Happy Halloween

Elizabeth's friend from school invited her to come trick-or-treating this evening. I showed up with all the kids, even Ethan, who decided yesterday (after winning that costume from his orthodontist) that maybe he would trick-or-treat today. People LOVE that costume.

We spent about an hour walking through the neighborhood. We got soaked from a 3-minute cloudburst pretty early on, so we were all wet and a little cold.

Trick or treat!

Tonight the Great Pumpkin made all the candy disappear. He is leaving certificates for bikes for the girls and $30 towards a phone for Scott. Ethan opted against Great Pumpkin this year for the first time ever.

Kettle meets pot

About 18 months ago, I chopped off my long hair and donated it. I love it short. It feels very me. 

Not everyone in the house agrees. Yesterday, Emily said, "Mom, you HAVE to stop cutting your hair!"

 

Ethan hates irony and t-shirts.

His idea!

Note from Emily

Emily, age 3: "Mommy, you get me a piece of paper?" She mutters to herself as she scratches on the paper with a pen. "Don't be weird. Don't ever ever ever be weird. Don't do that ever again. You're my sweetheart. We don't do that because my mom said so." I asked her if she was writing a note, and she smiled at me, "For Santa." She cracks me up every single day.

Minuet 3 with the Mid-Texas Symphony

Scott says he likes the symphony, both playing and listening. He also reported that when he went into play position, his violin got caught in a girl's hair. We heard Water Night, a musical setting of a poem by Octavio Paz and a gorgeous oboe piece called Down A River of Time, written in 1999. It's a great day!