Happy Halloween!

2 Clone Commanders, 1 dinosaur, and 1 ladybug :)

Here is what we ended up with for tonight's Halloween.  The Girl decided that she didn't want to put her snowsuit on, so she didn't go out, but the boys (veterans of Halloween) knew what was in store, so they didn't mind getting their snow stuff on then squeezing into their costumes.  Some of the muscles in my arms may be a little bit tired tomorrow from all of the pulling and stuffing.

They put in a solid hour of door to door with Daddy, while I fed and put the ladybug to sleep.  Then Miss Dinosaur and I read stories and handed out candy together (every time someone was at the door, she asked if it was Daddy and the boys!).  So far, we are maybe up to a dozen trick-or-treaters tonight.  But there is snow on the ground, it is minus 8, the wind is blowing, and we're forecast 5-10 cm of snow/ice pellets overnight.  Not really hospitable conditions for kids to go looking for candy.

But when the guys came back, we let them put in a good half hour of gorging of goodies before dragging them upstairs to scrub those teeth and get to bed.  There is school for the two of them tomorrow...  And my goodness, were they ever tired!  Howling about teeth and face washing!  Couldn't find one of the many stuffed toys on the bed!  You'd think that it was the end of the world!  But with the sugar and the lack of sleep, it was the end of the world.

isn't she just the cutest little ladybug?

So now the house is quiet for the night (or most of it, I hope).  Boy2 was up at 6 this morning, telling me that we needed to get ready for Halloween.  He was a bit excited!  And he didn't want to nap.  Nobody has really been sleeping all that well these last few nights (again, I think it's largely the anticipation) so they should start feeling better in a few days.

Daddy having fun with the Boy

It's been a very busy and loud house in the last few days.  I'm not complaining, though.  It means that everyone has been playing and having fun.  The kids attack Daddy as soon as they can, and then everyone (usually except Momma and Girl2) are running, chasing each other. 

And Boy2's turn

In the last couple of days, the kids have been going to play in the basement more too.  Boy2 gets the Girl to go with him and they bring up more toys.  The Boy gets Boy2 to go with him and they usually stay down there playing.  One morning, all three of them were down there.  Then the Boy and Boy2 had to get ready for school so they came up.  I went down to see if the Girl wanted to come up, but she was busy and didn't want to come.  So I left her playing.  Two minutes later, she realized she was alone and started yelling and coming up the stairs.  Poor Girl!

she loves this little ducky!

One morning, she brought up this rubber duck.  It went with her everywhere!  I came into the living room and found her pretending to nurse it.  She had my nursing pillow, part of her shirt up, and had the bill of the duck in the general vicinity of her chest.  It was so cute!  I did get pictures, but Hubby reminded me that I can't post them because of certain laws set up to protect children, so I won't post them.  But as soon as I turned around, Boy2 and the Girl were talking about who could make milk and who couldn't :)