(Florian's family) for dinner (Claudia was going to make pumpkin soup) and to take the kids around the neighborhood to collect candy. They unfortunately had to cancel this morning, however, because they had to take Domenic to the hospital. Apparently he had a really h
igh fever, and I don't know what all of the symptoms were, but they thought he had meningitis. He doesn't, and in fact he already feels way better than he did this morning, but they of course don't want to infect anyone so they weren't able to have their party.Instead, Esther made pea soup and the Poulheims came to us. Andre, Esther and I went around the neighborhood with the 3 kids while Christine and Olaf stayed at home with little Marie. The kids were so cute in their costumes!! Gustav was particularly proud of his Spiderman costume, and when he put his vest on underneath the costume so he would stay warm it kind of looked like a muscle suit. Florian was dressed a
s a ghost, and even had chains and a key that clanked as he walked/ran up and down the street. The mask never stayed straight on his head, though, so he was always sort of looking crookedly through one eye hole. And as for Pauline, there are no words to describe how adorable she 
was in her Tinkerbell costume.Since the kids are so young, and since Halloween is hardly even recognized here in Germany, we weren't out for very long and only visited a couple of houses. That was enough for the kids to collect a fairly decent amount of candy. Since only a few kids come around each year, everyone can afford to give each visitor a handful of candy, and most of them did. When we got back to the house we sat down to eat the soup, and the kids went upstairs to play. They weren't really hungry, and who w
ants to eat soup when you have candy? I got to hold Marie for a little bit, too. She is so precious! She has the biggest blue eyes, and she's constantly looking around and taking everything in. Plus, she has super soft, shiny golden brown hair that curls a little bit at her ears. She looks like a doll, and she's very calm and quiet most of the time. I would babysit for her in a heartbeat if they ever asked.Originally I had thought that, since tomorrow is a holiday and Esther and Olaf will be home with the kids, I would go into the city tonight to hang out with friends and do something fun for Halloween. In reality, I'm far too tired for that right now and I will actually probably go to bed soon. I have been up since 7 this morning because I had to go to class, so I think it's ok to get in bed at 9:30. I just hope that the kids let us sleep tomorrow morning.
