The Curse of October

I don't know what it is, but every October my kids get the vomiting flu. Why?? Dallin started vomiting last Friday night, and then had the runs on top of that for 4 days. No fever just vomit and runny poop for 4 days. Then I think we are past it and Kabrynna starts in on Tuesday. Chaden calls me at 4:30 and I had just left to go to the temple at 4:00 for Young Women's, telling me she is throwing up. SWEET BEANS!!! Doug was about 15 minutes from home. How sad that my little 6 year old didn't have me there ( I am the hair holder and sanitizer). She was violently ill. No lie, every 10 minutes for about 6 hours. Every 20 minutes for about 3 hours. She said to Doug while at the toilet, "Can't I just pass this on?". Broke my heart. Doug is like sure, give it to me, I'll take it. Too bad it doesn't work that way. So, I told Chaden yesterday to just prepare to be sick on Halloween (the glass is half empty), just so he isn't disappointed. Last year my sister was here and her kids got the vomiting flu on Halloween because my kids had been sick the week before. The year before that I went to Utah and my kids got the vomiting flu while there for fall break. I am really starting to feel that October is just a month I think I'd like to bypass. I very much dislike the vomiting flu as much as I hate cleaning it up. So, Chaden is at school today and not sick yet, so I'll cross my fingers. I guess the moral of the story is- Steer clear of the Stephens in October, you never know what trick-or-treat you will get from us. Hopefully we will be well for Halloween and be able to enjoy the whole day with fun and lots of my favorite food, candy.

Ward Halloween Party

Getting ready for the Trunk-or-Treat party

Friday night was our ward Halloween party. This year Chaden is an alien, Kabrynna settled on the punk rocker skeleton, and Dallin is a bat. I sprayed Kabrynna's hair purple and pink, painted Chaden and Kabrynna's finger nails glow in the dark green, painted faces, glued fake bright pink eyelashes on Kabrynna, and made some chili. We got to the party and Kabrynna sobbed for about 10 minutes because "everyone is staring at me". So funny considering it is Halloween and everyone stares at everyone. She calmed down and had a great time. Chaden had a blast going from trunk to trunk with his friends. I sat in the back of our trunk handing out candy and watching Dallin pretend he was playing the guitar to the Halloween music I had playing. Doug was cooking and cleaning up. I made some chili to bring, and I only had about 30 minutes to get it ready. I am not a chili fan, so I didn't really know what it should taste like, so I just made it and took it. I WON SECOND PLACE!! I never win anything. There was about 20 different chili's and I won second place. Go figure. I had a great laugh. All in all it was a great party.