The world’s only twin baby ventriloquists and their teddy bears were a big hit both at school and everywhere we went trick-or-treating tonight!
We didn’t get much actual work done during morning classes, but I’m sure our teachers expected that. Lunchtime was a whirlwind of action as nearly all of the kids and teens got dressed up and ready for the Halloween parties. Rowen and I had Mom support to help with our costumes and makeup; and they came over to the school after Patricia helped Mom with the noon nursing, and they’d gotten Ethan and Ehlana dressed and ready to go.
Ethan and Ehlana were disappointed that Mom and Dad wouldn’t let them do their own end of the ventriloquist act in public, but we still had fun at our class party, and we won the best costume contest for our grade. Mom was staying for the afternoon; watched the twins while Rowen and I went with our class to the Haunted House in the gym; and took care of diaper changes that would have been tough to do with furry teddy bear paws.
After a few hours of scary good – or at least mildly spooky – fun it was time to go home. The twins were ready for a nap, and Rowen and I definitely didn’t need a snack, so while they rested, we got out of our costumes and went to play at the park for a while. Rowen stayed with me for an early, light dinner, and then we got back into teddy bear mode and took our adorable little ventriloquists out trick-or-treating. Aunt Leanne took pictures and a short video of our act to send to Grandma and Grandpa, and Rowen’s Dad took more pictures when we stopped in to see them. We had the double stroller with us so we could get to some of the houses we wanted to visit on the other side of town without carrying Ethan and Ehlana all of the time. That worked out great for carrying our Halloween candy, but Rowen and I still needed to carry Ethan and Ehlana a lot; and we were ready to head home a lot earlier than we did last year.
Mom and Dad were happy about that, and while we weren’t going door-to-door anymore; Rowen stayed with us and we continued our little twin baby ventriloquist act while handing out treats to other kids and teens until Ethan and Ehlana were ready to go inside so Mom could nurse them. Rowen went home them too, and after helping Mom get set up in the living room; I stayed outside with Dad until the last few roving trick-or-treaters had finished their work on our street for another year.
Dad took over watching the twins after we went inside too while Mom helped me with getting all of the teddy bear makeup off before I hopped into my Jacuzzi to finish cleaning up. We had a blast, but even going with just teddy bear hoods and paws was very hot, and my hair was a tangled, sweaty mess. It was nearly ten-thirty by the time I was ready to rejoin everyone else in the office where Mom and Dad were working and Ethan and Ehlana were busy playing on their iPads.
We all stayed up until it was time to nurse the baby ventriloquists, and then we all moved up to Ehlana’s room to do that and have a little bedtime chat. It’s nearly one o’clock, and Mandy and I are in bed, but I finished my nightly email and entertainment checks earlier; so once I’m finished with this, I’m going to get some sleep. Halloween is officially over; and November is just getting started. I’d say that the fun is over for a while – at least until Thanksgiving – but there always seems to be something new and exciting going on in this supposedly sleepy little town of ours!