It's Halloween time and you know what that means! Awesome costumes from my amazing Aunt who I swear can make anything! This year the kids wanted to be Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon, a mermaid, and a princess. Once again I wasn't home for Halloween because I was at the Quilt Festival with Mom and Aunt. I had this trip planned for a year and after discussing it with Hubby and my in-laws decided that I would go even with Boo's diabetes diagnosis. I needed a break and a good night's sleep. In the two weeks since Boo was diagnosed, I'd lost 10 pounds and was functioning on about 4 hours of sleep a night.
When the kids' costumes arrived they were so excited to try them on. Hiccup had just requested a generic princess costume but in the end everyone thought she was Belle since she wanted to wear her Belle crown with it. It was very hard to convince her not to sleep in the dress and to save it for Halloween.
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| Trying on her costume |
Boo's pink mermaid was beyond amazing. She also wanted to wear it non-stop after it arrived. Mr. R's was definitely the most comfortable of the three. My dad fashioned a fake metal leg for the Hiccup costume and I tracked down the one Viking helmet left in town. The weekend before Halloween was Mr. R's school's fall festival. The kids had a blast last year and this year was no exception. Mr. R didn't want to wear his costume to the festival and opted for a Halloween shirt my mom sent him. The kids had a ton of fun playing all the different games. I think their favorite was the photo booth with all the silly props.
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| Getting ready to check out the school's fall festival |
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| Ready for the photo booth |
At the girls' school they had their annual trunk-or-treat. The school was amazing when it came to Boo's diabetes. Everyone wanted to make sure that she would be able to have fun and not get a ton of things she wouldn't be able to eat.
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Boo can eat whatever she wants, candy included, but she needs insulin for everything that she eats. She can't exactly eat a few pieces of candy whenever she wants. Candy seems to affect her blood sugar more than we'd like so we're trying to avoid it as much as possible. Lots of parents give non-candy items but for the parents who were giving out candy it was decided that we would provide them with sugar-free candy instead. I bought some sugar-free gum and candy that I knew the carb count for and sent it in to the school to hand out to the parents that needed it. Most of the parents know who Boo is, but for those who don't one of my talented friends designed a "diabetic" button for her to wear. It had a pink mermaid on it jumping out of the water. She absolutely loved it! Now all the parents could easily know to give her the non-candy or sugar-free items. It worked great and the girls had so much fun.
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| Ready for the school's trunk-or-treat |
My in-laws took the kids trick-or-treating around the neighborhood and then allowed them to pick out 10 pieces of candy from their bags. Every year after the kids pick out their 10 pieces they leave the candy bags out for the "Sugar Fairy". In the morning they are always super excited to see what the Sugar Fairy left them in exchange for their candy. I've never had a problem with the kids not wanting to give up their candy and just think of the cavities it saved them! The kids are already thinking about next year's costumes!
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| Hiccup |
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| Heading out to trick-or-treat |
