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Carved watermelons and artificial pumpkins are the name of the game around here. Watch out for the gorilla and the monster eyeball in the window too!

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This year, just like last year, many of the parents and teachers from the kids’ school head over to Rottnest Island for their school camp. There are various gatherings and get togethers for the kids and parents — it’s generally just a great chance to relax and catch up with everybody. The major events are the Students versus Parents Games, a sandcastle competition, and the “Fox Hunt” — a treasure hunt in and around the main settlement to find teachers (and some parents) dressed up in crazy outfits. This year the theme was fairy tale characters. Mom always gets roped into this.

RJ watches for dolphins on the fast ferry across to Rotto. LR was the first to spot them though!

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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!

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The days before Halloween were filled with sorting through decorations and preparing for the party. This year we made our own piñata and carved our “jack-o-melons” ahead of time.

We’ll have pictures from the massive party coming in the next couple of days, so definitely check back in!

RJ was planning on being a witch for Halloween... but ended up changing his mind later.

(in the car)
RJ: I’m putting a spell on you daddy. Now you’re small and I’ve put you in a tiny little cage like a bird.

Dad: Whoah. Can I climb out?

RJ: No. The bars are too close together.

Dad: I try my block magic, so your spell doesn’t get to me.

RJ: I have magic that stops block magic from working. You’re still stuck in the cage.

Dad: I call my friend, the good witch, and she casts a spell to get me out of the cage.

RJ: That wont work.

Dad: Why not?

RJ: Because I’ve left some icecream on the floor and she eats it up instead of helping you.

Dad: Rats… I’ve got some tools in my pocket and I cut a hole in the bottom of the cage and get out! Now I’m little and running and hiding in the room.

RJ: Now you step in the icecream mess and it’s all slippery and you fall over.

Dad: But I wipe off my shoes and run away and hide again!

RJ: I call my friend, the bad witch with a big nose, and she sniffs and sniffs and finds you. Now you’re in the cage again.

Dad: I climb back out the hole that I made. Ha ha! I’m running around again!

RJ: I get some super strong tape and glue and fix up the hole and we catch you and put you back in!

Dad: Can I poke through the tape?

RJ: No. It’s too strong.

Dad: Okay… umm… I use my super strong powers to bend the bars on the cage open and climb out!

RJ: We catch you and put you back. Then we put your cage inside another one that is extra strong. You can’t get out now.

Dad: I start whistling a song to call my elephant friend and he comes and gets me out!

RJ: I put a magic spell on him too. Now he’s little and I’m putting him in a cage without a daddy in it.

Dad: I whistle for my bear friend!

RJ: More magic! He’s little and I’m putting him in a cage without a daddy in it.

Dad: I whistle for my dinosaur friend!

RJ: More magic! He’s little and I’m putting him in a cage without a daddy in it.

Dad: Is there any way out of this cage?

RJ: No. Try whistling for a lion.

Dad: Uhh, okay… I whistle for my lion friend!

RJ: Magic! He’s little too and in a new cage… Try a crocodile.

Dad: Okay… I whistle for my crocodile frie…

RJ: Magic! He’s little! Try a kangaroo.

Dad: Wont you just make him little too?

RJ: Yes!

Dad: Will he get me out of the cage?

RJ: No. But I need a kangaroo for my collection.

Dad: You’ve got quite a lot of animals now.

RJ: Yes. I’m starting a zoo.