This Thing Called Life: The Great Fall of 2012

Halloween was kind of a bust for the Pinguls this year. For some reason Kaelyn decided she was terrified of her costume. She was a cupcake. Not sure what is so scary about that! She would cry whenever I tried to get her to put it on. I decided to ignore that and try again later.We head to Fred Meyer for some candy and she starts freaking out when she sees the Halloween masks on a rack. I tried to tell her they were fake and went to show her by slapping one of the masks. I must have put a tad too much force behind my slap because I knocked them all over!!! Pig faces, ghouls, goblins, the creepy scream face...knocked em all off the rack!! What!!! Well now she was totally freaked out and as we rounded the corner to grab the candy there was a 5ft tall monster in the aisle that just sent her over the edge! I got the candy and some pumpkin ice cream I had been eyeing and got outta there!

Later in the day I was making a soup to bring over to the Halloween potluck we have with some people in the Grandview West "hood." Leah was screaming so loud that I couldn't concentrate on what I was making. Since it was the first time I had made this soup I was trying my best to pay attention to the recipe but the constant screaming was making my eyes start to twitch and my underarms sweat. We finally get Kaelyn excited enough to put her costume on and we head over to the neighbors. We are all enjoying multiple soups and adult beverages before heading out. I was so happy Kaelyn was excited to trick or treat. The first house we went to was one of our awesome neighbors Bron. Well his name is Ron but Kaelyn calls him Bron. He gave all the kids candy and then after he gave Kaelyn her candy he also gave her her own special glow stick. Score! I thought it was going to be such an awesome night for Kaelyn. We hit up another house and as she is going down the driveway Aaron notices her rain boots were on the wrong feet. Kaelyn goes to the next house and a man with a mask was giving out candy. Shockingly she wasn't scared. Well she turns around to head down the somewhat steep driveway, slips and hits her head on the concrete! My back was to her but I could hear her head hitting the ground. She instantly had a huge Goose egg on her head and was of course crying her eyes out. After we checked her out for a minute she said she wanted to keep going. At that point someone handed me one of Leah's little sock boot things she was wearing that had fallen off into a mud puddle. Great, one kid whacks her head on the ground and my other one is barefoot in the cold. Trick or treat fun was O-V-E-R.

We came home and iced Kaelyns head. This was our first kid injury as parents and I know that there will be more as they grow but I did learn something last night..... Aaron is for sure the softy when it comes to his girls! Of course I felt awful for Kaelyn when she fell but I had Leah strapped to my chest so Aaron was the one checking her out and carrying her home, etc. I looked at her when we were at the house and she seemed ok. Aaron may have acted like she lost a limb for a few minutes. (im not making fun of him, it was just really cute!) He gave her a sucker and when she was done she asked for more. Before Aaron could answer I told him to not let her have anymore candy. She asked him again and he just looked up at me and said "You need to ask Mommy baby." Way to make me the bad cop Aaron! The joys of having girls, totally wrapped around dad's finger!