Spooktacular Decorating

Gus putting spider webs on the bushes.



"Mom, here's the ghost! Whooooooooooo!"



Jack and the tombstone.

It was a gorgeous Fall day today! The smells of the season were all around: pumpkin, caramel, chocolate, drying up leaves, pine straw and candles! It was the perfect day to decorate the house all "spooky-like" for the 70 or so little goblins that would be begging for treats on Halloween night.

Gus, Jack and Rebecca were totally EAGER to help me decorate and for the first time in 13 years of having children, they were actually HELPFUL! This year, I did not have to caution them about stepping on lights, or worry that one would stick their finger in a light socket, or fall off the steps, or get in the way, or run into the street, or change a diaper or chew up the electrical cord, or eat plastic or roll down the driveway, or even explain 17 billion times that Halloween is NOT today. Whew!

Kind of made me sad.