Keeping Up With the Kocubinskis: Halloween 2012

After Evelyn's birthday, we began the countdown to Halloween. The next weekend I ran the Run Like Hell again. I was going to bring the kids and had even registered Max for the Kids Half Mile fun run, but they were both a little under the weather, so I decided to go without them. I was pretty bummed about not being able to put them in their super hero outfits (the theme this year) and watch Max do his run, but I wanted them healthy and happy for Halloween. I ran with my friend Dani and her friend Abby, who just ran the same marathon as Matt and Julia. I was pretty nervous about that since I am really not fast, but she was great and kept us going at a decent pace. I finished in my best time yet!

Dani and I

Abbie (super runner), Dani and I

That day was also my mom's birthday, so we did a little shopping and I made her a birthday dinner. I'm grateful to have such an awesome mom who would spend her b-day morning watching sick kids while I went for a run. Thanks mom!

For the rest of mom's visit, we just relaxed and had fun. We made "monsters" out of TP rolls, baked and decorated cookies (a tradition with Grammy), and carved pumpkins. My dad was also able to come out for a few days to see the kids, which they were pretty excited about.

Max's monster

Scary!

Max wanted me to take off my special pumpkin carving hat

Mom and Dad with the kids

Unfortunately, my parents had to get back home a few days before Halloween, but we still had lots of fun. I have been helping out a little bit at Max's preschool and went in to help on Halloween. All the kids were so darn cute in their little costumes! I got to bring Evelyn along with me too, which she was so excited about. This year Max was a pirate, Evelyn was a hula girl (we got a cute outfit for her in Hawaii) and I was a cat. Creative, I know. That night we took the kids out trick-or-treating. They had so much fun going around the neighborhood getting candy and seeing all the decorations people put up! Evelyn was perfecting her candy-grabbing techniques. If someone dared only offer her one piece, she would ask for more and she always got it. She's such a little diva. Skip was able to come over and go trick-or-treating with us. His birthday was the next day, so we baked him a cake to celebrate. Needless to say, everyone was in a sugar coma the next day.