Halloween Recap

Here are a few highlights from Halloween at the G & M household.

• There's nothing like keeping the Halloween munchies at bay like a case of the stomach flu. A mild case for M and a nasty case for Sambo.

• Several costume ideas later, several hours of hard work for Buddy to earn money for a new costume, major negotiating to convince him he should wear the costume he already had and to save his money for a new discounted costume after Halloween, we finally persuade Buddy he should be Captain Jack Sparrow. But only after supreme-court worthy arguing from all parties involved and promises of really cool face paint if he'd wear the dang costume.

• G takes it upon himself to do a marvelous make-up job. Our neighbors are still talking about how cool Buddy looked! It's interesting that parenting brings out all sorts of unknown talents. (It turns out G is really good at drawing dragons and crocodiles as well.)
• G and Buddy have dinner and do some trick-or-treating with friends.

• M passes out candy at our house while trying to snuggle with Sambo on the couch and cleaning up approximately three rounds of vomit from the baby.
• A quick photoshoot with Sambo's dragon costume, just so the costume Buddy and I lovingly chose for him last year before he was even born could be put to sort-of good use.
• Buddy and G return to the house and do a bit of trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. Buddy is very excited to see all of the neighbors and tries to let himself into pretty much everyone's house.
  

• Grandma Debi comes over and ends up taking Buddy home with her to spend the night in order to save everyone's sanity.