Good stuff on Halloween:

Breakfast with Maw Maw and Da. A very excited boy asking if today was the day. Twenty-one Kindergartners marching in a costume parade. A little ghost trying to eat a cupcake through the hole in his sheet. Pipe cleaner spiders. Goody bags. Jack-o-lanterns glowing. A fog machine fogging. A wee red cape. Baby Skittle breath. Taking her home to get serious about the gathering of candy. Overhearing this: "Trick or Treat. Thank you. Don't you have Snickers? Da wants Snickers."

The little contest:

We heard a lot of this, "Hi, there! Uh, what are you?"
I guess J's costume isn't as obvious as I thought. ~~So, the first person who correctly guesses what he is will win a little handmade surprise. I'm not sure what, but I'll think of something.~~(And don't play if you already know cuz I've told you. Or you asked him. At our party. Or on the phone. You know who you are.)

Someone already guessed correctly this morning! He is a fire ant! Releia, I'll email you soon for your postal address. Thanks!!

I hope you had a wonderful Halloween too! And much luck to you dealing with the tummy aches and sugar-induced tantrums.

Comments

Hmmm...I have a boy who is creative and particular about his costumes too....Okay, I guess a FIRE ANT?

Posted by: Releia | November 1, 2006 01:46 AM

My guess is lobster!

Regardless, they both look absolutely adorable! Glad to hear your Halloween was fun!

Posted by: erin | November 1, 2006 05:58 AM

Wonderful costumes. Clearly her is a lobster!?

Posted by: JD | November 1, 2006 06:30 AM

Meant to type "he" - sorry!

Posted by: JD | November 1, 2006 06:32 AM

I knew you'd make that super cool cape! It's so neat. Well done. She looks so cute. And Jack! I loved all his past costumes...the mail carrier cracked me up.;-)
This year's guess is.....a fire ant?
am I right? huh? am I? Just a regular ant? huh? huh? tell me. tell me.

Posted by: Angela | November 1, 2006 07:05 AM

a very adorable ant?

Posted by: kirsten | November 1, 2006 07:06 AM

Cute! Halloween is so much fun watching it through the kids now.

I'm guessing he was a lobster. :-)

Posted by: Casey | November 1, 2006 07:19 AM

Yeah - I thought you said before it was a Fire Ant -- but you spelled it Aunt? right? Which I don't really get from the pic... Maybe I remembered wrong...Anyhooooo I'm still seriously impressed by that sewing job and the Little Red Riding hood cape with velveteen no less. WOWWWW!

Posted by: Amy | November 1, 2006 07:41 AM

Red ant? No? Cute at any rate!

Posted by: Ali | November 1, 2006 07:49 AM

Cute costume. I would have probably guessed ant had he been more brownish or black. He is very cute though.

Posted by: rebecca | November 1, 2006 08:51 AM

at the party, i (stupidly) thought he was a lobster. luckily for me, estea corrected me quickly.

it's one thing to shove my foot in my mouth all the time, it's another thing to piss off a child, especially J. glad i didn't make that mistake in front of him!

(the costumes? btw? totally cute!)

Posted by: capello | November 1, 2006 08:51 AM

Love the costumes! The red ant is brilliant, so very clever. And little red riding hood is absolutely adorable.

Posted by: beki | November 1, 2006 10:49 AM

too too cute!!

Posted by: tracy | November 1, 2006 12:01 PM

Possibly lobster but I don't see any claws, I'm with the others, he's probably an ant or another type of insect?

Posted by: Mama Urchin | November 1, 2006 12:11 PM

both costumes are cute.

i thought of "ant," but not "fire ant." they don't have those in our area.

Posted by: lera | November 1, 2006 01:48 PM

Yay, she wore the cape! It was so well-made, and it looks cute on.

J was so excited about that fog-maker -- I hope you got a lot of use out of it!

Posted by: amy h | November 1, 2006 02:55 PM

oh oh oh oh... those costumes are awesome.... that cape is something else...enjoyed your writing .. sounds like so much fun.... we only had 3 groups of kids come by last night.... I am used to 100... so sad that we didnt have more !!!

Posted by: diana | November 1, 2006 04:27 PM

Great costumes! Your children are as lovely as ever...

Posted by: Meegan Blue | November 1, 2006 05:04 PM

Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting!
Halloween was cool. My kids are really tired.

Posted by: Zabrina | November 1, 2006 11:49 PM

what great costumes. i love the fire ant how creative!

Posted by: christina | November 2, 2006 01:11 AM

They look so cute!!! i love the costumes and their happy faces.

Posted by: Veronica TM | November 3, 2006 05:50 PM