A howling good time . . .

So we went to our good friend's, Lars and Danielle Norlund's 2nd annual Halloween party. (We missed the first, as we were in Colorado. ) I have to admit, in the past, I had been very hesitant to let my kids dress up for Halloween. It's sort of a religious hang up that I've had; it stems from my upbringing that Halloween is completely of the devil and that we good christians are to have nothing to do with it. While I agree that Halloween in and of itself is pretty morbid and evil, I have resolved myself to the fact that there is nothing wrong with letting my children dress up in fun costumes and having a hayday in going door to door with big pillowcases, and filling them with as much candy as possible for one night out of the year. Afterall, I know in my heart that I don't love the devil or condone evil things. So, I will not keep my kids from the fun any longer, and with no remorse or guilt I will freely let them celebrate Halloween; as long as the costumes don't represent death or evil. We had a great time at the Norlunds' house, playing games, carving pumpkins, and eating lots of food and candy. Chris looked so disgusting that every time I looked at him, I nearly vomited! He was supposed to be a "derilict from our very own Lake County". I have to say, he looked very similar to the fine folks I've seen walking around our local Wal-mart here in Lake County. I, basically didn't have anything else to wear, and I wasn't about to go out and spend any money on a costume, so I pulled some treasures out of my closet and simply went as a "catholic school girl". Chris secretly told all of the guys at the party that I was a catholic school girl/stripper, and I couldn't figure out why they were all looking at me so funny and bug-eyed; that is until Chris told me "his secret." Christopher went as a "space age police man", but he forgot his helmet, so it didn't complete the look so well. Joshie was SUPPOSED to be Mr. Incredible, and we spent a good $40.00 on his costume at the Disney store, but he insisted that he wear his old, torn and beat up Spiderman costume from last year. I gave in and let him; he even wore his funky snow boots to complete the look - I think he looked alittle more like Napolean Dynamite on steroids!! Allie on the other hand looked absolutely adorable as a ballerina princess. (she LOVES pretty things - she has definitely become ALL GIRL!!) Needless to say, we had a great time and can't wait until Halloween to go hunting for candy!!!!