We carved our pumpkins on Sunday night before Halloween. Vivian loved it. Henry didn't seem to care much for it...especially when we got his pumpkin open and it was rotten and black inside. He leaned away from it and left the table for good.
On Halloween Vivian got to wear her costume to preschool and they had a Halloween parade. Dan was able to get away from work to come and watch it. It was only about 15 mins long and they did it inside since the weather was pretty chilly. Vivian did so good! She smiled and waved and just followed her class around the room. I was so proud of her. A much different experience than what my mom had with Halloween parades at school. I was so shy I would cry and cry because I didn't want to walk in the parade. Funny because there is a little girl in Vivian's class, Kate, who is very shy. She walked into the room and stopped in her tracks and didn't want to walk in the parade. She went over to her dad and started to cry. I felt SO BAD for her! Poor little thing.
When I was back in Omaha a few weeks ago Jamie's neighbor had this huge blow up black cat in their front yard and the head turns back and forth. Of course, I had to have it! I found it online and ordered it and my order said it was scheduled to be delivered on Halloween. The UPS truck literally pulled up at 5 p.m. on Oct 31st! So Dan had to head outside and get it blown up so it was up for the trick-or-treaters. The kids LOVED it!! We headed out for trick-or-treating with the neighbors. Once we all met up it was a group of 15 kids....which we wont' be doing next year. The group gets too big and the older kids stampede over the little kids. We were only out for about an hour or so. Once we got home I drove Vivian over to Ms. Joy's house, her 3 year old preschool teacher. She was very adamant that we go to her house. Both kids had a great time. Henry ran almost the whole time! He was pretty beat by the end of the night.
This past weekend Dan and I were able to get a sitter and have a night out. Dan's cousin, Cody, was in town with some co-workers. We met them downtown at the Power & Light District for some drinks. We stayed out late and paid for it the next day. Dan went to the KC Chiefs game with Cody and his co-workers on Sunday. I decided to sit that one out! Nice day for the game, but not after being out late the night before. We haven't had a sitter since August so it was well overdue.
