Some friends have had an annual Halloween bash that over the last 10 years has morphed from a young 20-something party crowd to moon bounces and a 4pm start time.It's also grown in size. This year they had over 250 RSVPs--it's really kind of a neighborhood shindig and fun to see everyone--especially the kids. Ed is the turtle in the middle. His buddy Eli is on the right as a frog, and another buddy, Claire, is the blond-haired, blue eyed chicken passing out Easter eggs. She is 6 weeks older than Ed (Eli is 2 months older than Ed).
I blew through a whole lotta memory trying to capture the three of them at least looking in the same direction, but when the chicken finally ran off, my chance was over. There was so much going on around them, it's amazing they stood still long enough for these.
I fully expected Ed to tire of wearing his turtle suit after about 30 minutes, as he'd only ever had it on for 5 minutes at a time previously. In fact, he was willing to leave his outfit on the whole time. Occassionally he wanted the 'hood' down, but other than that, he liked it.
I had bought him a Mickey Mouse costume, but when I tried to put him in that today, just to see how it fit, he vehemently shook his head, pushed it away and pointed to the turtle costume. I think he actually likes the turtle, as he happily stood there while we put it on him, not once, but 2 times today. This involves it going over his head for an extended period of time, as we slink it down his body like a straightjacket. Eventually his face pops out of the head and we pull his arms through the sleeves. Much easier to remove, we just pull up and it's done.
Trick or treating is on Tuesday--we'll go as part of a neighborhood gang. I'll be interested in how long Ed lasts--or if he will even go up to any doors.
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Our equivalent party was last night, starting at 7pm (sans moonbouncing). We had a dalmation, a cat, and several princesses. And your brother went as the human whiteboard, in a Tyvek overall with a holster full of markers. We expected the Toddler Mafia would end up drawing all over him, but instead it was the academics -- he came home with a number of mathematical formulae and quotations in Greek and Hebrew. Frickin' geeks.
We went to David's brother's party complete with moonbouncer and a hayride. Jimmy lives out in the country. Patrick did pretty well with the costume, but he would not leave the hood on all the time. It looks like Eddie had alot of fun and he looks really cute in the turtle costume.
We didn't go to a party, just had the neighborhood children doing trick or treating on Saturday rather than on the 31st. Unfortunately, they came in between snowshowers and heavy rain with bitter cold. It was too bad because they were very clear costumes that the children had on over their coats and hats. The cleverest one was a boy dressed as an out house.
Grandma Ohio
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