Halloween!

We had a lovely Halloween yesterday.. I picked up the kids early (after Zoe got out of school) so they'd have some down time.. gathered up costumes, makeup, bags, jackets, etc. and we picked up Bruce and went to Kirsten and Asha's, meeting up with Lise and Claire.  I tried my hardest to put purple eyelashes on Zoe, but they just would not stick.. she was very frustrated and mad at me (I had put my fake lashes on that morning and wore them all day).  But she got out of that rut, we fed the kids pizza spirals, we had fabulous soup and this amazing Italian bread that I must go buy...  Then we headed out the house.. after 2 days of solid rain, we were really lucky.. it even managed to warm up a little.  The girls were off running together.. gaining more momentum the more candy they had, and poor Finn was left behind.. it soon got to him and he was ready to go back to Kirsten's.  Bruce went with Lise and the girls and Kirsten and I headed back.. we saw the Bonfire, or as the kids say: "Bomb Fire", which is this huge house size pile of wood in the parking lot of the firestation... but it was just getting started and the firemen were not letting the kids at the hoses yet (they usually let them hold the hose).  The rain sprinkled a little, but it was mostly a perfect night.

Back at Kirsten's Finn spent the rest of the night handing out candy.. he loved it... I didn't see him again until we were ready to leave (when the candy for the door ran out).

When Zoe and the girls came back.. they all ran into the room with their bags.. Asha immediately dumped hers on the table and wanted everyone to pick what they wanted. Claire dumped hers on and then wondered where hers was, starting to scoop up everything.. Zoe cautiously started to put hers out, but I kind of got in the way.. in the end we dumped them all together and divided it up... first all the girls got to pick the things they wanted, then we just looked for 3 of each thing and divided it up.. after that it was divided by the moms easily and fast.. narrowly escaped what could have been a bad situation... they were all getting tired. We hung out until nearly 8.. got the kids home fast and in bed... they were asleep very fast.

pictures up soon