Halloween 2010

Never take a nap the day after Halloween and leave your kids alone, unsupervised with the candy like I just did.

It's a good thing I took all the good stuff for myself yesterday or I'd be really upset.

We all had a great Halloween this year.

Evan was Luigi



And Meici was Hello Kitty



I made her hat with my very own crochet hook. It was the third thing I've ever crocheted.

This was the first:

This the second:

And finally, SUCCESS!!!

See kids, practice makes good enough.

My kids love me so much. When we went trick-or-treating they asked me why I wasn't getting any candy; I started crying and told them that I guess nobody likes me. They both shouted, "WE LIKE YOU, MOM!!" and handed me over their buckets.

About twenty kids showed up at my door around ten o'clock Halloween morning. They were all dressed as kids who had just woken up, wearing their pj's and milk mustaches with lucky charms stuck to their faces. I told them it was too early, I didn't have my candy ready yet, and to come back later.

I could have just given them some candy but I hadn't sorted it out yet.

I bought a huge bag of fruity tootsie rolls



but still needed to pick out all the nasty vanilla ones to give away.

I didn't want to accidentally hand out a delicious lime or orange candy, I just love them so much.

Today when I went outside I saw a couple pieces on the ground, unopened.
I feel kind of bad, so next year I'll be sure to give out something good, like smarties or ramen noodles.

Happy Halloween!

School's Cool! Just Kidding it's Not.

I broke every single chain letter I ever received as a kid. And now I think the curses are finally befalling me. Especially that one curse: If you break this chain your son will be the social misfit when he starts school.
Yeah, that one, I definitely should have sent that one off to five different friends.

Sorry, Evan it's all my fault!

Evan has been in kindergarten for about a month and a half now and things couldn't be better... academically.

Academically, Evan is a genius.



But too bad that's not was school is all about. School is about friends and recess and silly bands, all things Evan knows nothing about.

I went to parent teacher conference and was so proud of my little boy while his teacher was telling me how smart he is.

Then she talked to me about his social skills: he doesn't interact with any of the other kids, he only talks during one-on-one time with the teacher, and (this part made me cry) at recess he wanders around the playground all alone, talking to himself.

I can't say I was surprised.

I knew Evan wouldn't be as outgoing as the other kids; he's been incredibly shy his entire life. But he is the sweetest little boy I've ever known. And thinking of him being so lonely at school just breaks my heart.

Oh and school is ALL DAY!
Kindergarten is 7 whole hours long at our school, that's just nuts!
Poor kid.

I don't really know what to do. I want him to enjoy school and make friends and get invited to birthday parties. But so far his favorite part of school is lunch. When I ask him how school was each day the only thing he tells me is what he ate for lunch, and then makes me feel his muscles.
Hopefully things will get better, I don't really know what to do. How do you make a kid be friendly?
Maybe he just doesn't want any friends because he already has the perfect friend in Meici.




(Yes Evan attends Wayside School, thus the sideways stories.)

She's so sweet and prays for Evan every night. She also prays that all the little babies in the world will only eat tiny food and and not big food.

When I was a kid I used to pray that no bright glowing angels would appear to me while I was trying to fall asleep at night.

And they never did.

God answers prayers!