By the Numbers

Pairs of spiderweb cupcakes taken to school Monday for Marty's birthday (decorating was completed with "help" from a wiggly toddler in the sling, which may explain the architecturally dubious spiderwebs):  13

Sculpey teeth glued to Joe's dragon head:  12

Years in which I expect Pete to complain about the pictures showing him in a kitty costume with a pink fluffy nose and pink ribbon whiskers:  11

Approximate percentage of households distributing items other than candy:  10

IQ point boost for premies given 100% mother's milk during their hospitalization, compared to premies given no mother's milk (this item gleaned from the paper read while soaking in the bath after the chaos was finally All Over):  9

Snickers elicited by the name of Marty's costume inspiration, his Neopet (he has no idea that this name is hilarious to less innocent ears, along the lines of Mr. Honkin' Johnson):  8

Points missed on my statistics midterm, out of 100:  7

Foam dragon claws sewn into red mitts:  6

Rejected methods of securing dragon head:  5

Years running that my oldest has been a headless man for Halloween:  4

Pieces of our leftover trick-or-treat candy eaten in the middle of the night, when I woke up to load the dishwasher and put on my pajamas after falling asleep tucking one of the boys in:  3

Pieces of candy fished out of Pete's mouth already this morning (he just bites through the wrapper):  2

Tired mamas in this house:  1

Comments

[Becky]

We only had two trick or treaters here (our upstairs neighbors, twins who are slightly older than Pete.) Since I knew they would my only ones, I picked up Blues Clues toothbrushes at the $1 store and gave them fruit snacks that were in our cupboard anyway.

Sounds like you had a fun day.

[Rebekah]

Hi there! Just got your new blog announcement today ... THANK you for letting me know about it. Made me a happy mama today. =) Of course I went through your "archives", which was great, and I have to raise my hand and ask about the decision to not homeschool this year. No pressure, just curious.

Oh, and if you think of it, please say a prayer for me and this 35 1/2 week-along pregnancy! (See blog for details). Talk to you soon!

[Amie]

Only 3 pieces? You showed more restraint than I would of in the middle of the night.

[Elizabeth]

my little guys does that too, eats thing through the wrapper. and if he does find anything open? crams it all into his mouth when i come running!

[Sarah]

Do preemies ever really get 100% breastmilk? I pumped and gave my preemie what I had, but I never made enough (while pumping exclusively) to meet all his requirments.

Sounds like you guys had a fun day! I love the trick-or-treating!

[rachel]

congrats on the midterm...

[mandamum]

Yay for the midterm, and the soak in the bath :)

Were the premies getting just *their* mothers' milk, or milk-bank milk too?

--Amanda