Allie always asks me to write out words for her. She is constantly making cards for her friends, drawings for her dad, and letters to her Lola. One day she asked me to write out the words "NO" and "YES". I then noticed she had drawn corresponding happy and sad people. She then informed me that she was going to hang her paper on her door to inform people whether or not they could enter her room.
She's three. Pete, my twelve year-old does not even do that. She must have seen it on tv or something... that or it's the "girl" coming through...
We made it. We survived Halloween. The kids had all day to stew and get excited about going out on Saturday. I think it's tougher when Halloween is not on a school night. For one, they have parties and parades at school, and then we have to go through the excitement again the next day. They were practically bouncing off the walls when it came time to go out. Allie was so excited about Halloween that she wore her costume for two whole days prior to Halloween (she was a dragon)...
Our costumes this year were quite an eclectic mix. Pete was a newspaper monster, Matt was a sith lord called "Darth Blind Beard", Sam was Spiderman with a Darth Vader cape and belt. Tommy is a clown with a Darth Vader mask and a wizard's hat. Here's the gang (plus two friends) this year...
For the first time, the kids split up for a bit. We all trick-or-treated together over to Pete's friend's house where he and his other friend went out with the big kids. Then we picked up one of Matt's friends along the way, swung back to our house, dropped off the little guys and then went out a bit more with Matt and his two friends. It seemed to work ok and it was nice to have the gang together for a bit before they went their own way.
The weather was cold and it rained for a bit, but did improve as the evening went on. I was surprised that our pumpkins weren't smashed (we always leave them out... I don't care if they get smashed after Halloween, just not before). I did notice however that our cranky neighbor's mailbox was destroyed (I swear it wasn't me!). Quite uneventful all in all.
Now our biggest challenge is getting rid of the candy without our kids getting too sick. They are right now at the table trading them like commodities. It's fun to listen in. Surprisingly, the candy that no one likes are snickers, milky ways, and three musketeers. Peanut butter cups, and m&ms are middle tiered, and nerds, kit kats, nestle's crunch, sour patch, mike and ikes, and skittles are popular. REALLY!?!?!? Mike and Ike's are better than snickers!?!?!? There is something wrong with my kids.
I can't believe I'm even contemplating doing this again, but I suppose I like to drive myself crazy... so it's on. This means more weather reports, random photos, and failblog favorite picks. It's amazing how uninteresting my life is unless you find humor in anecdotes that describe my kids quirks... for example Tommy today was frustrated that the imaginary food he cooked did not taste as good as he had hoped... but I digress. I should probably save that for a separate post, thin them out a bit.
I might again be posting on day seven how there is no way I can ever complete this, I suppose there is only one way to tell....
Allie started pre-school on Monday and she couldn't be more excited. Here she is...
*sniff*
Our costumes this year were quite an eclectic mix. Pete was a newspaper monster, Matt was a sith lord called "Darth Blind Beard", Sam was Spiderman with a Darth Vader cape and belt. Tommy is a clown with a Darth Vader mask and a wizard's hat. Here's the gang (plus two friends) this year...
For the first time, the kids split up for a bit. We all trick-or-treated together over to Pete's friend's house where he and his other friend went out with the big kids. Then we picked up one of Matt's friends along the way, swung back to our house, dropped off the little guys and then went out a bit more with Matt and his two friends. It seemed to work ok and it was nice to have the gang together for a bit before they went their own way.
I can't believe I'm even contemplating doing this again, but I suppose I like to drive myself crazy... so it's on. This means more weather reports, random photos, and failblog favorite picks. It's amazing how uninteresting my life is unless you find humor in anecdotes that describe my kids quirks... for example Tommy today was frustrated that the imaginary food he cooked did not taste as good as he had hoped... but I digress. I should probably save that for a separate post, thin them out a bit. 
