Whew, what a weekend! I’m exhausted. I took a 3-hour nap yesterday afternoon, if that tells you anything!

First there was Halloween on Friday: Oliver’s first Trick-or-Treat was even more fun than we’d hoped! I found him a pirate costume from Old Navy online (on sale for only $12.99, woo!) and it was really cute. My favorite part was the hat.

He was really shy about accepting candy (we only went to our two next door neighbors and the house across the street), but he loved “helping” us pass out candy at home. (Unfortunately our 7 bags of candy ran out in just 1 hour 15 min—SO MANY KIDS this year!) He was fascinated by all the kids in costumes, and when they said “Trick or Treat!” he would happily yell it right back!

He’s been carrying around his beloved “candies” nonstop since Friday night; they’re all smooshed and the wrappers are wearing out, but it’s so cute, and I’m glad that he had fun. George and I had a lot of fun, too. There is nothing like watching your child experience something new and seeing their face light up with joy.

A coworker of mine insisted that I need to dress up for Halloween along with Oliver, so she let me borrow (i.e. FORCED UPON ME) an angel costume. I only used the halo and wings though, because even an Angel Mama still has to be practical, yo. Jeans work much better than a long flowy gown when you have a 2-year old to chase around!

Then we spent Saturday and Sunday at my parent’s house to celebrate our 30th birthdays AND the fact that George passed the bar exam. George and I treated ourselves by going out to nice dinner alone followed by—you guessed it!—a couple hours in the book store (we obviously haven’t outgrown our NERDINESS). We also ate a lot of chocolate and watched a lot of football. That’s a perfect birthday weekend, if you ask me.

Tomorrow is election day, and I’ll be up bright and early to vote! Our polls open at 6:30am—I’m hoping the lines won’t be horrendously long because I only have one hour at most before I’d absolutely have to leave for work. I actually wouldn’t mind just going to bed and waking up on Wednesday, like Laura suggested. Or maybe just skipping all the way to Saturday.

Hope you all have a great week!