I finally got to sleep last night around 3:45 … I’d gotten in to bed when the fire alarm went off in the barn.. kids were playing with the smoke machine.. and playing music // ‘oy !

I managed to sleep until almost 10… which was great because that’s when folks were showing up to help clean. Diane had been up for hours and had already been to the store and the bagel shop.. At 10 like clockwork folks started wither showing up.. or wakign up to help. I think we had at least 7 folks sleeping over..

It was a bright beautiful day.. perfect for stripping off fake spider webs and other halloween decorations. We put on some good music and got to work.

Thanks so much to all of our friends who showed up to help both with setup and take down. It really felt like a communal party when friends like Victor, Patty, Ann, Keith , Avery , Joan, Jackie  and Peggy showed up to help scrub floors, tables and windows.. And Max and his friends. Gabe and his friends, and Jessie and her friends helped us replace furniture, and schlep stuff up and down from the attic. Most of the work was done by 2.. thoguh Diane’s still working on the floors.

Joan and Lackie wecven took away all the deposit bottles for the MMU bottle drive.. This is just a tiny subset of what they took.. they had a car full !

Things came back together pretty well. As always, we ended the day with a small pile of costume peices (are these yours ? )

And  left over serving untensils (yours ?)

In the end.. the only damage the house sustained wasa piece of gum… the first, I might add.. on our new stone steps.. It will come off.. But that’s not bad for 300 + people in your house…

It was a lot of work.. but I’m really glad we had the party. It’s important to us and to the community. It was great seeing all three kids friends their together.   Thanks again to everyone out there who helped make the party a sucess.. We love this community

Thanks folks.. Thanks Sam
-me