Halloween

We had an amazing 1st Halloween handing out candy. Kyle and I originally got dressed up and then we realized that we were the only people in the neighborhood dressed up.. :( so we took our costumes off and prepared for the madness with a glass of wine. (ended up being almost 2 bottles)... Not to disappoint though we did let Lil Debbie wear her costume for a whole 4 1/2 minutes. I think she hates being dressed up :(


So we ended up having probably 150 kids maybe more come by, which was PLENTY! We had the great idea to put in black lights in our outside lights! Well "great" was quickly replaced with "horrible" when we realized that the lights weren't lighting up very well and we were afraid that people would think our porch light was off and not come see us! PANIC! I ran through the house turning on every light (and when i say ran i literally ran). We have plantation blinds in our home so I immediately opened them and the light shined on! (sweet silence)... well that wasn't good enough for Kyle he thought that people would still think we weren't home! Now how many of you would think we weren't home if you saw the following:

Entryway light through the door
Pumpkins lit up on the porch
More pumpkins with changing lights on the walkway
4 different windows open with all the lights on
2 crazy people with their wine glasses walking out to the street, turning around and giving the thumbs up!


I mean really?? So what do I do as a good wife? You guessed it, ran to the garage, as Kyle is yelling "ALL CLEAR HURRY HURRY", grabbed the HUGE ladder, set it up on our porch, climbed to the tip top of the ladder and grabbed the black bulb.... now those of us who "lived" for black lights and glow in the dark stars on our ceilings have probably just realized the crucial mistake I made! Black lights get so much hotter than regular light bulbs, although a regular light bulb would have probably burnt my skin as well... yes I now have 3 fingers with that dry cracked feeling on the tips, like i have dipped my finger tips in super glue! Oh but that isn't the end of it because me being in full on "panic" mode I had already started unscrewing the bulb when I realized it was quickly dissolving my fingertips... I yell for Kyle to grab me a towel - yes a TOWEL - Oh no not my lover bear, he comes back with 1 I repeat ONE paper towel. So I grab the paper towel and advise him in a calm voice that my fingers are on fire and one paper towel is a joke. So while I am standing on this huge ladder, fingertips slowing burning off, we get tricker treaters.... Kyle, oh so big hearted Kyle, decided that giving the cute kidos candy instead of getting his loving wife a towel... UGH! So after removing the black lights and putting back in our normal lights we preceded to get lots of trick or treaters and it ended up being a great time. I also am getting feeling back in my fingers, which is kinda nice :) I hope everyone had a great Halloween. I will leave you now with a picture of our little Bus, see Kyle and I were suppose to dress up as hippies and Debbie was our "magic" bus. Well you can tell she just hated her costume...