Back with Pictures :)



The only trick or treating Georgia did this Halloween was dressing up in her costume (Curious George of course) and riding around the supermarket while we went grocery shopping, but at 1 and a half, she's not really up to door to door travel. The Halloween party was a blast as usual.... we added sack races to the games - cold, but fun - and added a panel of judges to award a "best apple bobbing award". We bought some dollar store trophies and I made "Camp Livers Gore Arm" t-shirts using iron-on transfer paper. Gi spent the night at her grandparents since last Halloween's festivities were a bit much for her, and E and I dressed as Camp Livers Gore Arm camp counselors, both killed in horrific accidents of course. E died of a rock climbing mishap, and I was full of arrows from a bad day at the archery range. Several friends took pics so I'll post them when they're up.

On the menu this year was a jello brain, bloody popcorn, "meathead" - a skull covered in cold cuts, cat litter cake - uuggghhhhh, punch with floating eyes, creep cakes, eyeball deviled eggs, and brain dip in a hollowed out cauliflower. Sarah was the victor in the donut eating contest, while she duked it out with Jay in the apple bobbing, though Jay ultimately won "best bobber". Jeff S. won the first annual sack race, and next year, if the weather cooperates, we'll make it much longer. It was hard enough getting everyone to come out in the gale force winds for the short course this year though!

In farm news, we're harvesting honey this week, and E hooked up our new sleeve hitch to the tractor, so we'll try our hand at plowing up one of the gardens. If it works out, we'll plant garlic in the plowed over patch. We've decreased the amount of light in the hen house, so hopefully they'll eat less as well as laying less. :) We also are slowly gaining Lucretia's trust - tonight, though it may have just been luck, we didn't have to chase her into their night pasture, and then when I went to put on her leash she didn't run away from me. Progress!

Here are some pics from North Carolina - Georgia's outfit is from Delhi, brought back by Dave's sister Sarah when she was studying abroad... the rest of the set is here, thanks Ramone!

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Posted: Tue - October 31, 2006 at 09:59 PM        

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