My dance card is full

In the next 2 1/2 weeks before I return to work, I have the following penciled, penned and Sharpied onto my calendar:

• Pumpkin-picking in Palos Park with our entire playgroup and their families
  
• A visit from our old friend Beth B, who's in town for a wedding
  
• A visit from my cousin, who's in town to see The Decemberists
• A visit from my sister and her 5-month-old baby Eliza
  
• Z's preschool class Halloween party
• Z's preschool family Halloween party
• Our neighborhood Halloween block party
• Trick-or-treating on Halloween day
  
• Z's 3rd birthday party at home
  
• Z's birthday celebration at school
  
• Two birthday parties for other little kids
• "Observation" at Z's school (a Montessori version of the parent-teacher conference)
• Baby A's first day at daycare

Here's to hoping my job will be a little less chaotic than my maternity leave.