The Halloween Party last night was fun but OMG! I have so much respect for elementary school teachers. We had 20 kids here, all boys at that, aged from 9 to 12. It was a mad house and I can't believe I lived to blog about it.

I loved coordinating the whole thing, scaring the poop out of the boys (because SS11 said "I am too old to get creeped out or scared anymore,"), and playing the cool games. I thought 11 and 12 year olds were too old for apple bobbing but they did the natural thing - dunked each other in the water. Doh!

I do have one thing to talk about that is related to ST ... a stepmother dropped off her SS at the party and the boy said he would be picked up by his BM but the SM didn't say that so I felt sort of scared to let this kid go with BM. When BM showed up the boy said it was his mom but I didn't know anything about it so I called the SM and asked if it was okay for her to take him. SM said "No. She is violating the custody order." Talk about awkward. So I asked her to come get SS and to bring the father because I didn't want to be involved with a kidnapping or anything. The drama that ensued was the BM throwing a fit. I calmly told her not to cause drama at a kids party and that I would call the police and have her removed. I also explained that if she couldn't see it from my point of view, then she needed to step out of the house and try her approach again.

DH physically dragged the woman outside! Luckily SM and the boy's father showed up and took care of that whole thing. We didn't call the police but it was just an awful situation!