Sunday and Monday

After a delicious breakfast of Eggs a la Bill, I drove the kids back into town. I hurried back for Olivia's Halloween piano recital.

All the kids were in costume. It was adorable - and terrifying! 27 kids bumbling through interminable medleys?

In truth, it wasn't bad at all. Each piece was about two minutes long. And some of the older kids were really good. Olivia was first and performed faultlessly. She didn't look nervous but she says she was.

  

 

Monday was Halloween and Olivia had no school (teacher work day). So we went to see Puss In Boots (NOT 3D). Olivia dressed all in light orange, wore her boots and her mom's hat with a feather so she looked like Puss. I taught her how to remove her hat with a flourish and bow. Adorable!

The movie was very cute but Deb thought the story got in the way of the entertainment and Olivia actually fell asleep. She said she couldn't sleep the night before so it can't be all blamed on the script. We changed seats right before the show started and apparently Olivia left her hat behind. As we were leaving the theater, she remembered and thus began a half hour of searching the theater, running up and down to different lost and found spots. Finally, as we had given up all hope, an employee ran after us, waving the hat. Whew!

But the drama took its toll on an already tired Olivia. Even though she had begged for Thai shrimp before the movie, once it was ordered she just wanted to go home. She rallied enough to want to go to the book store but crumbled once we got there. Home, please!

All did not bode well for a late night of trick or treating followed by an early morning return to school after a long weekend.  But after an hour or two of "chillaxing" in front of the TV, she led the neighborhood kids in a race to every house. After she got her loot, she'd yell, "Thanks! Next house!" The highlight was a full-sized Hershey Bar. Her Slytherin pillowcase was bulging by the end of the night.