How long does Halloween last?

3 days for us! Halloween . . . it's a busy time. Gabe had a wonderfully cute Jester outfit that was passed down from his nephew (Tyler) but was missing one of the booties so I purchased him cute little Penguin outfit to wear and the booty was found in Cincy so Gabe had not one but two cute outfits for Halloween - thank goodness Halloween lasted several days (did I say that?!). Okay Wednesday night we headed to my old Church (my mom's Church) for their Fall Festival - this is where we learned Gabe LOVES lollipops! He did a great job at all the games and enjoyed to the fullest digging in the bowls of candy for the lollipops! I think he totalled 3 lollipops that night and went to bed on time thank you very much! They had 2 miniature ponies which Gabe kept yelling "HORSES". So I said sure let's put you on one and at least take a picture - NOT! First we've realized just because you love saying a word doesn't mean you want to touch and second Gabe must have jinxed the camera - didn't work but only for that moment - it continued to work after we grabbed the screaming child off the miniature pony having a heart-attack. So no photos - sorry. Night 2 was in Valley, AL. The tri-cities (Valley, Lanett, West Point) celebrated Halloween the night before due to playoff football games Halloween night. So off we went to Nanna's. They had "Trunk or Treat" down there and I believe the entire city was there. But the craziness didn't slow Gabe down but he learned a lot about being patient! Gabe I don't believe ever knew you had to wait in a line to do something but to ride the train that is what he had to do. And that's where the lollipops started again! How many lollipops can be eaten waiting for a train - LOTS! In addition to the train due to way too many kids, Gabe stayed on the "trunk" of his Nanna's and passed out candy . . . or ATE the candy! Overall, 5 lollipops, 2 miniature peanut butter cups, sweet tarts, a peanut butter log (small), and some nerds and the boy was only 30 minutes late to bed - not bad - I do believe he takes sugar well! Day 3 of Halloween started with a Halloween parade at school - so so funny how parents surround edges of the gym pointing, shooting cameras and videos of the kids dressed up parading around the floor. There's no wonder why some kids don't make it around but once. That'll be Gabe, he made it around once then wanted Mom and I was able to get him back into the parade the last round by walking with me and his precious little girlfriends (whom he has a love hate relationship with - they love each other so but are the typical couple - has their fights which leads to their timeouts!). Okay we've now made it to Halloween night - we basically hit a house or two treat or tricking and then went up to our Church, First Baptist and did some carnival activities and once again he loves all the games but I believe the best part was the lollipops - I think we were back to 3 for the night. And since it was Halloween we let him stay up late but due to the long long week - he didn't make it, fall fast asleep and it's been a week with no LOLLIPOP!