My date

So as I was fortunate enough to be able to take my daughter out for a date, in a completely unplanned moment, I was able to do that with my youngest son yesterday. What started out as shopping for his Hallowe'en costume turned out into a wonderful day. After his dance practice, I picked him up and away we went. You see this year, Jamie's hallowe'en costume has been a problem. For you see, he wanted to be a clone trooper. Now, when it comes to costumes I am a bit picky and these printed jumpsuit ones just don't do it for me. Thankfully I discovered that they make a deluxe version with padding for the muscles etc etc. I was VERY excited...til I went shopping......$85.00-$100.00 later I could get him an amazing costume!

say it with me now.....

ARE YOU KIDDING ME????

I don't even spend that on normal clothes for MYSELF let alone something that would be worn once. And so the hunt began. We went to Costco but no such luck, I had already been to Value Village with no luck so off we went to Wal Mart. After browing their crazy selection, we went through the rest of the mall and ended back up at Wal Mart, relooking at all the costumes again. Then as we went one by one through them all.....

we found it!!!!!



My ghoul? or phantom? or grim reaper? Not sure what it is but that doesn't matter............CUZ HE LOVES IT and in fact told me this morning, how very happy he still is.

After getting the costume we went to McD's where my loving, generous boy, shared his prized chicken nuggets with me (the only thing he likes on the menu). Then he asked if we could go to Hyde Creek because they were having a spooky swim. So I checked it out and sure enough they were, as well as a host of other things. So away we went, and he swam, then we went to the carnival where they had all sorts of hallowe'en carnival rides. The best part was glow in the dark golf. For you see, between his black mask and red glowing eyes, he can't see squat. And the "glow in the dark" part of gold was led rods that lit the path. The balls nor the clubs glowed and the lights were out. So he hit the ball and then had to kneel on the floor to find it before he could hit it again saying "I can't find my ball! I can't find my ball!" It was the funniest thing I watched all day.

After the carnival games, we went to the chocolate extravaganza and then we went through the haunted house. All done by 4. Except Jamie wanted to stay for the REALLY haunted house at 5. So after killing an hour ( no pun intended), we went through the house again, this time with the lights out and yes at various points, Jamie and I both got scared.

And that was the most perfect date day for Jamie and I......we both agree!