Fall & Halloween with the Strands

Here's the pumpkin Chris carved last week. The squirrels destroyed it overnight.

Chris and I are those weird adults that dress up at work. Chris's team dressed up as Nintendo characters. He is King Boo for those who didn't play Mario BrosHere I am as the Sock Monster from the Strand Dryer. I won 1st place at work. You'll see the prize coming up soon. I learned a few things from my costume. Some people don't have sock monsters! Also, the Strand sock monster eats much more than other sock monsters.Here's Penelope enjoying a Honeycrisp apple.

Isn't this hilarious? This was at the midtown global market today.Here's our house this morning. It decided to dress up like a tree. Anyone want to come help? 4 bags and I only cleared the alley and sidewalk!Now what you've been waiting for...Princess Leia! Notice the Mr. Pumpkin Heads. I got the witch kit as my prize at work, and we bought the princess kit at Target. They are a lot of fun. Penny enjoyed "helping" (pulling out the pieces as we were putting them into the pumpkins)

So we set out the pumpkins before we walked the dog...20 mins later we returned to find the squirrels performed a witch hunt and killed our friendly Mrs. Pumpkin Witch

Chris carved our big pumpkin minutes before trick or treaters started arriving. Maybe the candle will keep those darn squirrels away.

Reading books while we wait for trick or treaters. We've only seen a cowboy, peter pan and bride so far. Hopefully we get a few more so we aren't stuck with all this amazing candy!