Happy Halloween!
Monday, October 31, 2005

Eliana was so excited about Halloween but the weather threatened to rain on our parade. She wore a cute shirt to school that says, "You go ghoul" and has a witch flying on a broomstick in front of a yellow moon. She couldn't wait to go trick-or-treating with her cousins. Since we are not from this area, the idea of trick-or-treating in a new area wasn't appealing to me. Besides, it looked like the weather was not going to cooperate. So I began researching for Halloween kids events in the Houston area. Antonio and I finally decided that the Children's Museum of Houston would be the best bet - it was open until 8:00 p.m. and we knew it would be a safe environment for the kids.

Sure enough, it began raining that evening. The Children's Museum was a great choice. My nieces, Camrynn, Ashlynn and Jasmynn all dressed up as princesses. Eliana was a fairy princess. My nephew, Jourdan, dressed up as a menacing ninja. The kids were so adorable.

At the Children's Museum, one woman commented, "Look! It's a parade of princesses." The Children's Museum was decked out and had trick-or-treat stations. It was like a scavenger hunt trying to find the stations. The kids had a ball. We made shadow pictures and danced with Beetlejuice, the awesome DJ. Antonio, Soleil, and I won DVDs for the kids. Soleil's win was, by far, the best. The DJ asked for the quadratic formula. Soleil ran up to the DJ booth and he handed her the microphone. She answered, "X equals negative B plus or minus the square root of B squared minus 4AC over 2A." The crowd went wild and I beamed with pride that I had such a wonderfully nerdy child. :) Who said that math doesn't matter? It wins you cool stuff!

Later on, Eliana sang "One Two Step" by Ciara on the microphone with her cousins as backup dancers. I wish I would have taken video! They were so adorable and the four girls won over the crowd.

It was an awesome night. The kids had a blast. It was great for them to have so much fun. They didn't get a lot of candy but it didn't matter. Memories last a lot longer than candy and don't require dental visits. We need to take them back to the Children's Museum soon.

Until next time...

Warmly,
Dianne