So, last night we had a Halloween party at church. It was supposed to be a Trunk or treat, but because of the third snow storm in 9 days we had it inside. Anneke was scared of the bed costume and the (for lack of a better word) Pimp. Balloons popping were not a highlight. She came dressed as Uniqua and no one knew who she was. Marcus and at least 2 other boys in his class were Super Man (there are only a total of 6 kids in his class). However, we made Marcus's costume. Andy cut out symbols from felt, we found blue long johns, I made a cape, we tucked some red boxer shorts, and I sacrificed my only pair of fuzzy socks (red) so he could wear them over his boots. He looked pretty good. I may download the picture later. Andy won best adult costume for his pirate. We also won best trunk/table. We had the fog machine under it and Andy's wolf man skull, plus other items. It was only an hour event and that was perfect.
So, we are changing our theme at work to dragons for next month. One of our children started the room on a dragon kick. She says she has a pet dragon named "Emmalis" that is rainbow colored. We have one dragon book that has been passed around the room quite a bit. Any suggestions of picture books? I only have "The Paper Bag Princess" with a dragon in it. I did see one with a vegetarian dragon that Scott might appreciate. Something like, "Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon".
I took work off today to go to the temple and then volunteer in Marcus's classroom. Andy is coming with me. He still has about half of "Adam Bede" to read, but he is coming nonetheless. We will probably have lunch at Olive Garden since it is right across from the temple.
Life is good and full of candy right now. We have a costume parade, costume ball and trick or treating within the next few days. Have fun everyone and stay safe on Halloween.