Who's on first?

After picking up Callum from school today:

Mommy, I was crying and you weren't coming.

Why were you crying?

Because you weren't coming.

When was this? When didn't I come?

When I was crying!


(Shoot me now)

Halloween Parade!

I remember Halloween parades during elementary school being a big
thing. I remember enjoying them when I was young, and remember being
embarrassed some years later (as I got older I think). So I was
curious if Logan would have a good time or if his shy sensitive side
would kick in.

Thankfully, as his group rounded the bend, he was smiling and waved
real big when he saw me. :)

Then, after some announcements and celebrations, they took the kids
around one more time before heading back in. The second time around he
had a very sad forlorn look on his face (2nd pic) and would hardly
look at me. I saw the teacher had noticed this too and tried talking
to him but I could tell he wasn't talking.

So, since I needed to head in with them anyway, to get him changed
back into regular clothes, I found him and walked along side him,
asking what was wrong (and thinking the worst, like some kid had
pushed him around or made fun of his costume or something of that
sort).

I couldn't have been farther off base. He was upset, he explained,
because the parade had ended and he wanted it to continue!!

The last pic was a final shot I grabbed in the bathroom... He asked me
to take the pic before we changed him back into his school clothes. :)

All in all, pretty cute and fun for all. Next time I'll remember to
bring my camera! ;-)

Dia de los Muertos Brides

I'll try to find a better close up pic of my makeup later on - but here's a sneak peek of me and a couple of my teammates after a very successful Halloween party at work tonight.

My makeup was harder to do than I was expecting!  So, I'm pretty pleased with my results.  ;-)   We all had a blast (kids AND adults!).  Our team placed second overall (but most people exclaimed we won first on costumes, hands down) - so you can imagine how fierce the competition was!!  :)

Haunted House Set Up

We've got a huge Halloween decorating contest at work. I built up my
team's excitement by pulling together a ton of ideas to create a
"Haunted House" theme in our section.

In preparation for today's judging, we all stayed late last night to
decorate. So, I picked up the boys early and brought them back to work
(they had a blast, pizza, music and other young kids were there).

Since our set up is pretty spooky, several coworkers have asked how
the boys reacted.

Let's put it this way. When they saw this hanging in my cube last
night, they oooh'd, exclaiming "A piñata!" ;-)

Growing up!

I think Minion is going to be a big cat. ;-)

We're ready for Halloween!

According to Callum, Logan's pumpkin is silly, mine is scary and his is "just a Mummy".

Another sign you're a mom?

Once pumpkin carving commences, you're left to do all the cleaning out
on your own. ;-)