2013_10_31 Thursday

Elise and I were just playing the Super Why game, and she can identify every single lower case letter and match it with the upper case...except for V!? how is it that she knows g/G, i/I, d/D, etc, but not v/V?! that made me laugh.

So, it's really hard to believe that we are actually going to celebrate Halloween this year. The last two years have been cancelled due to Hurricanes Irene and Sandy, so the kids really haven't had a true Halloween in their memory, for sure. Elise will be a purple princess (surprised, anyone?!), and Jonathan will be a home-made (important detail!) bat, which will look remarkably like Batman, minus the logo. Dave left the house with a mask and cape: Super Android. And, while I wanted to be scrambled eggs -- lots of E-G-G-S on a white/yellow back drop (haha), I just couldn't pull it together in time. Maybe next year. Elise didn't like her tiara or her pink elbow-length gloves (arg), and Jonathan couldn't breathe with the plastic bat face mask on, so all that came off. Good thing I was walking around with a glass of wine. One street over from us was absolutely insane; the homeowners go all out with decorations, etc. What a good time.

Purple Princess Elise and Bat Jonathan

Before we went trick-or-treating, though, Elise and I joined Jonathan for lunch at school. That was fun chaos. I brought in Lunchables, which are his favorite albeit disgusting, and we had a really fun time together. Then, immediately following, Elise has a class costume parade that lasted all of 15 minutes. What a day.