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"Rory and I weren&amp;#039;t ready to subject ourselves to the local Halloween kids&amp;#039; parade\u2014which is supposed to be absolute madness\u2014so we thought we&amp;#039;d have a few nearby friends with babies over and keep our Halloween celebration casual and mellow.  Well, casual we got. Mellow? Not so much. There wasn&amp;#039;t a minute during our party, which went from 2 p.m. until after 7, that someone under the age of 4 wasn&amp;#039;t screaming, crying, or whining. I&amp;#039;d blame sugar, but lots of our little guests aren&amp;#039;t eating solids\u2014never mind Snickers bars.  We wound up having twice as many guests as we were counting on. As soon as we sent out the last-minute e-mail announcing our supposed-to-be-small gathering, the &amp;quot;Do you mind if so-and-so comes, too&amp;quot; replies started rolling in. I guess other parents know better than to host a kid-friendly afternoon gathering!  The funniest part (I&amp;#039;m trying to find humor in the situation) is that Emmett&amp;#039;s room was TRASHED afterwards. All of his books were on the floor, his toy box had been upended, and every drawer was open!  Oh well, next Halloween I&amp;#039;ll let someone else do the hosting!  Did you guys have a happy Halloween? What&amp;#039;d your kids dress up as?  Here&amp;#039;s my tiny little Founding Father! (His first words will probably be, &amp;quot;We the people!&amp;quot;)   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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