Halloween 2010

The day started off with a bang when Nolan showed up in our room at 7:30 am, "Mama, my tummy hurts."  He starts gagging and I fly out of bed, grab the cup on my nightstand, put it under his mouth, and then pick him up and race to the bathroom.  He got back in bed with us for about 45 minutes and seemed fine, and then all the sudden he said he was gonna throw up again.  I hauled him back to the bathroom.  Marco said he'd never seen me run so fast.  As the day progressed, he seemed fine and I optimistically hoped that was the end of it and gradually let him eat more.

The weather was beautiful, perfect fall weather, and we spent a nice day at home with the kids excitedly awaiting trick-or-treat time.  We did some pumpkin carving.

Scooping out pumpkin guts.

The master at work.

Word got out, and soon more kids and more pumpkins started showing up.

Real pumpkin carvers use power tools.

 

What happened to all the kids?

 

The finished products.

We made some fun Halloween food - Freaky Franks and Mummy Dogs.

Finally it was time to go out.

"Sweetheart Bat"

"Lion"

I could tell Nolan was starting to not feel well again.  About halfway through I ended up coming back home with him as he was really dragging.  We walked inside, got as far as the door to the bathroom and all the sudden he began to throw up every single thing he'd eaten all day.  And thus the day ended just as it had begun.