What a fun weekend! I didn’t mean to turn Halloween into such a big thing, but all through October, everyone I asked already had their own plans. Halloween is SO much more fun with more kids, so I wanted to find some friends. Luckily for us, Sarah and Greyson have a family cabin near camp and they were planning to go there and agreed to meet up with us for a day of Halloween fun. The last time I was at camp was in August, and I have been trying to get back one more time before the snow falls. Our board president was the last one there and so camp was in good shape, which I knew, but I still wanted to check in once more before winter. So this was a weekend of business and fun. And then somewhere along the planning of this, Danny and Heather decided to join in, and the boys were thrilled to spend the whole weekend with them.
We picked up the boys after lunch on Friday. Getting to skip rest time is always special for Xander and he was bouncing off the walls. We stopped for treats at Tobie’s- kicking off our weekend of anything goes!
I think Xander said, “where’s Danny” every SINGLE time he wasn’t within sight. They are Pokemon Go buddies and Xander was thrilled. 
Buddha was not real sure about his cousins….
On Saturday, Xander was awake at 6am, and bounded out of his room after he woke me up to ask he if could go wake up Uncle Danny.
I had theme meals planned for the whole day. We started out with skull eggs and skull blueberry muffins.
For lunch, I made mac and cheese and served it in carved orange pumpkins. Mummy dogs and oranges to look like pumpkins. Danny kept giving me a look and shaking his head and calling me “extra” but I love a theme!
Dinner I made skull pizzas. I had seen a video of these last year and I’ve wanted to buy a special pan since then. When I saw the video again this year, I decided to go for it. I am glad I did! They were quite tasty!
After lunch, we got dressed in costumes. We’ve had family theme costumes every year, but this year, Xander was set on being a ninja and Augustus was intent on being a hot dog (I have no idea where he came up with that, but he did- all on his own!).
Sarah and Grayson brought Oliver and Elliot over to camp and we were ready for modified Halloween. The weather was a bit windy and kind of chilly, so luckily we had a large dining hall to socially distance, but still be warm and inside away from the wind. We started with a few games and a punch a prize (which was way more important than the actual games).
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After the games, the boys had to search for little goodie bags that I hid all over the dining hall. Each boy had their own color to find and the bags were filled with candy and little toys. When I asked the boys what their favorite part of the weekend was, Augustus said searching for the treat bags was his favorite.
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After that, we went outside for some camp trick or treating. I had buckets of candy for each adult, and luckily there are MANY doors (all within sight so we could see them at all times). The adults were stationed at the doors and the boys were able to run around, knock, say “trick or treat” and fill their buckets with candy!
After trick or treating, we headed back to the dining hall to let the kids run around for a while longer. They came up with the idea to turn Uncle Danny (and then everyone) into a mummy. When I asked the boys what their favorite part of the weekend was, Xander said, “turning Uncle Danny into a mummy and playing with Oliver”.
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After the Halloween fun, we headed back to the house for dinner and then the boys made worms and dirt (pudding, crushed oreos and gummy worms), ate lots of treats, ran around, and played “the floor is lava”. It was a FABULOUS (and treat filled) Halloween!
. After the Halloween fun, we headed back to the house for dinner and then the boys made worms and dirt (pudding, crushed oreos and gummy worms), ate lots of treats, ran around, and played “the floor is lava”. It was a FABULOUS (and treat filled) Halloween!
The night ended with a little more excitement as one of the bedrooms (the one that the boys were sleeping in this weekend) got locked. We tried popping the lock with a paperclip and with a screwdriver. Danny and Nate attempted to drill it out. In the end, we smashed the doorknob with a hammer.
Gussie fell asleep while we attempted to get the bedroom opened back up.
This morning was another early start to the day, but since it was daylight savings, it was a little better. We spent the morning playing, cleaning up, Danny and Heather went for a run. I was sad that we weren’t staying longer. We had such a fun weekend and I hope to make another trip back to camp before it’s SUPER snowy.
