Our first Halloween in the City!

Our day started with a Halloween Party at Child's Play. Child's Play is a playgroup that only parents or grandparents can attend (no nannies!)  So far this fall there have really only been KPMG moms, which has been a lot of fun. Andrew picked out his costume a few weeks ago when we were home in Maryland, and I had to find Ryan a matching costume. Hotdog and Hamburger Boys! The costumes were really cute. We had a our friends Adela the witch, Jacob the fireman, and Carly the Dalmatian to play with.

We had to leave Child's Play a few minutes early so we could get to Andrew's party at school. Siblings weren't allowed, so my friend Mary (her husband is in the DPP rotation too-Dennis, who Andrew calls Dentist:), came over to play with Ryan. Andrew wasn't crazy about the party. It was VERY loud and all the kids from the enrichment program were there. They did some cute crafts, iced cupcakes (all good with him) but then sang, and he was not digging that. They then did trick or treating around the school, and he didn't like it AT ALL. He came back half-crying "I didn't get any candy!! Just toys!!"

Some friends from school

 Then, finally we got to go trick or treating! Our building did a little parade around the outside and then you were free to go. If you wanted to hand out candy, you put a sign on your door. So, we rode the elevator to the top and would hit a floor (Andrew would run around and tell Mary and I if there were any signs) and run down the steps to the next floor. After the very first handful went into Ryan's bag, he was going crazy for candy. So, I think by the end of the night he had had 4 or 5 lollipops! He finally starting reaching in near the end, and Andrew got scolded once for taking too much candy! They come by in honestly!

Bet you didn't know hot dogs could be scary!

This is the super of the building. Andrew likes him.

Knock knock!!

Our friend Mary

I am out!!!

They had a great time! I miss them doing it with friends, but maybe next year. I think there mission was accomplished!

Pumpkin Carving & Grammy and Papa visit

As it turned out this year, October 29th felt like February. Grammy and Papa came up for a short visit and I had the bright idea to go to the Scholastic Flagship store in SoHo. NOT a good idea on this day. We trekked down on the bus (because a cab wouldn't take all of us?!?!) and it was raining pretty hard. After a 30 or so minute bus ride, we got out into full on snow and crazy wind. We decided to stop for lunch first, because the store was about a 10 min walk. My boys ate like they normally do, like we don't ever feed them. And, they finished it off with cupcakes…yummmmmmmy.

 We started walking, but it was just brutally cold. And, we weren't really prepared. My phone said it felt like 27 out, but with the wind, I think it felt like 0. It was cold. And we were all wet-especially Andrew with his pants. So, we caught a cab home and a few people got changed and napped. Grammy stayed pretty busy with Andrew. Chris and I even got to go on our first date since living in the city! A wonderful French Bistro Quatorze Bi, that is only about 100 feet away. Thanks Grammy and Papa!

We then decided that we better carve our pumpkin before Chris left for Denver, so we got busy with that.

Hopefully I can get both boys into costume tomorrow for some cute pictures! Andrew is definitely ready to trick or treat!! We got to Skype with Evan and Tracy and then Andrew finished off his day doing his "homework." You can tell he didn't want me to bother him.

Halloween Playdate

We had a little Halloween Playdate on Friday with some of our KPMG friends. I could not NOT have one after the last few years. The kids all seemed to have a fun time and the mommies got to chat a little bit. Carly, Jacob and Braxton joined my kiddos although I didn't catch a picture of Jacob. The food is always my favorite to make, although some didn't come out quite as good this year. Here are some pictures from our fun morning!