busy days

I never did a Halloween update, so here it is....

The kids had a GREAT holiday. We had a group of friends over at our house for chili, cornbread, salad, and hot apple cider. A group of us all took the kids out from 6:00-7:30 p.m. and only hit about a third of our neighborhood... but the bags were OVERFLOWING!! As usual, it was just about the coldest day of the year around here, so we decided last minute that Riley would be too cold in his costume, so we had him put on a great little giraffe coat and he went as a nice, warm, and toasty giraffe. Violet ran the show, leading the kids from house to house in search of the best candy. One house was giving out full sized crunch bars, and the kids were all thrilled about that!!

Back at the house everyone had a great time, and about 300 kids or so came by for candy. Maybe more! We did an informal costume contest for kids and adults. Rick wore his cloak and brandished his sword, and I was Kim Possible (although Violet kept telling me I was not really KP cause I didn't have the orange hair LOL). Kristopher won as Clark Kent (he had a little Superman shirt peeking out from under his clothes), and his son AJ won as "Illuzion," his character from the online game City of Heroes. He even had wrapped one arm in foil to serve as his "robotic arm." VERY creative!

The house has stayed remarkably clean, thanks to Melissa's vow to help clean up after the party. It's so lovely to have a clean house. I've been maintaining it for the last 2 days. I think that's a record around here!!!

Still waiting for the official election results, Rick and I were riveted to the TV last night watching the election returns come in. So much so that I fell asleep at about 9 p.m. Guess it wasn't as exciting as I thought! At least I had a good night's sleep. Of course as I wake up this morning the results aren't clear, but it looks like the president will have another 4 years in office.

A busy day ahead of us... I guess I'd better get going.