Halloween..Glassford Style

Every Halloween we make the short trip one street over to my dad's neighborhood for some good, old fashioned trick or treating. I just love how the neighbors decorate their house, hang out in the driveway to pass out candy, and know everyone by name. In this day in age, rarely do neighbors gather outside as a community of people, as it seems the daily life of quick hellos have become the norm. However, Halloween seems to be the one exception to this daily life, and how great is it to get people outside the four walls of their house to associate with one another!? I had a great childhood with awesome neighbors growing up and for my kids to have neighbors they associate with is pretty important to me. :) I think I also fell asleep to a popular theme song "...where everybody knows your name.." every night once Santa brought me a TV when I turned 9, which maybe led to some hopeful dreaming.
Back to the trick-or-treating fun, the kids did surprisingly well considering the 72 hours prior were pretty much non-stop. I think usually people give a little extra to the little kids, assuming they won't get to trick or treat as far as the older kids. However, my little energizer bunnies just go and go and go. This means, loads and loads of candy!! Which in turn means momma needs extra workouts at the gym. I hope everyone's Halloween's were happy and full of too much candy and a lot of fun!

Back on the Bandwagon..

Our little 3 day getaway was a huge hit and I'm having a hard time getting back to our routine after such fabulousness! We ended up hanging out with a few other families we're close with while in Orlando, which made for even more fun for not only us, but the kids as well. Hours were spent at our hotels' water parks, we hung out for a day at Disney (Magic Kingdom), and ended our trip with a fun night at a Hibachi grill with our entire party. Oh, and I think my favorite thing of all was a trip to Fuddruckers. I'm probably the only person who has never been to one, which quite frankly, was probably a good thing. The food was great, their dessert bar was so adorable (with all kinds of cakes, hard ice cream, cookies, etc.) and the service was excellent. With 5 kids, I LOVE the kind of restaurants where you walk up order and in a matter of minutes your food is ready, and amazingly everyones patience is still in tact!

Here's a few pics from our fun weekend away. I can't tell you how easy and great is was to take a baby-free vacation!!
(Don't mind the crap quality of the pics..they we're taken with my point and shoot..)









We came back on Halloween just in time for the kids to trick or treat, which I will save for another post this week. Maybe I should also make a post this week about how I'm going to lose the FIVE pounds I gained after a 3 day vacation. Between Disney food, Dunkin Donuts and Fuddruckers, I just don't think it can get much fattier than that!