I am SO SO SO glad that we had Ched this Halloween! We enjoyed it SO MUCH with him and I know DH and SS6 will remember the good time they had that night.

Halloween went SO well for us! We got to BM's house @ 3pm. She called my DH telling him she was @ Costco and would be late. She showed up around 5 minutes late. SS6 got out of her car wearing a Halloween costume.

Hubby asked her what time to drop off their son, she said to keep him overnight (gee, that was no surprise to us since she loves to get rid of him as much as she can!)...and to call around noon on Sunday.

So we left, and as soon as we got home, I had SS6 take off the outfit he was wearing. He tried on the costume we got him (he was a pirate) and I did a couple minor adjustments to it. Ched was so excited about going T-or-T'ing as were we!

Got him some dinner and he got into his costume, then I took pictures of us. I got a pix of him with his daddy, and a pix of him and daddy kissing. Then Hubby got the same pix of me and Ched. I showed Ched those pictures and he wanted me to print them out so he could give it to mommy. I created and printed a collage (Picasa is a great program for doing that!) and Ched just loved it.

We went to about 30 houses. Ched was not really into it so much as we thought he would be. He was very polite, his costume rocked...and he listened to us when it came to playing red/yellow/green light (that's our way of signaling him to stop, slow or go, as in the game we used to play as kids. He understands that so much better, so it's a good tool.)

Got home and I checked over the candy...because of the 'fear' of Swine Flu, I sprayed ALL the wrappers with Lysol! We just do NOT need it in our house!

He slept in Sunday morning, which was a nice change. Hubby called BM and she said to drop him by @ 6pm. We left around 5:15pm because we knew traffic was going to be a killer (we live about 2 miles from an NFL football stadium & it was a home game.) and we actually made good time...getting to BM's around 5:40.

GET THIS...as we're driving up to the house, she was half way down the block w/ one of her dogs. DH & I thought, HEY, was she planning on being GONE if we got there @ 6pm?? Probably. So we'd have to wait until she got back--a power play on her part.

OH, and one more thing...when I was talking to my SS about being a mother, he said, "You aren't a mother, you are a STEP mother." I said, "Well, I am a mother to my 2 daughters, DB & DG." I then said, "And daddy is DB & DG's step father. SS said, "and JR is MY step father." I said, "NO...he can ONLY be your stepfather if he is married to your Mommy." SS said, "They ARE married."

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT??!!! I asked him when mommy & JR got married. He said they went to her hometown and married.

Hmmmmmm, makes me wonder if he's telling the truth??!!! If she IS married then she's gonna be in some HUGE trouble. Today I have to go to the courthouse to get a copy of my marriage license to send to renew my passport in my married name. I think I'm going to inquire if there's a license in BM's name as well. If so, I plan to get a copy of it for DH. (if I can)...Thing is, their Divorce decree states that if she remarries before a certain date, she isn't entiled to spousal maintenance from the date she remarried. I would love to just catch this money-grubbing fool and stick it to her. She is JUST the type to play the system to her advantage, no matter if it's ethical or legal or not.

Have a good Monday.