We had a great Halloween weekend! Friday night I realized at 7:30 PM that we could not find my usual costume (Dorothy from the Wiz of O) I wear year after year. The giant plastic bin that contains it could not be located in the attic or the chaos of our garage. So, at 8:25 I headed out to the costume store, over it, but determined to find something. It was a madhouse and finally I had a choice of two costumes, Strawberry Shortcake or Cinderella. I chose Cinderella. I figured Diva would like it, I could potentially run in it for the Princess marathon in March so it would get at least three wears. Home I went 25 minutes later.
4:50AM came early and I pattered into the closet to get dressed for the costume run. I put on my Cinderella outfit and was out the door to pick up my friend on the way. We were two princesses in the night, ready to run. We got in a fun six miles and it was hysterical seeing everyone running along in costume. We are all training for the Breast Cancer Marathon and many of us are great friends. The worst part of the run was the stench from The Landing which emitted a dank armpit odor leftover from a night of Florida Georgia game revelers debauchery. Mouth breathing was essential on that stretch of the route. I did discover that there is no way I can wear that costume in the Princess Half Marathon, the polyester is just too hot. It will have to be a custom costume again this year. After a quick coffee post run it was time to shower and make cupcakes!
10:30 Jacksonville Parents of Twins and Triplets had our annual Halloween party at a local park. Nothing like loads of twins and triplets all dressed up in costumes and ready to play, eat, cry, laugh, whine, and enjoy themselves. Everyone seemed to have a great time! 12:30 and we were so ready for a nap, or at least I was.
Everyone took a long rest, except for Diva who was too excited, then it was time for a quick
dinner. We put on our costumes and walked over to a school friend of Diva and Eddie Haskell's to trick or treat with her family. She was a perfectly precious Alice in Wonderland, Diva was Tinkerbell for the third year and Eddie went as Captain Hook, Arrrrrr! Disney really has the marketing going on and they got plenty of our money this year. The kids had a great time; their bags were heavy with candy as we visited with neighbors known to our friends and later to us on streets closer to our house. After many doors were knocked on, Eddie couldn't take it any longer, he was worn out. He wanted to go home and pass out candy, we hurried home, hoping one or two trick or treaters would come to our door while he was still awake. Luckily, he was able to pass out a couple candy bars and he was fulfilled.
We spread the loot out on the kitchen table and allowed each kiddo to pick whatever they wanted after getting rid of any yucky stuff. Diva chose a Kit Kat and Eddie Sweet Tarts, they devoured them happily.Up late and eating candy, what could be better? Then we had them brush teeth carefully and tucked them in before we raided their candy stash for ourselves, all the while discussing how we were going to make all the candy disappear, without the kids noticing, over the next couple of days. Any suggestions??
