Happy Halloween, everyone! I hope your day (if you are around children) is sane, and your night is….. well, also sane. I’ve been trying to straighten up our house a little bit since Annette and Kate (and John, I think) are going to come over to see the Trick-or-Treaters from the CDC that visit here. I’ve got 144 Fun-Dips to eat pass out, so I hope we have a good crowd. I haven’t cleaned up the front steps, but all those cobwebs and dried leaves will just make it feel extra-spooky.
I was stuck for jack-o-lantern ideas, so we’re going with a classic face and an ‘I-was-distracted-watching-The-Office-so-it’s-an-atom-like’ thing. I think they’ll do just fine. I also roasted the seeds, and I’m trying not to eat them all right now. That’s not going well.
Brad says
We have Parent Conference Day today. On the plus side, that means no kids, so it won’t be crazy. But on the minus side, there’s no kids, so it won’t be fun. Maybe I should take a fake knife and blood and randomly “attack” a co-worker during conferences. Parents would like that… wouldn’t they?
Deborah says
We went to our girls’ conferences last year on Halloween. Charles dressed up as a pirate.
Karla says
Here are some tips to keep everyone safe tonight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVnfyradCPY
Brad says
I sent this to my co-workers. It will be helpful today because of all the parents coming in. I had my suspicions about some of them yesterday…
Deanne says
The atom-thing may be the coolest pumpkin I’ve seen. Except maybe this one. Those are some skilz!
Deanne says
oops: http://flickr.com/photos/digitalburn/283576577/
Peggy says
Awesome pumpkins!!!! May I call them Jack & Adam? Ha!
What would you find in a ghost’s rock collection?
Karla says
Tombstones!
Peggy says
Why do skeletons hate dances?
Kristi says
They have nobody to dance with.
Kristi says
What does a skeleton order at a restaurant?
Brad says
Spaghetti? Everybody likes spaghetti.
Peggy says
You don’t.
Kristi says
Spare ribs.
Karla says
What did the cannibal get at the all-you-can-eat restaurant?
Lauren says
Lonely?
Peggy says
HA!!
Karla says
Two waiters and a busboy.
Peggy says
Do zombies eat popcorn with their fingers?
Karla says
Wouldn’t they eat their fingers separately? I know I don’t like to mix anything with my popcorn… 😉
Mark says
No, don’t they eat fingers with their popcorn?
Also, sis, that atom pumpkin in slightly reminiscent of Charlie Brown’s Halloween costume -- the one with all the holes cut in it!
http://exclamationmark.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/holeyghost.jpg
Lauren says
Thanks! It turns out that cutting the connecting lines severely weakened it’s structural integrity after a day of sitting around. I was afraid to put the top on it.
Lauren'sdad says
What do some Hungarians eat?
Kristi says
Chinese?
Lauren says
Turkey?
Lauren says
Don’t leave me hanging, Dad.
Lauren's mom says
Hungarians probably eat Ghoulash.
What do you call a dead magician?
Lauren says
A rictus tricktus? (I’m really stretching this one.)
Lauren's mom says
An abracadaver
Lauren says
Ha! I was scratching my head with my comment window open for eight minutes. You beat me.