apple bobbing and portal gun assembly lines,,, spooky like Halloween
#2 son spends most of his play time creating zombie killing devices. He had a very detailed description for this one. I asked him to repeat so I can record.
"it cuts the HEAD OFF!"
I made THREE portal guns for halloween this year. mostly made from plumbing pvc parts and a few bits from an office supply store. #2 son would get excited as he saw his portal gun taking shape. each day he'd give me praise, then issue complaints. when I was done he tried to shoot a portal, he expected me to provide a REAL portal gun.
these were as close as I got. they do light up. but they don't make real portals. maybe in the (distant) future....
went to some friends house in lost creek for their annual halloween spooktacular get together. always fun. we love halloween! 
we were happy to find a wedge of der scharfe maxx cheese. #1 son worked that planer till the maxx was down to a minumum.
spooky dragon's blood cocktail with edible eyeballs! I told you this stuff was spooky.
she ate the eyeball... spooky indeed!
yummy spiced sweet potato soup, it was all good.
he wanted to be P. body from Portal 2. he said "some of the people thought I was a candy corn but they are WRONG!"
the daughter makes a very believable Chell
getting ready to head out for trick or treating in Lost Creek.
#2 son rode the golf cart for the longer stretches of road. he did a few houses and decided "that was enough, I'm done trick or treating"
kat and I walked back with the portal guns, kids rode back on the golf cart.
bobbing for apples:
none of us had ever bobbed for apples. the kids figured that it was easy, just grab the stem!
I figured this was just wrong!
all stem up apples removed and it wasn't so easy for Mr So-Tall. couldn't get one.
I went after that apple, stuck my whole head down into the bucket and water, pressed the apple up against the side of the bucket and chomped it! SUCCESS!! notice how impressed (shocked) the audience behind me is.
Mr AJ easily replicated my success.
So-Tall went back for another attempt and had the sweet taste of victory (apple). we were all champions this halloween.
kat and I escaped one night this week to try the food at easy tiger. those sausages on pretzel roll were really good! and kat loved the charred fresh okra with lemon juice.