Halloween 2010

What a busy Sunday it was! We had a great birthday party for Chance on Sunday afternoon, he had a lot of friends come & I think everyone had a good time. We played Monster Bingo, Musical Chairs with Halloween music (Monster Mash, Thriller, Ghostbusters, etc.) and bashed in a pinata that Chance and I made over the course of the month of October. We had a Transformer cake (Omega Supreme -- very Eighties, thank you Retro Channel). We ordered pizza for supper and then went trick or treating with Chance, Karin got left behind with Gramma Jo and Grampa Phil. Next year she can go out with the big kids. We teamed up with some neighbours so Spiderman Chance was joined by Buzz Lightyear Landen and Delaney the Monkey. He came home an hour and a half later with 4 pounds of candy. 4 pounds!!!

Pumpkins were carved with a "superhero" theme this year: we had Spiderman, Batman and Ironman (everyone thought it was a Transformer).


We didn't get visited much though, and we were warned of this. Because we live on a busy street, families tend to stay within the centre of the neighbourhood. So we got 11 little "spooks" as my neighbour calls them. The last one was a little tiger that took home the remaining helium balloons from the party.

Everyone waiting for the cake to be cut.

Love this one - he looks happy.


"Mmmmmmm!!"

Chow Time.

Poor Blue Monster - he really got whacked around. Eventually we had to switch to a baseball bat because the play broom wasn't doing enough damage. He was done in by a 22 month old girl (Fred's daughter Pebbles).

Musical chairs. Optimus Prime won the game (the Kitty gave him a run for his money though).

Chance trying out my witch's claws.

The Haul.

Our pumpkins! We had so few visitors that we burned them in the living room -- we might as well enjoy them!!

All decked out for Trick or Treating! I painted his face so that his mask wouldn't get in the way, also I decked him out with reflective tape and bike lights that I got from a cycle shop.

Cowgirl Karin didn't really know what to make of all the action.