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Trunk or Treat

Every year our church does a Trunk or Treat. This year had some surprise costumes!
A slideshow is below. It’s best to watch full-screen: once you hit play, click the button in the lower-right corner.

Halloween 2009

Who are these strangers in our living room? Wizard of Oz Flying Monkey, Bumblebee, Luigi, and the Grim Reaper!

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We never thought we’d see another Nintendo character, and even tried to talk Emily out of getting Luigi (Mommy thought Hello Kitty was a better choice).. She stuck to her guns, and lo and behold we ran into a Mario!

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Batman?

It’s a bird, it’s a plane…Wait a minute, Batman? (Notice the toothpick!)

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Snakeman!

One evening we had just sat down to eat dinner when we heard all the dogs outside going crazy! Matthew steps outside to see what was going on. Somehow Jude and Candy had this little snake cornered. Steve Erwin himself captured this snake and brought it in the house! Needless to say, Mommy wasn’t happy. After numerous photos were taken, Matthew and the girls released it several blocks away. He probally should have killed it because it looks like a copperhead to me.

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When ‘Dooty’ Calls

Tony and Emily’s toilet was clogged. While toilet training, Collette flushed the toilet paper spring-loaded holder. Never fear! No job is too stinky!

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After unseating the toilet, Ian tries to grab the obstruction from the bottom.

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Success! Another job well done!

Now let’s wash our hands..

Where are our kids?

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Somewhere under all that dirt are our kids..

There is just something about playing in the dirt…!

She’s Gonna Blow!

We put several can drinks in the freezer to cool them down quickly, but we forgot they were in there!

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The drinks froze solid and expanded the aluminum can out to the limits! Several cans even sprang a leak that froze to the side and bottom of the freezer!

Transformers 2

We took the kids to see Transformers 2: Rise of the Fallen.

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The lines were long to get in, so we had high hopes for a good movie.

Inside, we saw this cool motorcycle that we assumed must have something to do with the movie. It wasn’t there when we came out, so I’m glad we snapped these pics.

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The movie was very good, but LONG (150 mins). It had more adult language and adult situations than the first movie, which I didn’t like. The music score was great and very heroic!

Ponderable parts (SPOILERS!!):

-In the beginning of the film, the autobots are searching for random decepticons. The weather is cold, and we see warm air coming from the autobot’s mouths as they speak.. Why? Robots don’t heat the air.. Heck, robots shouldn’t even have to breath!

-When the small band of decepticons go down to get Megatron, you hear the submarine tech say “Five objects going down” or something. Once they are down there, the little operator bot says “Kill the little one” and the other decepticons start totally destroying their smaller ally. That should leave four, plus Megatron would now put the number back to five. But when they are assending, the submarine tech says “Six objects assending”.. Whaa?

-I guess “Revenge Of The Fallen” has a triple meaning: “The Fallen” was the name of the original bad guy who created Megatron and wants revenge on the earth. But Optimus Prime also dies and is brought back (and has revenge!), so technically you could say he had a “Revenge of the Fallen” moment. As did Sam, who died and was brought back to save Optimus (thus letting him have his own “Revenge of the Fallen” moment).

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After the movie, we at at Crescent City Grill. I had an AMAZING ‘Cajun Enchilada’

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While riding bikes down at the loop around the magnolia, a fellow walked by with a dog named Leo. He was a shelter dog and very friendly.

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Too Much Work!

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Being self-employed, my work comes in spurts. After a particular long project, I snapped this pic with googley-springy-eyes (minus the glasses and springs) to show the deadline-looming stress level. Arg!