Halloween at Nicholas' House

This afternoon Jake and I went to a Halloween party at his friend Nicholas' house. He and Nicholas get along well and go to the same school (not the same class), and Nicholas' mother Vita has become someone I talk to every day (except on weekends). We both wait in the car line at the school, so we've discovered that it's much more fun to talk to each other than to sit in our cars alone for an hour. Vita has also implemented a Mother's Playgroup once every two weeks for a few moms to get together while our kids are in school. We play board games and eat lunch, alternating who brings food and picks the games. It's been great, so I'm hoping I'll be able to continue going when Annie is a newborn.

It's hard to see Jake in the picture with all the kids, thanks to my excellent photography skills and the position of the sun. But I love the picture of him with the little Peter Pan and the two Tinkerbells. He accidentally poked one of the Tinkerbells with his sword, mumbled, "Sorry," then seemed to realize that Captain Hook would not apologize for that. That's how we got the mean pirate face in the picture.

No, really, that IS his mean face. :)

Tomorrow we'll go trick-or-treating with playgroup, so hopefully I'll have pictures from that. And Ike will be there, so maybe HE'LL take the pictures and they'll be better quality.