You can't have Halloween without pumpkins, and to get ours, we visited
a local farm, which also had plenty of friendly critters: always a favorite

After we picked out our stuff and got done feeding and petting the livestock,
we got down to work, with Ally-Jane making a ghost out of a gourd

All-Jane's completed ghost and spider pumpkin. Beth's has a spider crawling out of the top of
its head, and then there's my really deranged "Raven-Eating Steeler Cyclops" jack-o-lantern

No, that's not a real bird. This year, Ally-Jane dressed as a
leprechaun, and Joni and I were "prisoners of luv"

Beth went as a gypsy, with her friend Heather and her cousin Tasha. 
Ally-Jane hurt her hip, so she was on wheels this Halloween

We decorated the chair to go with Ally-Jane's outfit, and a week after Halloween, 
she was fine. As for Beth, yes, I do own a firearm. With hollow-point ammo

Ally-Jane in her school's Halloween parade; the neighborhood kids at a party before trick-or-treating

Ally and friends, including Mario and Luigi, a.k.a the Becker Boys 
(Dylan and Nathan) who live across the street from us

Me with the Becker Boys' dad, Andy, dressed as a Spartan Cheerleader;
Joni, my "ball and chain" and Cellmate for Life

Our friends the Mottos came as Mr. and Mrs. Incredible (and Jack-Jack);
Another neighbor as the awesome Captain Underpants. Tra-la-la!

On Halloween night, we were
visited by Joni's nephew Dmitri and
niece Maggie. Too cute!