Marie Antoinette said it was the best Halloween party yet. Darth Vader slept right through it. A ladybug gave me her wink of approval. Babies grew beards. Werewolves (shape shifters?) howled, boys dressed as doggies, dogs dressed as lobsters and the whole lot of them got pelted with candy at the end. The root beer was spooky and delicious, and not a drop spilled in the house. Only one piece of pizza was left from the 336 we started with. Our yard, once covered with candy, is now completely devoid of sweetness. The witch next door went a little crazy, but who wouldn't? It was awesome, thanks to everyone who came!
Speaking of shape shifters, we had several wardrobe changes today. Ari went to the pumpkin patch with Ellison dressed as a ballet dancer and morphed into a bride for the party. Well, sometimes dancers do get married. Ruby experienced a brief stint as Queen Elizabeth before fast-forwarding to the '50's in a poodle skirt to match Bentley's. Freestone surprised nobody by going as his standard Fantastic Four guy. Trick-or-treating tonight, he claimed he was "Fantastic Caveman" so he could justify carrying a giant stick. Xanthe started out as a cute little mouse and ended up 12 hours later as a little girl with mouse pants wild hair. Only Golda stuck with her original plan, sporting a Sally-from-Nightmare-Before-Christmas dress and make-up that she and Coco have been working on for weeks. It turned out perfect. Thanks, Ms. Witch!
Xanthe was so funny trick-or-treating. She quickly cut right to the chase. When the door opened, she'd shout, "Where the candy?!" When the person offered her candy, she'd say, "Is it chocolate?" If it was, she took it. Smart girl. Toward the end, I told her we were going to Ginger's house for a hot dog. At every house after that, when the door opened, she said, "I want a hot dog." At one house, she walked in, snuggled up on the couch with the mom and took her shoes off. She looked like she could have stayed there all night, but we had more doorbells to ring and more chocolate to collect. Halloween will change from year to year as our kids get older, and that will be fun. This year, 5 little kids and twice as many little costumes was just right.
6 comments:
Oh, it was just perfect wasn't it? My kids agreed that your party was the best part-and it takes a lot to beat out trick or treating! Thanks so much for this wonderful gift you guys give us every year with this fantastic memory. We are so glad to be back to enjoy it-and tickled to death we made the blog!
What a perfect weather for Halloween this year!! Your party sounded so fun! Change of costumes, chocolate collecting, and that spill-less spooky root beer! P.E.R.F.E.C.T!
Once again I say, and this time it will be happening, "next year I will have Tate to celebrate all this fun!"
Lisa
I got on your blog to see if I could find a picture of my kids since i didn't have my camera on me when I dropped them off.....Of course, Circe to the rescue. Once again Circe makes our halloween exactly perfect. My kids said the best part was the candy off the balcony which is so nolstalgic to me. Have I ever told you that Grandma Muse always did that for us at her house on any old day? She would come out and yell "Candy" and just start throwing....but her candy was never fresh like yours. She may be your kindred spirit just 80 years too early.
We love the Dopps!
It was perfect. Thank you for all your work and effort. And... thanks for letting us kidnap Golda and Ruby. Lex was excited to have them as T or T buddies. Hopefully they had fun too.
Thanks for the party! It was amazing and the girls had so much fun! Circe, you are amazing!
Looks like an amazing party. Very impressive!
Post a Comment