But, Mommy, where are our....

We've been recovering all week from Maggie's birthday blow out. I'd like to say it's been a quiet week, but it hasn't been. In fact, both gymnastics and dance had special Halloween events. With a late October birthday in the family, I've noticed we are lacking in the Halloween haunted spirits. Apparently, La Nina noticed too.

The other morning we were driving to work and she innocently asked, "Mommy, where are our halloween decorations? We don't even have a spider in front of our house."

I'd been praying the kids didn't notice the lack of decorations or spiders. Thanks to the pest control service, we're nicely devoid of spiders. And all the distractions of the month also meant we were decidedly unhaunted. Even worse, we really didn't have many decorations. Now you have to know, Halloween is just not my favorite holiday. I'm never very creative with costumes, pumpkins or decorations, but I think having kids means time to get creative.

But unfortunately, I feel like hell this weekend. I think it's the flu shot I had on Wednesday. It gave me a cold sore and cold sores always make me sick. So, I wasn't much in the spirit to deck the halls with ghosts, bats and witches. But I was the only unspirited one. So, I went to Raley's this afternoon. Yep, we haunted our house thanks to our local grocery store. All the decorations were half off, so it didn't cost much to get a few things.

The Dad got the decorative lights installed this evening and the girls and I made "Ms. Princess Potato Head" Pumpkins for the porch. (Have you seen the kits at Target? Really cute.) So, I'm declaring the house decorated, but I have a feeling next year, this ain't gonna cut it.