I know I have some comments on other posts I need to respond to, but I wanted to post about tonight first. :)
If I had been home alone with the kids (since DH works second shift), I probably would've just stayed put and handed out candy. Instead, my best friend took little one by the hand (and in his arms several times :)) and I scooped up linebacker baby, and we went trick-or-treating.
Little one had never been, and we were worried at first that we set out too early. We ran across another family (heavily pregnant mom, five-year-old daughter, and daddy too) and joined up. It felt nicer than I'd have expected to finally make another connection with neighbors here, even if a just for-the-night one.
We trekked all through the complex. It was funny to watch little one follow the older girl's example. At first, she didn't understand that she was supposed to put the candy in her basket, and she looked confused as to why random people were handing things to her. Even though she didn't have any of the accessories/finishing touches to her costume (she wouldn't wear the hat and refused to let me wrap her hair or strap on an eye patch or anything like that), people kept commenting on how cute she was. She at least remembered to say "Tanks you" to most of them. :)
Linebacker baby fell asleep in my arms in his costume about halfway around. Sixteen pounds of baby + unwieldy costume means mommy hits the shower and Motrin big-time upon returning home, by the way. Ouch! We were out for less than two hours, but my arms told me they'd like to move to Siberia without me. I guess I'm not in good shape (hey, round is...yeah). :-D
When we got home, little one proudly poured her small stash (we stopped as soon as her little bucket was full) onto the kiddie table and proceeded to hoard it (think dragons and gold) until I pried her away for bath time. (She only ate one piece - of my choosing, since some of it isn't stuff she can have yet - so no worries.)
I'm so glad we went. :)
Pictures - the pirate princess and our pumpkin baby - oh, and a super-crappy one of our pumpkins (the bottom right one is mine, was supposed to be a gryphon and didn't come out all that well).
the_infernal_optimist posted on Nov 01, 2007
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destinydiva said on Nov 01, 2007....
wow infernal I am well impressed with that pumpkin!! :-)
your kids are gorgeous, I love the pirate costume, and the baby looks so cute in hi s pumpkin outfit, glad you had a happy halloween :-) xx
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silverwhisper said on Nov 01, 2007....
hey, i think the gryphon came out OK--at least i can identify what it is. :> i love the costumes for the kids. :D
wait a sec--he's 16 lbs?! already?!
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quietone said on Nov 01, 2007....
infernal ~ oh how sweet they are! I can't believe how big your son is getting! :) linebacker is right! and your daughter...she is so very pretty! You should be very proud indeed! -
evil_twin said on Nov 01, 2007....
It sounds like you had a good time! The pictures are really great. The little pumpkin dude looked awesome. He was so cute. And your daughter looked adorable too.
-evil_twin LA
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botoni said on Nov 01, 2007....
Awwwwwwwwww! Your munchkins are adorable! Little one would steal anyones heart and Linebacker Baby makes a wonderful pumpkin. We had great fun at my house giving goodies to 79 little creatures. My dogs had more fun than any of us. All those kids wanting to pet and play with them. One little girl about three pushed the door open and sat on the floor with the dogs. She wasnt going anywhere! LOL! -
skald said on Nov 01, 2007....
Oh they are just adorable. I love the pics. -
queenparanoia said on Nov 01, 2007....
awwww they are so cute!!!!!! especially the baby!!!!!! =) -
the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 01, 2007....
des: Thanks! We had fun walking around everywhere even though we were hot and sticky by the end.
ed: I'm glad it's recognizable at least - we waited too late to get our pumpkins, so we got stuck with the hard-as-bricks little pie pumpkins instead of big softer ones. I kept having to simplify to keep parts from breaking!
And yep - he was 15 pounds at four months and turned five months yesterday, so I weighed him yesterday to see the difference. He's living up to his nickname for sure!
quiet: Thank you! I am a proud mom for sure (to a fault at times, I think)!
Kyle: Isn't that a neat baby costume, esp. considering it's 25 years old?
bottie: Wow - 79 trick-or-treaters? We only had one after we got back home, and I don't think it would've been many more if we had stayed home the whole evening. Little one also had to be pried away from an apartment with two dogs at the door - she would have given up all her candy to stay and play with them! :-D
skald: Thank you. :)
queen: Thanks - it's a good thing he's cute, I'll tell ya that. He didn't go to bed for the night until midnight!
~Infernal
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Battycat said on Nov 01, 2007....
They're so cute :-) -
Twylarants said on Nov 01, 2007....
Tanks you for sharing your Halloween, Infernal! I miss trick-or-treating with the rat pack, now they just go to the bar. -
Me-Myself&I said on Nov 01, 2007....
just got done going thru your pictures....the whole side-show. **smile** wonderful pictures, loving family, cool costumes, great pumpkins! Thank you for sharing.
**smile** take care see ya
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mobil said on Nov 01, 2007....
Beautiful kids Infer, and such pretty outfits too. That little pumpkin baby should take a prize haha. -
the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 01, 2007....
Batty: Thank you. :)
Twyla: Ack, don't scare me in advance! :-D My kids will nev-- ahh, who am I kidding? I'll be in the bar next door. :-p
MM&I: Thank you - that was a ton of pictures to go through, I know. I always overload. [bag over head]
mobil: Thanks! My mother-in-law did a great job with that pumpkin (although linebacker baby's chubby little arms didn't want to go through the holes at first :-D - I think my husband and daughter were both smaller babies). Infer...I kinda like that. :)
~Infernal
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Fallyn said on Nov 01, 2007....
so so cute! -
crybabylu said on Nov 01, 2007....
Absolutely adorable.....dee -
Brunettebmshell said on Nov 01, 2007....
Oh my infernal... your children our absolutely precious. Sounds like you all had a great night. Things like that are so important to kids, even when they are so young :) -
Me-Myself&I said on Nov 05, 2007....
omg...i said "side-show....i meant slide-show...oh i'm so sorry!!! :~(i LOVED the pictures...all of them....i can't believe i typed that.....head ishanging down ...
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