Halloween and Mom's birthday

Henry was very enthusiastic about Halloween this year. When I asked him what he wanted to be, he told me that he wanted to be a passenger train engine. He told me exactly what it should look like: black with rainbow wheels and gold sparkles! We had our local pot luck and trick or treat here on campus on the 30th followed by another trick or treat outing on the 31st with his friends, Nate and Evan. Two nights of Halloween was a bit much for dear Henry. He had a meltdown the night we got home. While getting into bed he kept saying that he wanted to have a special day...a special party of his own...right NOW! We put him to bed, and he continued to cry and talk about the party. About fifteen minutes into his tantrum he yelled," Mom...cancel the party!" and then fell asleep a few seconds later. He did think that we should go trick or treating the next day, too.







Henry had his friend, Joey, over to play the morning of my birthday. They had a great time!


Just before dinner time, while we were waiting for Mark to come home from work, Henry and I started to get ready for my party. He was full of enthusiasm and ideas. He said that if we were going to have a party we needed to have decorations. I pulled out the wrapping paper and we made a table cloth. He took ribbon an strung them over the counters and tables around the kitchen and dining room. Then he said that we needed crowns...so, I got the paper and we created crowns for the three of us. Finally, Mark came home. We ate pizza, opened presents, and then ate cake! Henry had game ideas. The first one was a princess race (I tried to tell him that I was the queen, dad was king and he was a prince, but he thought we should all be princesses in our crowns). So we had a race around the fireplace. The next game was called "scratch". I purchased each of us a lottery ticket just in case 11/11/11 was a lucky birthday. Nobody won that game, so we played one more...this was a cowboy horse princess race...we ran around the fireplace 10 times! It was a close one...
It was a blast...such a fun night...one that we will all remember with smiles!