Adventures of Two Sisters, One Brother, and a Mom: Halloween 2009.....

Our Halloween weekend was pretty fun! The kids were excited about carving their pumpkins.... of course I'm the one that does most of the carving, but I always let them pick out their own pumpkins and draw their own faces. This works out great, except that I always have 4 pumpkins to carve at one time. This year Big A insisted on drawing the face on my pumpkin as well as her own. I didn't mind... I wasn't feeling very creative anyway. Little A and D were especially excited about scraping out the "guts" of the pumpkins. It was quite a messy project.

The Friday before Halloween was fun for the adults.... Pixie and I actually got a babysitter and got to go out on a REAL DATE. We had a great time. First we got sushi at Nickimotos, then we headed to the Heaven Party at Park Tavern. We left the house on the fence about going, and we really weren't dressed for a party... but it didn't really matter. We had a great time. It was the first time in years that I have been to a Pride event. Pixie and I ended up staying up all night laughing and talking.... it was so nice to spend alone time with each other. That is something that we really need.

Saturday night was Halloween. The kids were all very excited to get dressed up in their costumes.... the two Mommies were still a bit hungover and exhausted from the night before, but we tried to be excited with them. We took them Trick-or-Treating with a large group of kids and parents that Pixie knows. There must have been 20 kids--- or at least it seemed like it. My kids had a great time.... there was much whooping and hollering and screaming going on. At the end of the night, they all had bags full of candy. We were all exhausted and wet because of the rain, but everyone was happy.

Sunday Pixie and I took the kids to the Pride Parade. This was actually the first time that I've taken them to that parade. At first they had a fun, but I think they got a bit restless as the parade went on. They were very excited to catch the pieces of candy that were being thrown from the floats though. After the parade, we walked around the festival. It was packed. It was fun until the kids got hungry, and we had to wait in line for 45 minutes for slices of pizza.... The kids were grouchy and cold... and so were we. But all in all it was a fun day... Happy Pride.