BIG Delenn Welcoming and another fun Halloween Party

Sunday morning was the BIG 'Delenn welcoming' bash (yes, we know, there
have already been two previous smaller 'Delenn Welcoming' parties with
various other friends as well). At this one there were over 50
well-wishers gathered together from 9 AM to 12 noon at the Telegraph
Station picnic grounds! All the kids had a blast as they explored the
area for cicada shells on the trees. They even found a couple that were
still in the process of climbing out. Logan was a bit less shy around
the cicadas and has this bad habit of wanting to either touch them or
stick his nose or tongue on them.
Another reason for the fun was the fact that it was a beautiful day (not
scorching hot) and there was still enough water in the Todd river for
the kids to get wet up to their knees (well, of course Logan was one of
the few that got pretty much his entire body covered and had 'massive
diaper syndrome') There were scores of tadpoles swimming around and the
kids loved spending most of the Welcoming party chasing and catching
them. They also got wet playing with a water fountain that was low
enough to be an easy target for them.
So mucho thanks to Liesl's friends Melissa, Kristin, and Rachel, for
setting up and holding the event for us! It was a great time and very
thoughtful that everyone would come out for it.

In the afternoon we had another Halloween party to go to, this time at
Elizabeth's house, yet another one of Logan's many friends. On this
occasion Logan put on his wizard's outfit, complete with hat, as made by
our great friend Mary. The party had all sorts of decked out
decorations and theme-based treats. Logan had fun decorating a treat
bag and playing various games. Mom got all the boys to gather together
in a circle and play a variation of 'duck duck goose', only this one was
called 'monsters and ghosts'. One boy would go around tapping the
boys' heads while growling. Then that boy would choose a boy to chase
them around the circle by tapping his head and saying 'Boo!' It was
quite interesting to watch many of these boys not be able to quite grasp
the concept of the game. However, Logan got right up and walked around
groaning a monster sound as he tapped each boy's head. Then at one of
the boys he said 'Boo' and ran around back to the now-open boy's spot.
He did it like a champ on the first try! Even more funny than that was
the fact that he was by far the youngest boy there at a little over 2
years old. Everyone else was 3-5 years old. Of course it might've
been because he was listening to his Momma for once.