sweet toothing...

We packed this weekend like sugar in a molar. Friday, after morning lady breakfast, my folks rolled into town. Chloe and I picked my mom up and went straight to the store to buy things for pies. We baked two pumpkin pies and one extra little pie filling with no crust (to snack)... Mom went to pick up Mike (step Dad, but Dad all the same) and came to our place as the pies cooled. Late afternoon and Benny and Chloe were suiting up for a costume contest and parade at his work. We went, we saw, we cleaned house! Benny and Chloe took first place with a 1960's Japanish style thriller.... he was a giant robot and she was a little dinosaur attacking him. We went from there to Harry's, an old timey steakhouse complete with velvet wallpaper and black and white photos of the area a hundred years ago. From there, we took the pies and whipping cream to our dear friends for a pumpkin carving party. All the nearest and dearest with babies were there and cheery. Sweet dreams. Saturday met us with sunny crispness. Chloe, Grandma, Grandpa and I found a pumpkin patch first thing. We were the only ones there which meant we got to all get in the bouncy castle together... what better way to start Halloween? We had a great lunch at the harbor, where we saw a Michael Jackson figure dangling a fake baby out of a window across the way (you, hopefully, don't see that everyday)... then it was State street to see all the little fairies and monsters and tiny things trick-or-treating at every store. There was excitement blowing around in the breeze (along with candy wrappers). Friends met at our place in the evening to take our small ones trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. I'm counting five candies in her bag (counting the empty wrappers), so we didn't get very far. My folks, then, offered to watch Chloe while Benny and I went to a costume party. This was our second date in two years. We felt giggly and giddy when we dropped her off. We played and danced and laughed our selves silly... To commemorate our fifth year knowing eachother (we met Halloween 2004) I went as a nerd. We kissed more than any usual night. After picking up a sleepy Chloebear, we headed home late, happy and full of high fructose corn substances.