This year Maddy was a rock and roll witch. Isaac was Luigi from Mario Brothers (I made the hat and overalls for less than $4 - take that cheap crap Walmart $20 costume!). Seth was a bumblebee. I was, well, I'm not sure what I was. A barmaid from ancient days? A swedish milk maid? Take your pick.
Let us give a moment of silence for the bumblebee costume. Seth is my last child and so this is the last year the costume will be worn by one of my children. All of them have had their turn.
Sherri came with us this year with her kids. I think that made it fun for me to have her there but definitely fun for the kids to have kids their own age to run to people's houses with. Except their exuberance bubbled forth a bit too much. I'm not sure how many times Sherri and I got after them - "You only ring the doorbell once!" "Not all of you need a turn knocking on the door." "If they haven't answered the door after a minute, they're probably not home. You don't need to alternately ring the doorbell and knock on the door to make sure!"
Then we all went back to my house and had a small party. I made some kicking beef stew. I had also attempted a punch - pineapple juice, frozen limeade, ginger ale, sugar and a packet of lemon lime koolaid. It was good but tart. And then there was Jack who got really excited about the dry ice. He kept dumping it in until our punch was essential a slush. It was kinda cool how that worked though. I made the kids mummy dogs - hot dogs wrapped in strips of canned creasant rolls. What a success! Even my picky eater (Isaac) ate the whole thing! Sherri made this awesome homemade bean dip with black beans, with home made guacamole on top with lines of sour cream. I have to say - a complete triumph!
Everyone went home stuffed and sticky and it was a good year.
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