SpookyTime!!!

Here's the Halloween recap for this year!!!

Trick-or-treating was going on in full force in our neighborhood for a change!!! I don't know if it was pent-up demand after the last couple years of insanity, but it was by far the most I've seen in our area!!! Good to see it!!!

Over the weekend the boy and I carved up our pumpkins. I had a little stream of consciousness that led me to making the eye of providence on mine.

My son had the idea to put eyes with “X” pupils and eyelashes all over his. I think this is the first year he's done his completely!!!

For his costume, he wanted to be Franken Stein from Soul Eater. A major feature of Dr. Stein is a large screw through his head. We had a spare curtain rod with threaded ends that was sacrificed for the shaft, and the head was made of the bottom of a creamer bottle and some cardboard. Also sacrificed was one of my wife's headbands to connect it. A lab coat purchased from my work and some eyebrow pencil rounded things out.

We wandered around the neighborhood, not really trick-or-treating, but if anyone was out there offering, who were we to refuse??? Also took a couple from where people had left bowls out. Came to the place where he'd discovered his love of chili years ago, and made mention to the lady handing out the candy. She tells us, “Oh, we've got a pot going in there, go in and get yourself some!!!” so that was a cool callback!!! It was, once again, very good. Came across a dinosaur lab assistant for Dr. Stein while we were out, too!!!

Oh, we had left a bowl out, too. Didn't look like anyone came by!!!