Our Halloween party was a huge one this year. All the big events made a return, as well as the truly terrifying haunted garage. We had three kids in tears and LOTS of screams, so all in all, it was a big success. We’re still finding spiders and webs around the place, even after cleaning up twice!
Even the young ones got dressed up for the party!
We survived our massive annual Halloween ordeal party. Last year’s party was talked about at school for the whole year, so this year’s was heavily anticipated. From apple bobbing, to treasure hunts, a nigh-invulnerable piñata, to a wet and soggy caveman, we had all the major attractions.
This year, however, we decided not to do the haunted garage. Too many kids came out of that one completely freaked out and crying… Next year, however… MWAAAAHAAHAAAAHAAA… Look out kids!!!!
It was a dark and stormy... err... bright and spooky afternoon in the park that day. Jim decided to hang out at the slide; his diet had been a huge success!
(while doing an art project)
RJ: Do you like mine? It’s a, “Vein Ship!”
Dad: So what can it do?
RJ: It’s full of blood and it can shoot veins and blood out of its guns. It’s great for attacking pirates.
Dad: The pirates hate blood?
RJ: Yeah! When the veins from the vein ship get on the pirates, their ship changes, and then it turns into a vein ship too. It’s really bad.
Dad: What else can it do?
RJ: It has a Cottelator 2-1000.
Dad: Whoah. That sounds dangerous.
RJ: It is. When you shoot pirates with it, it makes them cough.
Great grandpa Maury went in for surgery on Tuesday. He’s had a second angioplasty and a surprising number of stents put in. Not bad for his first heart related problems (at 97!)
Grandpa Maury is still looking great! Grandpa Maury tells us about his surgeon during lunch, on his 97th birthday.
Everything went fine, but they are keeping him under observation to make sure there are no complications. Mum had the kids draw pictures and went to visit him yesterday. He loved them!
And of course, the pictures that they drew:
LR's drawing depicts a scene of devastation around an erupting volcano, complete with ash clouds masking the sun, portending environmental disaster... and a kraken attacked a ship.
RJ tackles a classic theme... A kraken brutally attacks a pirate ship; its quivering maw and writhing mass of tentacles preparing to unleash a storm of destruction..
Just four days before his actual birthday, RJ held his amazing pirate birthday party. He very specifically planned everything, from the location down to exactly what would be on the cake. Thanks to his meticulous plans (and a bit of assistance from his entourage), everything went according to plan. Major events were sword making, a treasure hunt, taking over a pirate ship, firing cannons and eating (an RJ favorite).
Toothpaste?! Bah! Real pirates use rum!
RJ: I like my big kid swimming lessons.
Dad: Really? What do you like the best?
RJ: I like the diving board.
Dad: Why’s that?
RJ: It’s just like walking the plank.
(RJ talking over breakfast)
RJ: We need to buy more!
Dad: More what?
RJ: More Sassoons! From the spicey shop. We don’t have enough.
Dad: (cautiously) Okay… So what are we going to do with them? Cook them with dinner?
RJ: (looking horrified) Nooo! You can’t eat them. They are my friends!
Dad: Of course. What was I thinking! I’m a silly daddy. Of course we wouldn’t eat them.
RJ: (angrily) They help keep the monsters away. You can’t eat my friends.
Dad: That’s right! How could I have forgotten. I don’t see them very often. Where have they been hiding?
RJ: They live in the cupboard (pointing to the spice cupboard in the kitchen). They protect the house by biting the monsters toes. It works for pirates too.
Dad: (quietly) Ahhh (aaahhhrrrrrrrgggg).
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