Watching Conan

We gots to carve some pumpkins!

Charlie wasn't the biggest fan of scooping the guts. I think she got a half a spoonful before assistance was asked for.

This is pretty much how her goop grabbing went. 

Asher wasn't much better. You can almost hear him thinking, "I'm not sticking my hand in that shit."

Anyone else do this? Roast pumpkin seeds? Anyone ever eat them?

Working on Asher's pumpkin. 

Sure NOW he sticks his hand in! Once again noticing our pretty bare walls. After the Lund Excursion our bare walls seem even barer.

A nice breakfast interlude.

Getting psyched up for Trick or Treating. You know, if you don't get your Halloween mojo going early the inevitable explosive sugar crash comes way too soon.

Getting dressed. Setting the scene. Getting into character. 

Dragon and Spider out to wreck the town. Dianna did the all the work on Charlie's costume, which for the first time ever was warm and weather appropriate.

We did our street first. Well, 3/4 of it since there were two trees across the road at one point. No way I'm walking around all that for a "Fun" size snickers.  Nothings fun about a snickers that takes less than two bites to eat.

Sluggo had to be rolled from house to house. It looks super lazy (which being my son he's pre-disposed too) but there was so much crap on the ground, and it's not the easiest to walk in fake dragon pants, there was no way we could have waited for him to do it himself.

Then we hit Shogun's street and did a couple loops around. The house that last year had a costume panda-headed scream punk band was way too quiet. You know, you come to expect something loud and ridiculous and then it's not and the silence is, in itself, way to loud and ridiculous? Anyway, we all told them how much we missed the crazy and said we hoped it'd be back next year. But, I guess, putting a bunch of marginally talented teens, in costume, on your front lawn with instruments isn't the best idea when there's melting snow and loose branches.

Shogun, once again, didn't dress up as anything for Halloween.

 

The inevitable explosive sugar crash.