Monday, October 31, 2011

Snowtober before Halloween

Seriously, the costume that my kids put on first today was their full winter snow gear!  And they played outside for 45 minutes in the 3-4 inches of SNOW that fell.  So not cool New England.  We had a jam packed weekend.  Ben was gone all week at TedMed, so we greeted him at the airport Saturday at 6:30 am.  Since he was at a medical conference, he wasn't in the mood to indulge in Kanes Donuts, but was happy to go to Barry's Deli in Waban.  Then he took the girls to Elliot's last soccer game of the season.  At lunchtime we switched, and I took her to a birthday party.  Which turned out to be our first DROP OFF birthday party.  Laaaaa! really, I don't have to stay?  You want me to leave and come back in 75 minutes?! And I am alone?  Good gravy!  What to do with my time?  Head down the street to shop.  For MYSELF.  And run into Auntie Wendy while I am there.   Back to get Elliot & reunite with Ben, Julia & Sam to head to a pumpkin carving party in Cambridge...where we had no blizzard contingency plan.  Today we lazed around in the morning and then went shopping, to a dress up and dance ballet class, and then to see the Circus for the last time this run.  Auntie Kassi hit the circus while I cooked dinner and Ben & Julia watched football.  The girls helped me make a pin the nose on the pumpkin for the class Halloween party tomorrow.  Good times.  And Good Night.

That is Quinn.  I work with him.  He probably did not expect "holding baby" as part of his job description last week, but it is one of the few pictures we have with the girls all in their costumes and facing the camera.  


Not the most flattering picture, but I love it.  Samantha is like the hamburglar sitting over in the corner window watching Boston below, stuffing as many halloween oreos in her mouth as she could muster before I spotted her, snapped her picture, and then stopped her.

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