Hallelujah! Halloween Has Passed!

I can't believe how excited I am that a holiday is over. Maybe it's because we were on Halloween overload. We trunk or treated the Saturday before Halloween, and then Reese had Halloween at dance class the Monday before, and then Trey celebrated at his sitter's on that day, and Drew and Reese both had Halloween parties, I celebrated with 17 kindergarteners and that many parents, and then we STILL went trick or treating that night. I felt like Halloween would never come to an end. It truly was like the longest week of jack-o-lanterns, candy and costumes ever. It was so extreme that Reese was actually 3 different things this year for Halloween. Seriously, she was Dorothy for Trunk or Treat and her class party, a butterfly for dance class (we created the costume from stuff at home, and it was probably the cutest one), and Cinderella for actual Halloween night. Now the trick or treating didn't bother me so much, but the candy haul was ridiculous. I sorted into groups: chocolate (keepers), other candy the kids like (which went into the candy jar), and the pile to pitch because NO ONE needs that much candy!

Reese's preschool teacher told me the following Monday about the Halloween fairy. She comes in the night and takes all the candy away, and leaves a small toy or treat in the candy's place. I'm thinking she needs to begin making annual appearances at the Metzger residence:)