Trick or Treat: Dog & Fish Style

Happy Halloween, everyone! Here are some pictures of Mama's Family Halloween 2007.


My little ones were exhausted before we went trick-or-treating, so the event was blessedly brief and ended without drama. When we got home, we sat next door and shoveled candy by the fistful into our neighbors' kids' bags until it was time to get ready for bed (i.e., for about 20 minutes).

In case you can't tell from the pictures, Kristen was a fish and Owen was a beagle. I forgot my camera and thankfully my friend Tanya remembered hers and did a great job of documenting the occasion. Kristen was absolutely livid that she couldn't wear her fish while in her car seat; once she was dressed and in the stroller, she had a peaceful evening. Owen, on the other hand, wore his costume long enough to get his take of candy and then couldn't get the dog off fast enough. I wore brown pants and a brown T-shirt and told Owen I was a candy bar. Herb wore his Prince of Darkness top from a couple of years ago with some black pants.

In other news, that new job I mentioned a few posts ago isn't going to work out. At first I was disappointed, but with the way things have gone...I'm fine with it. The details are gory and won't be aired here, but those who read this probably have the details anyway. Of course it means that "cushion" I spoke of is no more, but we've done without it before and we'll be good without it again. :)

Tanya and I went to dinner on Sunday night at the Chinese buffet and we had a kickin' time. We had a grand total of ZERO children with us for 1.5 hours! Tanya had three Cokes and her fill of eggrolls and I had about a dozen potstickers and another dozen stuffed mushrooms and we both finished it all off with some ice cream and a stroll down to the shoe store. That's my idea of a good time, baby. Wooooo! The amazing thing was that not only did I have a lot of fun during the whole thing, but it made my day because I was looking forward to it so much.

Owen's 4th birthday is just 3 weeks away and his party is shortly thereafter. We're doing a pottery painting party for him so I hope it turns out to be a good time. All of those four-year-olds and a bunch of breakables gives me pause...it'll make for good memories regardless of what the pottery ends up looking like!