2008_10_31 Halloween Friday!

This morning started out "early" with Jonathan waking up at the ungodly time of 9am! It actually worked out perfectly since we had a date with a friend for story time today. We had breakfast, and I got him dressed in a monkey costume (thanks to Cousin Bobby!). He'll keep the hands on when we're outside, but the hat isn't as easy. See picture. A friend with her adorable bumble bee daughter came by, toured the house, and then we grabbed some hot chocolate and tea before hitting the library. Story time was good; there were a bunch of other creatures there today (2 chicks, a dinosaur, 2 Supermen, a spider, a hot pepper, a mermaid, a princess...), and it went longer than usual. Unfortunately, as Jonathan wandered away, I chased after him, and my necklace from Jordan broke, spilling beads all over the room. Thankfully, my friend helped corral Jonathan and gather up as many beads as we could find. What a bummer, though. Maybe I can get Sarah to restring them like she did for another necklace.

Jonathan went down for a 3 hr+ nap after chatting and clanging away for a bit. We needed him to nap so that he could trick or treat with Uncle Steve, Aunt Vicky, and Cousins Bobby (Thomas the Train) and Catherine (Batgirl) later that evening. He tried fish sticks for lunch and seemed to like them, even though lunch was a bit rushed so we could get to NY in time. Their town opens all the stores for kids rather than going house-to-house. The town center was chaos, but the kids were adorable and had a great time. We also stopped by a local park to get some energy out and to take a couple of photos. Jonathan refused to keep his monkey hat on throughout, so it was a bit hard to tell what he was. But, it didn't really matter; he seemed so confused by the whole event anyway!! We stayed for pizza dinner (Jonathan actually ate an entire slice of pizza by himself!), playing (the kids ran around the house like crazy, and Jonathan chased after them), and grown-up socializing and then made our way home around 9:30.

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