????  A chocolate Santa.  Harper then replied with, “Yeah, I got a Reeces shaped like a Christmas tree.”  So yeah, one house gave out last years Christmas candy.  Josh Kelley and I laughed pretty hard.  We thought by chance this might have been this years Christmas candy, but alas with further inspection all the Christmas candy given out had expired in July.  We can’t make this stuff up.

This was Amon’s first year to actually participate in Halloween which made us laugh and want to go crazy because he was kind of a hot mess.  My friend Ashely brought me an entire baseball uniform for him to wear because she’s awesome and knows I could use all the help I can get.  He loved dressing up, he loved going door to door and yet was freezing and on multiple occasions made his way into strangers houses.  This meant Josh or myself issuing lots of apologies and pulling him from strangers homes.  Amon does not know a stranger and in no way honors personal space EVER.

 He also got into an intense conversation with an older lady who had a dog.  He lingered far too long at this house and Josh had to go in and get him.  Then there was the house where all the big kids came back, but not Amon.  I finally went up to see what the hold up was and there he sat cowering in full panic behind the home owner who was consoling him and passing out candy to the scary dressed teens on his front porch.  We’ve got several of those #1 Dad and #1 Mom mugs 🙂

And then there was the house where Harper reported back that Amon upon energetically bounding onto the front porch knocked over the home owners table which held the bowl of candy and let’s just all thank God for Harper Kelley because she helped get it all picked up and apologized on his behalf like the responsible first child she is.

So Halloween was a riot.  Too much fun.  Hilariously hilarious and yet when arriving back home Josh and I felt like we’d ran a marathon.  Amon was toast…ready for bed and couldn’t have gotten in it quick enough.

Happy Thursday.

My brain is toast for any normal blog posting today…where I type anything which would make sense.  And the other day I got to thinking back to what all the Kelley kids have been for Halloween in the past.  Then curiosity got the best of me because I couldn’t remember them all and then since I was sifting through all my digital picture love I thought I would just go ahead and share with the inter webs our Halloween past goodness.

2007.  Harper’s only only child Halloween.  Josh always calls her Hair Bear because she had so much hair when she was born.  Easy choice…bear.

2008.  Hudson enters the scene.  Harper was a dinosaur because she was obsessed with dinosaurs and Hudson was a turtle because well, it was funny.  I made both costumes from felt and cheap digs.

2009.  Solomon enters the scene and we found out about Hudson’s peanut allergy so they were peanut butter and jelly…again with the felt and hot glue costumes…and Harper was a butterfly princess…her choice of description.

2010.  Two old guys with mustaches because we were going to our nieces dress up party and had nothing else, so it stuck…and a bumble bee.

I could die from this picture of the boys.  Makes me cackle.

2011.  The year of the cat and Buzz & Zerg.

2012.  Amon enters the scene.  Super heroes are in full on obsession with everyone.  And clearly Amon had to be Superman.

2013.  Star Wars.  We had the perfect making for Obi Wan, Padme, Anakin and an Ewok.

No pictures yet, but this year we’ve got a witch, 2 ninjas and a baseball player.  We’ll be suiting up as soon as they hit the doors from school and getting our trick-or-treat on.  Crossing our fingers the rain will hold off.

Enjoy your weekend and Halloween/Fall fun.

I do, I love Halloween.  It’s kind of my fave.  And it rained all flippin’ day long.  So plans changed and we Kelleys adapted.

Pumpkin carving.  Josh Kelley was in charge.  No one was very interested and he free handed our pumpkin…which I think kind of looks like a pumpkin Garbage Pail Kid…with fangs.

Huddy and Sol had MDO and a fun Halloween party.

I picked up The Croods from Redbox at 9:10am.  Rain, rain and more rain was on the forecast and it did not disappoint.  Now we have tornado warnings.

Amon and I did last minute Africa shopping.  He insisted on me taking jelly bellys to Africa.  Well okay Amon, if you insist.

Harper had her class Halloween party.  Ms. Flowers asked me to make the jello spider petri dishes.  It worked perfectly and most of the kids chowed down.  Jello should really make a new green flavor that isn’t lime though.  It’s funky.

I picked my nephew Coop up from school and he was dressed in his ape costume.  How fun and hilarious is he?  Totally.  Made me happy I am his aunt.

The last of my Africa supplies arrived…solar powered lanterns.  I’ve become BFF with the UPS dude.  Today he asked if I ran a day care.  I was all like, “Nope.  They’re all mine.”

Candy, candy and more candy.  I blew my no-sweets during the week, but it is Halloween.  Come on.

Our Star Wars crew hit up one lonely house.  The Barnes family, who never get trick-or-treaters, got the mother load.  And were happy to see us.  We were excited to get in one official trick-or-treat house.  Then we went home with McDonald’s happy meals.  My pictures are terrible…too dark and too windy and Amon was DUN.

And shortly after everyone was in bed our electricity went out.  And remained out for several hours.  Josh and I weighed bags in the dark, but finally got all my bags to the right weights…maybe.  I’m praying for a compassionate and kind Delta worker who will weigh all my bags with some grace.  I think I’m going to need it.

And there you have it.  Our Halloween in a nut shell.  Hope you guys enjoyed the day…Halloween celebrating or not.

Happy Thursday!