Get your tea, take a seat (maybe get some ear plugs)

This week started with Jim and Jeffrey returning from the camp at 10:45 on Sunday night. They had been working on the roof and mother nature didn't completely cooperate so they didn't accomplish as much as needed to be done. With rain expected on Tuesday, Jim returned Monday morning to finish the part of the roof that has been leaking. He has blisters on blisters and is beat. This weekend we will have to return to dispose of more shingles before the snow begins.

On Sunday I made Jacob's costume. I really enjoy making his costumes and think this will be the last year he lets me. He is at that point where he wants to start getting scary costumes. I did convince him to be the scarecrow and he will be the cutest scarecrow ever. Not to make my hair head any bigger, but I am proud of how it came out. I had to be creative to get the hay to come out from his arms and legs without bugging his eczema.

Here is the calm before the storm. Jacob was chilling out before his party.

His was first. It went well. Lots of kids, inside, running around playing with balloons. I was prepared and had the whole time planned. It was the only way I could have handled that many kids in a small space. We made some 'wacky pumpkins' and voted on the wackiest, ate some yummy spider web cookies (which I forgot to take a picture of) and fruit, danced around with balloons and popped them one by one. Unfortuneatly, this was the only picture I got from Jacob's party. I really had to keep them busy and didn't have a minute to snap a picture. Especially since I dropped my camera and the view screen doesn't work. I have almost forgotten how to take a picture by looking through the little hole.

Joshua's party was yesterday. Again it went well. Auntie and Karin were there for support. I think they helped too. I think Karin poured juice or something. :) I was worried about the bigger kids but they were all good. Really, Joshua was the 'worst' one. I know he was excited, but still. He has it in his mind that 'it's a party' and he was trying to be funny, but he was a bit rude. I was looking for a volunteer to take him for a while.

The wrapped each other as toilet paper mummies. What's a little mess if they all pitch in to clean up. We had torn toilet paper and popped balloons everywhere but it was all good. Once a year thing. Again we had fruit with green slime (colored white chocolate) and spider web cookies. Oh and Karin's glueten free, peanut free brownies. The kids sucked them up like vaccuum cleaners. Except of course for the little kid at the end of the table who pretty much made a table cloth out of the crumbs. I'm trying to convince Karin to contact WMUR to do one of those Cook's Corner segments on the noon news. There are so many people who have these food allergies and she has some yummy recipes. I am a fan of her chocolate chip banana bread. I don't know how many times I have to hint toward that. ;)

I think all of the kids had a great time. I'm sure they appreciated the opportunity to be loud, run around and pop balloons. Here is a video of their fun.

Someone at the Halloween store told me that this can be addicting. We'll see about that next year. I did enjoy it, but I am feeling the stress today. The boys were absolutely driving me crazy. Don't they just understand that sometimes I just need to see Dr. 90210 without screaming and balloons flying in my face. I mean come on Dr. Ray was on.