well, last night was fun, but I have to say I am almost a little glad it’s over. we had to get Ami all costumed up three times and while it is fun and I am glad she still lets me be a part of it, it seems like it was so much work this year. I had to work and when we got back to the house Chris and his mother (who both had the day off…Ami even had the day off school. I was the only one who didn’t get to fuck around all day.) had been doing things all day and his mom bought some more yard stuff and Chris put it out in the yard for me. so that was pretty cool. and he had a Halloween surprise for me. It is my favorite holiday…screw xmas I would rather have Halloween any day. so he got me a gift. I love turtles and collect them in many different forms. but since Ami discovered Littlest Pet Shop they are the cutest bobble head animals and they have all these turtles. it is my goal to collect them all(so far I have 9)! the turtle he got me is green with an orange smooth shell standing on all four feet and on her shell it is painted as if it were a jack-o-lantern. she is adorable…her name is jackie.

we carved three pumpkins this year and each of us did a little of all of them. we got some good pictures and we had a bunch of fun. when we lit them up it looked so cool. my favorite was the one that looked like a face, besides the fact that when it was all lit it looked spooky and detailed and really cool i put a witch’s hat on it. so it became a witch pumpkin. I’m thinking of taking some craft pumpkins and finding a design i really love and trying to carve them so I can have them permanently. but half the fun is picking the punkin and carving out with the kid and husband…chris is really good at it! he wouldn’t do it last year cause he said he hadn’t ever done it before. but he’s awesome at it, so he’ll be helping from now on.

ami was a punk rocker…made me laugh and brought back memories. that was THE thing to be when I was a kid. so I was surprised when that was the costume she wanted to put together. but she looked great. chris took a bunch of pics of the transformation process and I am hoping that on his next day off he will be putting them in the photo section. I guess it depends on how much nagging and whining I do. we have almost 200 photos between our two phones. we also went to her class party on Thursday together that was really fun. he got some great pics of her playing games and decorating a punkin.

We decorated the house together, carnival together, carved pumpkins together, trick-or-treated together, went to the party as a family and did everything together for Halloween. It was what I always imagined xmas should be like for a normal family. It has been such a great holiday for me. chris has been there for Ami and I the 3 of us have had a good amount of family time in the last two weeks. it feels really good. Ami is acting differently (in a good way as well), i think she has benefited from all the attention from her daddy and me.