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Friday, October 31, 2003

The best part of the entire night, and maybe of the entire week, was getting Gil all suited up like a pregger lady. I dug out my maternity yoga pants and hoodie, and nearly wet myself laughing for forty minutes while I wrestled him into the clothes, stuffed Bear (from the Big Blue House) into his pants, puuuuuulllled the stretchy waistband up over his bump, and strapped a fake baby to him in the Bjorn. It was priceless.

Oh, and the kids. The kids were adorable. But Gil just slayed me.

Quote from Logan, “This is the best day of my entire life!”

Friday, October 31, 2003

I didn’t find this on Squoogy, but only because someone else sent it to me first. I’m ordering all new office supplies.

Friday, October 31, 2003

Gil went digging, and he found the lavendar gingham apron my mom sewed about 30 years ago with leftover fabric from my childhood bedspread (remember those?? They had shirred ruffles all around the edges and you had to line them up just right). I can’t tell if he’s pleased at the great costume idea, or just a weensy bit depressed at this final humiliation.

Friday, October 31, 2003

After days of insisting that Mommy will NOT be dressing up for the festivities tonight, I had an inspiration for a truly terrifying costume: me sporting a third trimester bump. I called Gil and we agreed that it would definitely send our neighbors into a corner, frantically checking with each other to see if it was really possible for me to be pregnant for the 4th time in 5 years. It would be priceless. Then we got to talking, and I thought, hey...I still have a lot of maternity clothes, and some are fairly big...what if GIL went pregnant? It’s the perfect stay-at-home-dad costume. I’ll go looking for a frilly apron at lunctime to put over it, and maybe I’ll wear one of his suits!

If we pull it off, we’ll definitely post pictures.

Thursday, October 30, 2003

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Now this is the ultimate brag bag!