Halloween Report ~ Wednesday, November 05, 2014

We almost felt like decorating for Halloween was superfluous, after this guy moved into our front yard:

But we ended up putting in the usual sorts of ghosts and jack-o-lanterns.

For the trick-or-treaters, we like to set up a game that the kids have to play to "win" their candy. This year's game was "throw the pumpkin into the ghost". Here's Nate helping to make the ghost, and learning some valuable skills:

Test throw! The throwable pumpkins were actually dog squeeze-toys, from a clearance bin at PetSmart.

Kids also had a choice of throwing them into a jack-o-lantern picture with a cut-out mouth (pumpkin cannibalism?).