I love Halloween but not for the candy.  I love Halloween because it is fun to dress up the kids in costumes and watch as they go from house to house delighted about the candy they are receiving.  More importantly, I love Halloween because it heralds the coming of the holiday season.  Soon we will have Veteran’s day, and Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years.  All wonderful holidays spent with family and loved ones.  Holidays that I’m especially looking forward to this year since my new job has sapped any and all time I have to spend with them.

Halloween this year is probably going to be my most memorable because I ended up hobbling down the streets and going to bed with a throbbing foot and barley being able to walk.  I had managed to twist my foot (heard some cracking in the process too) while doing cross walk duty at work.  I could have sat Halloween out but then Caitlin would not have been able to go trick-or-treating since William already had his hands full with Mark and Aidan.  I also didn’t want to miss out on seeing my boys delight as they went from door-to-door gathering their goodies.  So I limped down the streets Caitlin in tow watching as she marveled in her freedom to run up and down the sidewalks. 

Needless to say by the time I got home I could barely stand.  I was terrified that I had broken my foot and then aggravated the situation by going trick-or-treating with the kids.  Went to sleep with a bag of frozen peas on my foot and woke up the next day with my foot feeling miraculously better.  Thank goodness.  Still limping about a bit because the foot still hurts a bit but I think with time it will feel better.

I know it was dumb to do what I did cause I could have done some serious damage to my foot but I loved watching my kids enjoying their Halloween.  If I had to do it all again with my foot in such a condition, I would do it in a heart beat!  Leaving you with some pictures of the kids in their Halloween costume and trick-or-treating.  Enjoy.

Click on image to view more pictures