Block party

The girls had a Halloween party tonight, which it turns out was a block party. There was a moon bounce and a costume contest (in which Shelby was a finalist) and all kinds of other stuff I'm told.

The girls went to the party with my step-mother. We actually had other plans for the evening and they had to choose between the two. The other choice was to go to a friend of mine's for a game night. They actually like to go over there because he has five kids so it's like a kid's night out, too. But they picked the party this time, so I went ahead to my friend's while they went to the party.

While there I got the last of my birthday gifts, which was a REALLY cool baseball stadium book.

Imagine me for a moment watching a ballgame, playing a game, and in between game turns flipping through a ballpark book, foraging on the plentiful food all the while. With an environment like that, I'm easy to please.


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Earlier in the girls and I went to the library, and afterwards I made good on my ice cream reward for them, though they chose shakes instead.

I have to say that I can't wait for the Bricktown Marble Slab Creamery to open. As the nearby Baskin Robins and Dairy Queens have closed, our only local choice for Ice Cream is Braum's. And while I like their ice cream, I'd like more choices. Both Marble Slab or Cold Stone are awesome, but Penn Square is the closest Cold Stone, and for now Edmond is the closest Marble Slab. I think they're working on a Cold Stone for Crossroads Mall, but I'm not certain. Even then, Bricktown is closer, though the parking situation may be an inhibitor.

Where have all the ice cream shops gone? Makes me want to open one up.