Catching up

We've had a lot going on - excuse me...Blair has had a lot going on and she's been kind enough to let us tag along. Last Thursday was her "school's" Halloween party. Not sure why they didn't do it on Friday, but whatever. The party was to last from 4-6. The teachers helped them into their costumes (Blair was a butterfly) for the costume contest and they had all these different activities set up in the different classrooms for the kids to enjoy. Brian and I got there at 5, and her teacher greeted me with a sheepish smile and informed me that she'd been eating candy pretty much all day. Just as she said that, Blair came barrelling around the corner and latched on to my leg for about 1/2 a second, then she was off again. I swear her little butterfly wings were flapping she was moving so fast! Really...candy you say? I would have never guessed! She had a blast, and won third prize in the costume contest. I still say it was rigged...some kid dressed up as a garden gnome won, and a Tigger got 2nd.

So the day after the Boog consumed unknown quantities of candy, she had her first dental appointment. Whoever scheduled that should be fired! Oh wait, that would be me...anywho, this dentist office rocked! Huge plasma TV on the wall with Sponge Bob playing, 2 more TVs with video game consoles attached, a big "school bus" shaped bench thing to watch TV in...and this was just the waiting room! We went to the exam room and they even had little flat screen TVs on the ceiling so that when you recline in the dentist chair you can watch TV while having your work done. The best part about my childhood dentist was that he had Highlights magazines in the waiting room. Blair and I were equally impressed with this place, until the dentist pulled on the plastic gloves. I kid you not - she was all smiles and charm with this woman, but the second she snapped that second glove on, Blair lost it. She screamed the entire time! But, her teeth checked out just fine and we don't have to go back for a whole year. She got a rubber ducky and a bouncy ball as a reward, so the tears dried up pretty quickly.

Saturday was trick-or-treating with Aunt "Becca", "Bobba Dean" and MawMaw. Never mind Uncle Dean, Mommy or Daddy...we were apparently just along for the ride. That's OK - it was fun to stand back and watch her have fun. She was a little shy at first, but when the person came to the door of the first house with candy, I swear I saw her throw a few 'bows to get to the front of the line. She hadn't even put the candy in her bucket and she was already making the sign for more and chanting "mo-mo candy!" Yep - I do believe that the Boog completely grasped the point of Halloween. I'm afraid getting her to understand that Halloween only comes once each year may be difficult, but we'll deal with that when we have to.