Madeline as "Miffy" her favourite show on PBS. And if we had a hare we had to have a....
Tortoise! What a smile on that cutie!They were beyond cute trick or treating at Daddy's work on Friday. Madeline's get-up ended up not working too well at the last minute and she looked a lot more ragged than I would have hoped. BUT - no matter, everyone thought she was cute as a button anyway. She ToTed at all the cubicles throughout the second floor of the alumni center and made out like a bandit. By the end she was dragging her bag on the floor but she wouldn't let us carry it. Prolly thought mama would steal it and eat it herself! After we left Ball State it was rainy and yucky and we decided to pass on stopping by the church Harvest Party. I was WHIPPED from getting them both napped and dressed in costume etc....all by myself, but on the way home I had a change of heart and we decided to "stop by."
After some deLIcious chili. (I love chili with macaroni noodles in it! and with just a little tiny bit of meat!) Madeline went off to bounce away in the world's biggest bounce house in the gym and she even painted a little baby pumpkin with about 3 pounds of paint. She devoured my chili so I even let her have some fritos AND a cookie. (I know I know!) Jackson was beat so I took him home to get him ready for bed. I was trying to do 2094382-3987 things to get Madeline's room ready (Humidifier filled, water cup filled, pajamas out, Pull Up out, cd player on etc...) and I walked a little too fast while going into our bathroom and I started to slip with my little turtle in my arms. I flung my arm out to try to catch myself but I'm not exactly known for my grace or ninja skills. Jackson and I tumbled to the ground and he bonked his head.
I don't know who cried harder. I flipped out. Bonking heads is no small deal. I checked him out and he only cried about thirty seconds but I was beside myself. So I quickly hightailed it over to the wonderful neighbors' house for a checkup. Betty (a NP and our go-to for everything from bruises to broken bones) gave him a thorough checkup and cleared him. I was SO relieved. It's bad enough when your child is hurt, but even worse when it's your fault. : (
I was glad to awaken Halloween morning to happy, goose-egg less, baby! Madeline had her last swimming class that day so Mommy worked on finishing up our Halloween costumes for the party! Steve and I are big on themes and wanted to do a whole family theme. He nixed my idea of Hester Prynne and Revered Dimmesdale and I vetoed his idea of the Twitter whale and twitter bird. (what a dork!) We finally decided to do a Mario theme. Daddy was the star as Mario - with his best friend Luigi on his side! Madeline was Princess Toadstool and Jackson was a Goomba. We had a blast at our friend's party. She had a huge bounce house for the kids and a table set up with colouring and panting and even goodie bags!!! We had a super fun time hanging out, meeting new people, meeting sort-of new people, and TRICK OR TREATING!
Now, since we's country folk we had planned on trick or treating in downtown Pendleton, but we were having such a great time with our friends that we decided to stay and ToT in their neighborhood. HO LEE COW there were a lot of kids. People in suburbs must spend a monstrosic amount on Halloween!! Most of these people just sat on their stoops because there was a nonstop flow of kids! It was super fun to see all the kids and their creative costumes and their parents chasing them around. It only took Madeline about two houses to get the idea and she spent the rest of the evening running from house to house and yelling "WAIT FOR MEEEEEE!" to her friends. She simply had a blast and I couldn't have had more fun watching her. She wound down fast and Daddy ended up carrying her to the last few houses. As we drove home we had fun seeing all the late trick or treaters running through downtown Pendleton and we even made a quick stop at the neighbors to say Hi.
This year was the most fun we've had yet. Last year it was a lot of coaxing and reminding and promising..... this year she just took off by herself.
At least I have my little tortoise for a bit longer......
