Our Halloween Continued...

The kids woke up this morning and said they had the best Halloween followed by a "thank you mommy"....which makes all the work, and exhaustion well worth it! Above we have Tony Hawk (Hunter), Miley Cyrus aka Hanna Montanna (Hailey) and the sweetest candy corn (Hudson)ever!

Gig Harbor's downtown is a cute little fishing town with store fronts,businesses,restaurants, and bed-n-breakfasts. Many locals come for the weekend to get away from the hustle and bustle...we are fortunate to live here. As long as we have been here we have always joined the annual trick or treating in the harbor. The Gig Harbor Police shut down the main streets downtown and all the merchants give out candy, dress up, etc. It has become quite a production over the years and everyone seems to gather, hundreds of cute ghosts and goblins decked out with their famalies to celebrate halloween, even alot of the grown ups dress up. It is safe and loads of fun!

We decided to not take Hudson downtown....weather wise he would have been fine, as you can see it was a beautiful fall day, I just have really been avoiding taking him into crowds and public places. Paul stayed home with him and I took Hunter and Hailey. It sucks...to always have to do things seperate, not as our whole family, it seems we are always having to do things like this often. Hunter and Hailey have gotten really good about understanding why we can't be together as a family at times and now especially with the H1N1, they are very protective with Hudson. So for my own selfish reasons it stinks, but for Hudson it is what is best. In a way it makes it easier that he really doesn't know he is missing out on anything, on the flip side I wish he knew he was missing out! I overheard Hailey ask one of the kids at our party if they washed their hands...."We are washing our hands as soon as we come into the house, we are trying to keep him healthy," she says....such a mommy she is!

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Miley and Hannah Montanna....Luigi and Tony Hawk....(best friends)

This was one of the store fronts...Hailey was a little nervous!

Back at our house Hailey is waiting for friends to come over and party! We were very conservative this year with having friends over. Both kids had a list of kids they wanted to invite from school, but I just wasn't comfortable having too many kids, you know  with all the flu junk. So we kept it to our closest friends and family, and it was a group of people that I know care for Hudson and his well being, and amazingly we were a healthy group!

The Halloween Gang!


I actually got all my Halloween decor down and put away today. I figured I better take advantage of the dry and sunny weather. Thank goodness I don't do Thanksgiving...the holidays come too close to one another...I wish they were spread out a bit more! Looking forward to a quiet week.....if those exist anymore....tomorrow is Paul and I wedding anniversary (11-2-96) and Tuesday(11-3) marks the one year anniversary of hearing Hudson has mitochondrial disease...certainly a mix of emotions the next couple of days.