Big night, Halloween, at our house. It's the best holiday of the year. Noah hates Halloween. He's decided to skip it twice in two years, and he's only 1! Shaolin Warrior costume was out. Even if I did stay up until 3 on Saturday to make it. Quick, think of something we can make from a too small Shaolin Warrior costume next year.
Mother Nature
Mae, on the other hand, who'd refused Halloween last year was ALL for it in '11. She nearly ruined my bid for better Halloween costumes with her crazy stubborn insistence on being "Tangled" this year. BUT, we saw some fairy wings at Joann's and her tune changed, thank goodness. Even if fairy is just above "Tangled" on hierarchy of better Halloween costumes.
I had a "hippy" dress picked out for Liv to wear with an apron including everything Mother Nature would need for creation. Then Jason told me she looked like Paula Dean and we went with "mystical" rather than "nurturing".
We visited our old haunts. The kids were insistant on knocking on our old door. I couldn't do it. But we saw fabulous Miss Mary, our neighbor "The Cook", Claudia, and RevaBeth, the BEST conversationalist this side of anywhere. We miss the old 'hood.
Now Georgia's turn to puke. Noah's won't sit on his fanny because of his diaper rash, and Mae is unfortunately much too thoughtful and has shared her candy with me all day. I can't resist a fresh milk dud. Which reminds me of one more Halloween "trick". Sonic had on their sign last night, "Halloween Special Fresh Corn Dogs $.50"
I kept saying, "LIv! Look at mE!" She'd say, "I am!" and then I remembered her wandering eye, poor dear. When she gets tired or looks at something really close-up her left eye heads west.
Grandma came and we did it up. This year was more stressfull than previous years because Isaac's costume had to be done at the last minute and I'll be danged if that boys wraps would stay on his body. He was NOT happy. But, we had a full enough day that I'd say by and large he was pleased with it. 
