Halloween party

Tonight Lolo, Norah and I went to school for a Halloween party. We ate dinner early. Took a bath. Got the girls into their costumes and went to school. Lolo had a blast playing all of the games. She really enjoyed fishing for pumpkins. But was distressed to find out that you only got to keep the stuff in the plastic pumpkin and not the actual pumpkin. (She kept asking about the pumpkin in the car). Turns out another little Elmo showed up. Lolo's friend, Colin, had on the same costume (gotta love Target). He was so cute....when he saw Lolo, he just ran over and gave her a hug. Then he kind of hung out with us for a good part of the time. Someone asked me if he was also my kid. I guess after someone sees Lolo and Norah with their dirty blond/light brown hair, maybe it's possible for a chinese girl to also have a light blond curly headed boy?! Yeah. I didn't think so either. But I thought it was a good one.

Norah was a little overwhelmed by everything. In fairness to Norah, it was close to bedtime ( I already had her in jammies under the costume) and it was way too much stimulation (we usually try to do quiet play before bedtime). So we headed out (but not until Lolo got to eat a giant pumpkin sugar cookie with sparkly orange sugar all over it). Yep. It was a good time. Came home with two overly tired kids (one of whom was hopped up on sugar). Sometimes I think schools and teachers like to host these events just to give parents a little bit of payback for what they go through with the kids during the school day.