We went to a playgroup yesterday that had
a Halloween party. Lex was thrilled to go to the “Halloween
bouncy house” and eagerly put on his costume and everything. We
had fun (until meltdown at the end) and I started thinking
about various activities we could do today. Today came (dark
and early!!!) and Lex wanted nothing to do with his costume. I
tried to tempt him with various Halloween activities and he
said no, no, no. So we spent the day at home (except for a WW
meeting where I was down another pound, who knows how or
why!?!?!) When Alan got home Lex insisted that he was not going
to put on his costume and was not going trick-or-treating, so
instead we played Trouble and just hung out.

A hungry
little flower. They had free snacks at playgroup and boy did
she take advantage of that :)

A little while later we ate some
dinner and then Parrish came trick-or-treating. I thought maybe
Lex would want to trick-or-treat with Parrish, but Lex said no,
no, no. Eve, however, immediately wanted to go out and walk
with Parrish. She likes Parrish :) So we got her in costume and
Alan took her out. Suddenly Lex wanted to go too! So we got him
suited up and away they went. Half hour later they came back
with more than enough candy for two little monkeys.

A
dinosaur and a flower… an unlikely pair.

Alan
tries to hold hands. Lex loves holding hands these days, but
Eve says “walk! self!” and pulls away.

She
loved the glow stick!

Alan sorted out the candy (nuts,
choking hazards, etc.) and put a little pile on the little blue
kids table. They both (ok, all three of them!) went to town! A
few minutes into the frenzy Alan realized that he had missed
the Baby Ruths and Eve was half way through one! He took it
away from her just before she took a big, peanut-laden bite! I
was scared. Fortunately we had handy the “allergy action plan”
that our allergist gave us two days ago! It said to give a dose
of antihistimine if there is ingestion but no symptoms… so
Eve got her first drink of Children’s Benedryl. She probably
thought it was more candy :) She ended up getting a rash quite
similar to the one she got when she first ate peanut butter,
though the one tonight was a bit smaller. Ack!! So very scary.
She went to bed an hour later, very tired thanks to candy and
Benedryl, her rash mostly gone and no other symptoms present.
I’ll be checking on her a few times tonight!

A shiny
little rash face.

All in all an ok night. Now that we’ve got this silly
holiday behind us we can look forward to my favorite holidays
of year!!