Halloween Weekend

For some of you, this post will be disappointing. We didn't dress the kids up this year for Halloween. I know...gasp! Alec and Emma were both feeling puny for most of last week, and I wasn't convinced that they'd even feel well enough to take part in any festivities. So, I held off on buying costumes. But the other thing was that we were only planning on going to the Multiples Club Fall Festival anyway (for maybe an hour or so) because we didn't want to take them to Aaron's work trick or treat (too much exposure to other kid germs- there has been a TON of swine flu up here) when they were already kinda feeling bad AND I don't think they're ready for trick or treating. They just want to run anywhere and everywhere and don't want to be held...so that might have been tough. So, we just went to the Fall Festival because they were feeling okay (no fever...just runny noses) and they looked cute dressed as normal kids. We will do the whole big deal next year when they actually care about it and will remember.

We did have a rather busy weekend, however. Friday night we took some friends out to Monte Ne Chicken- a family style all you can eat fried chicken joint. Saturday we went to the gym and did the Fall Festival thing. Saturday afternoon we played, napped and Mommy cleaned and made some yummy fall food for another couple of friends that came over for dinner (Carmel Apple Pork Chops, Butternut Squash, French bread and Walnut Chocolate Chip cookies). Jess and I worked on organizing Angel Tree for our church. We made out the tree tags and prepared our master list of children to sponsor. That night, Alec was climbing across the couch and as Aaron was pulling him down, Alec managed to kick me HARD with his heel in my left eye. It still feels scratchy and hurts. It folded my contact in half over my eye and broke some blood vessels. I had to try so hard not to cry. Man...that kid has some strong legs.

Sunday, we enjoyed the extra hour that morning. The kids were able to get a nap in before church, which made the morning and afternoon much happier. When we ate at Lin's Garden Chinese buffet afterward, they weren't falling asleep at the table, so that was nice! We were a little annoyed that Lin's charged us for two "under 3" buffets. $2.75 each. They've never charged us before. We paid it though, because I felt like they totally at $2.75 worth of food each.

Sunday afternoon during playtime, both Alec and Emma managed to get a busted lip. Twins...they have to do whatever the other one does! Alec was wearing Daddy's coat and tripped and couldn't catch himself with his arms and face planted into the carpet, but his teeth busted his lip. Then later, Emma fell down in the foyer on the tile and did the same thing. They both bled profusely...looked like they'd lost teeth or something. He drooled blood on the rug and she drooled blood on a couch pillow. It made for a fun afternoon! They're fine though...and it didn't take long for the bleeding to stop and for them to get back to playing. Took longer for Mom to get the blood out of the pillow!

From the hours of 2am to 4:30am, Emma had issues. She woke up fussy, because she'd lost her paci (fell out of the crib on the floor). I gave it back to her and she was fine. Half hour later she was crying harder. I went in and cuddled her for a little while, but she didn't want to go back down. We laid on the couch together for a while, and she was happy until I tried to put her back to bed. Ended up bringing her to our bed, but she tossed, turned and kept sitting up awake. I don't think she felt bad. I changed her even though she wasn't really wet. I think she just had a little case of insomnia and didn't want to be alone. Finally, I did put her back down and let her cry it out. I think we finally all fell asleep around 4:30 or 4:45. Needless to say...I ignored my 5:45 run alarm. I figured she'd sleep late since she missed two plus hours of sleep, but nope, wide awake before 7:30. I'm still recovering, and so is Daddy. Luckily, Alec slept through the whole thing. Twins!

Thankfully, they are napping now. So, when this post is up, I'm going to go do my devotion...if I don't nod off. :-) Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!