Some Days Moms are in the Dog House Too!

Before I start, I just want to wish everyone a belated Halloween! It was a mixed bag at our house. Abby's parents (mostly me) didn't fare very well in her eyes, so it was a good thing she had a Halloween party at preschool the day before so not all her memories of this year's Halloween are ruined. The picture directly below is of Abby and her friend Kaylynn the day before her horrible evening.
The picture below is on Halloween night. Abby fell asleep that afternoon, I wasn't too worried because I thought it was a great time to put a lasagne together for dinner. Afterwhich, I realized I had better hurry and get ready to work at Gymboree. Well I hurried, and got Abby up to get her into her costume. She became VERY angry when I did her hair in a bun, not a ponytail... I put lipstick on her cheeks to give them color (looking back I don't think I needed to do that. Anger does the same thing! I didn't realize that she even knew the difference, but she does!) ...AND, AND I drew eyelashes onto her skin, which she rapidly wiped off. Abby was so disappointed with my efforts that she just fell apart. To make matters worse, she didn't want to wear the underskirt to her costume (If she doesn't the dress becomes too long) so I tied knots in the bottom of her dress, then pinned the knots up so they didn't show. I guess she didn't like knots in her dress. I just didn't want her to trip walking around. Because of this, once she finally started trick or treating with friends, she wouldn't lighten up. Mike ended up carrying her and stopped trick or treating all together because neither were having fun.

I wish I could show really fun Halloween pictures, but this is what I have. The first picture, I had to pirate from a friends blog. Thanks Heidi! Even though Abby looks really torked at me, doesn't she still look great?