Wonderland

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe....

Five years ago, after finding out I was having twin boys, my mom had the idea that some Halloween it would be perfect to dress the twins up as Tweedledee and Tweedledum from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. I've wanted to do that ever since, and this Halloween we made it happen. Mary Kate and I joined the fun too. She dressed like Alice and I, the Queen of Hearts (or Queen of Love, as Jonathan mistakenly called her). I thought we all looked perfectly story-book, especially the boys!


Mary Kate makes a better red-head, but Alice must be blond



We hit a Halloween home run with these costumes. They were perfect!



Check out Jonathan's face in this picture, priceless



The Queen of Love does not say, "OFF WITH HER HEAD!"

The Queen and her royal subjects


Where was Mike for all of this Wonderland excitement?



I talked him into wearing a Mad Hatter hat while handing out treats to the kids, but this was all I could get him to do. I guess he didn't think dressing in an over sized, bright blue velveteen suit and bow tie was very manly. I figure, if you're going to wear the dorky hat you might as well go whole hog!

The kids had a fantastic time trick-or-treating and didn't even notice the light drizzle of rain as they sprinted from house to house. At one point Jeffrey's shoe came untied. I had to stop him mid-run to tie it. I had hardly bent down to begin when he said,

"Mommy, are you done tying my shoe?"

"No, not yet, hold still!"

"Are you done? Now?.....now?.....now?......now?......now?....now?.....now?.....now?"

"O.K. now!"

and he took off like lightening as if waiting one more second would result in the candy being all gone.

By the end of the night he was tuckered out. We had two doors left to knock on when he said, "Mom, we're having a long day today huh?"

Halloween usually ends up being tons of work for me and only fun for the kids, but I really enjoyed myself this year. I was delighted with the boys costumes. They looked more perfect than I ever imagined they would. I also scored major points with Mary Kate by being one of the "cool" moms who dressed up to come to the costume parade and class party.

It was a fun-filled pagan holiday, but after coming home from trick-or-treating, I collapsed on the couch and vegged in front of the television for the rest of the night. I was completely worn out!



I hope everyone had a great Halloween!