Halloween ween
The day started off earlier than I would've preferred, with the kids' Halloween parade first thing. It was cute. Derek went as Arthur Dent again, and Celeste was an astronaut as part of a class project for the parade, but her actual costume was Luna Lovegood, which suited her perfectly.
After watching the parade, Gene and I stopped by downtown Redwood City to pick up coffee from Philz, then went home. I was disappointed that Five Guys wasn't open yet to satisfy my cravings for red meat and Cajun fries.
I worked on my computer all day until the kids we're dropped home from school with their carpool (yay, carpool!). I think I mentioned in a previous post, but in case I didn't -- after an initially extremely awkward situation at the beginning of the school year, we did end up joining an after school carpool with some of Celeste's friends.
When the kids got home, there was some tantruming at the suggestion that they put away laundry before pumpkin carving, but eventually they calmed down, and we went out back to carve our pumpkins. We finished just in time to walk over for the little annual Halloween Party at Jen's house.
The invite promised chicken and deviled eggs. Sadly, The chicken wasn't ready until an hour after the party started, and there were no deviled eggs! It was still nice to hang out, though, although some of Jen's friends seem really shy, so it was hard to talk to people.
Gene arrived just as we were leaving and the four of us went trick or treating.
After watching the parade, Gene and I stopped by downtown Redwood City to pick up coffee from Philz, then went home. I was disappointed that Five Guys wasn't open yet to satisfy my cravings for red meat and Cajun fries.
I worked on my computer all day until the kids we're dropped home from school with their carpool (yay, carpool!). I think I mentioned in a previous post, but in case I didn't -- after an initially extremely awkward situation at the beginning of the school year, we did end up joining an after school carpool with some of Celeste's friends.
When the kids got home, there was some tantruming at the suggestion that they put away laundry before pumpkin carving, but eventually they calmed down, and we went out back to carve our pumpkins. We finished just in time to walk over for the little annual Halloween Party at Jen's house.
The invite promised chicken and deviled eggs. Sadly, The chicken wasn't ready until an hour after the party started, and there were no deviled eggs! It was still nice to hang out, though, although some of Jen's friends seem really shy, so it was hard to talk to people.
Gene arrived just as we were leaving and the four of us went trick or treating.