Halloween and Election Day

So I didn't post last week, and I wanted to write about Halloween. Apparently, I'm about a week behind in my posts and I don't remember half of what I want to write about. Friday Ethan took a half day and went to Dermot's daycare's Halloween parade. After the parade, they hung out for a little bit and then they went to get vegan cupcakes. YUMMY! They are not part of my diet, but it was a holiday, right?

That night Dermot helped me hand out candy at our house. He loves to see the little kids. We had such a strange mixture of kids. They were either 3-6 or over 12. I'm not a big fan of the older kids. They seem so rude and demanding. It's like we weren't giving out enough or good enough candy. We gave out Peanut Chews - Vegan Philly pride! - and Swedish Fish. I saved as many of the swedish fish as I could for Dermot, and he did almost get a whole bag left at the end. He didn't ask to go out trick or treating, but he liked to pretend he was doing it at home with our candy and his new Spider-man bucket.

Saturday we went to Target because I was hoping to get him some more sweat pants and some new sheets. They only had twin sized sheets in what we were looking for. So I ended up ordering them online anyway. Dermot was happy, however, because we got discounted Halloween candy (Twizzlers and Dots), and he got a Spider-man figure and a Green Goblin figure. He's now hooked on the Spectacular Spider-man cartoon series. Oh, I also found him a pair of Batman pajamas that lights up. Of course, the lights woke me up last night, but mama's all about making her kid happy.

Tuesday was a big day here too. Ethan and I stayed up and watched the whole thing. Yeah Obama. I really hope that he can even accomplish a sliver of what he promised. So many things need to be cleaned up in this country. Of course the next morning we were disappointed about the three rulings against gay marriage, but happy about the failing of the strange pro-life ballot initiatives. And, being the huge Air America fans that we are, we are still waiting for the recount going on in Minnesota. Go Franken!

I was so tired the next day and I had to teach three 75 minute classes, but I just had to be a part of everything. I have to admit that it was exciting knowing that Obama was giving his acceptance speech in Grant Park. I loved seeing my Chicago as such a happy political place considering the history of the city - especially regarding people of color and politics.

This weekend I spent Saturday morning redoing Dermot's room. He went from a Dora and Diego room to a Spider-man and Batman room. He now has Batman sheets and comforter. I also bought him more removable wall appliques. He has Batman above his bed and Spider-man across from his bed. He also put some on the door all by himself. We also put up a dinosaur skeleton poster that we had bought at the Museum of Natural History. He's thrilled about his new room. He's no longer my toddler. He's such a big kid.

Sunday I didn't do much because I started getting sick. In fact, I canceled my classes for today because I just feel lousy. My head is just full of nastiness and I am sore all over. Actually, we did try a new Indian restaurant Saturday night, and it was good. In fact it inspired us to try to make our own moong dal (split yellow lentils). I went a little too heavy with the ginger, but it was good.
Now that I'm caught up, hopefully I won't forget what we do around here any more.