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Halloween 2025

 Halloween felt pretty simple this year, not much on the table.  Even the toothbrushes were downgraded from electric, because the kids all said they weren't even using that feature and wanted the ones with sticky bottoms.  = (

We tried our best to make Grace's hair into a pumpkin. It wasn't much of a pumpkin, but it still looked cute.

I volunteered at the twins' school to run the Bingo station for their fall festival.  For some reason, they both got on the bus after school, but Kennedy listened to the plan, and so she ended up riding with me, while the girls took the bus.

They did beat us home, because I'd spent so much time waiting for them in the bandhall, which was where the Bingo was played, so I figured they'd come back through there, but no. = 0

Juliet's new friend Charlotte was able to come by later, after going home and changing into her costume.

The sun was extra bright, casting relfections from Emily's saxophone,

...as well as a bright reflection from Grace's shirt!

Where is the best place to play a game that you really can't easily move once you've started? Definitely in the path of the front door!

I made a homemade pizza out of some clearance bread that I got at Walmart.  It was quite enjoyable as pizza!


My crew.  Thought it's a weird angle, so they all look short and wide: Ender Dragon, Megan, Woodland Fairy, Zombie, and Dragon!

The sixth grade crew!

During the holiday, the Cornishes came by, as well as Jennifer, so us ladies passed out candy, while the dads took around the crew.  Eventually, Emily's friends stopped by, and once she found that out, she was off with them instead!

It wasn't the coldest of Halloweens, but I wouldn't have minded another 15 degrees or so.

I found some clearance cookies at Walmart a few days after Halloween, so I grabbed them for my crew to color.  Sadly, they were not very good cookies, and the food coloring tasted awful. = (  I think we threw out most of them.

They were easy to color though!



We got to give out some fun stuff this year: potatoes, canned beans, bottles of water, and even tuna!  The kids thought it was great fun, and usually choose one of those in addition to two pieces of candy for one of their "choose three."

I did feel like October went by pretty slowly, since Halloween fell on a Friday, but November absolutely flew by and we are staring December in the face!  As we finish up the Thanksgiving break, I'm already feeling tired and ready for Christmas break!

later days

edit 11-30-25: backdated for continuity.

Phantom's Feast

A few months ago, Kristy asked me if we would like to go with them to Phantom's Feast at the Ren Faire Grounds!  I'm like, of course! So once tickets were on sale we snatched them up to go enjoy an evening out!

They came and collected us, and dropped off Zoey (Grace's bff) to hang out with our crew for the evening.

Kristy knocked it out of the park as Wednesday, her costume was so good!!!  David didn't dress up, and Billy and I reprised our Oktoberfest outfits.  I actually ended up wearing the dirndl that Christin gave me when I visited her in Berlin, because it was thicker and had pockets!!!

Kristy sent me some of the pictures that I didn't have via text, and I think they lost some quality. = (

If pressed, we were "Hansel and Gretel" but no one from our table was selected. I thought it was because I was on my phone consoling William and admonishing the twins, but I like her theory better.








Oh no, the dragon got Wednesday!!!!



The ambiance and environment were so well done!!! They had candy out for us when we were seated at our table.





A very fancy aperitif! 

The food was really, really good! I only took a picture of the appetizer, but it was all delicious!  

At one point there was a terrifying moment where the lady at the table next to ours was choking!  The waitress tapped David to step in because of his height, but luckily it didn't' come to that!  It was the first time I'd ever been anywhere with someone choking before!  I can only imagine how terrifying it was for the lady in the midst of it.

Well, anyhow, Kristy's theory is that they were passing out the tokens for people to go up during this time, and with the disturbance, no one from our side was chosen.  Which, looking back, was true, and so it might not have been my phone usage that disqualified us!


It was a cold night! I was glad for my warmer dirndl and sweater and coat and Billy's coat!  The toilets were outside, so it was not a fun trip outside!

We had a great time, and would love to make this a yearly tradition!

later days

edit 11-5-23: backdated for continuity.