Halloween

The girls had a blast this Halloween. Abigail really got into all of the festivities, and Olivia was quite pleased with the amount of junk she was allowed to eat. We went to our church fall festival for a few hours and then I did some trick or treating with Abigail after dark while Jeremy cheered on the Giants at home and we put to bed our very cranky chicken.

The hit of the night was that Abigail won a fish! Abigal was determined to win one and waited in a long line three times because the the teenager running that game wasn't giving her any help. It was one of those throw a ping pong into a bowl games and she finally had luck on her last try. The fishs' full name is Nemo Pumpkin and he is alive to date. I am skeptical about his life expectancy. He eats the food but doesn't really like to swim around. What fish doesn't swim around? Jeremy says it's because our 'tank' is so lame (basically a plastic container) but I am not spending any real $ on the thing until it lives a few months. Anyways, Abigail doesn't have high hopes for him either. She really likes him, but she has mentioned to several friends/family that he will probably die soon. I think daddy might have clued her into that. She wanted to take a picture of Nemo to send to her friend Vincent so that he could see Nemo before he died, and when Aunt Ruth said that maybe she would see the pet when she came next Abigail calmly replied that she wouldn't since he would be dead by then. A little morbid, but maybe it will prepare her for when it happens. She was also excited to report to Aunt Gail that she now has two pets, since Cupcake the spider has again taken up residence in our kitchen. He seems to be inviting some of his friends too so that might have to end soon.