Halloween night

Lolo and some neighborhood kids went out trick-or-treating last night with their dads. I don't know why, but in our neighborhood, it's always the dads that take the kids out and the moms stay home handing out candy. Norah and I stayed back and doled out playdoh and chocolate. The playdoh was a surprisingly big hit. We'll probably do that again. I'm just not really excited about the whole candy aspect of Halloween.

The one disappointment of the evening, Norah had to go down for bed around 6:30pm. I put a big bowl of chocolate and a big bowl of playdoh outside with a sign for the kids. While putting Norah down, I could hear 2 groups of kids come up to our house. One of these groups cleaned us out. Very disappointing. By the time I came downstairs, our neighbors (with 5 little ones) were disappointed because we didn't have anything set out. Anyway, I had a bit more inside that, thankfully, didn't fit in the big bowls outside (and because I figured since I was only gone for less than 30 minutes, we'd have plenty to give away) so Lolo and Jim ran some playdoh and chocolate down the street.

It's a big week for Lolo. We've got a neighborhood playgroup meeting at our home this afternoon (after she gets back from school). And tomorrow we're going over to David's home to play. Friday is kind of our day off to catch up. And a dinner party is scheduled for saturday night. Whew.