Happy Halloween (early)!

From Halloween

Who knew Halloween could be so eventful for a nine month old? It all began yesterday with her day care Halloween "party." We got a little invitation in her cubby that said the party was from 10:45- 11:30 and parents were welcome. I was way curious to see how babies ages 6 weeks to 12 months partied.

I got there a little late (of course), and Matt and I were the only parents there. THe babies were all stripped down to their diapers (the party had already gotten pretty wild), and they were eating paint. The teachers assured me the paint was edible, and that there was a chance some of it would end up on the pumpkins they were painting. The activity went well for about two minutes, then there was an 8-baby meltdown. As each child melted down, their pumpkin was replaced with orange jello. Then, as the fun of jello grew old (about one minute for babies who didn't realize they could eat it, 3 or 4 minutes for the ones who stuck the jello in their mouths), they got arrowroot cookies. Wild. Here's the finished pumpkin.



Today, Anne Marie donned her bear costume for Book Babies at the library. Along with the usual fun, they went trick or treating to the librarians. So Anne Marie earned me a bag of candy with her cuteness.

It would probably be seen as a blatant attempt at candy for mama if I took her trick-or-treating tomorrow, but I think she'll want to wear the costume to Home Depot and the Journal.
Tomorrow, Rosa will get the chance to wear her angel costume and Bubba and Freddy will be magicians. Stay tuned for photos.