The 2005 Halloween Report

October 31st, 2005 shall be deemed a success, if you measure success in pounds of candy acquired. It will be considered a failure if you measure success in weightloss. I think even little Jack is going to be fat after all this. Especially little Jack.

Last night, the kids rounded up a total of 12.2 pounds of candy. When added to the 6.4 pounds we collected in pre-Halloween festivities, we come to a grand total of 18.6 pounds of candy. Where would you like that Heather? Directly on your hips or divided between your butt and belly? I cannot control myself. Every time I enter the kitchen, I grab another KitKat, or Twix, or Snickers. It doesn't help that I made Randi's yummy apple bread and ate 3/4 of the loaf myself. NOT an exaggeration. But enough about my bad eating habits.

If I had a digital camera, I would wow you with adorable pics of "Link", a salsa dancer, a pumpkin, Batman, a two year old Jedi, and a baby bumblebee. But I probably won't get my film developed for another week or so. Bummer.

I must say, our pumpkins turned out smashingly this year. We went with the Homestar Runner theme and carved a StrongBad, a The Cheat, a HomeStar Runner, a King of Town, and of course, The Poopsmith. Tyler and Noelle carved their own, Camryn had some help from Aunt Mariah, and I carved Caedmon and Jack's. I had way too much fun, and I think they did too. Carving pumpkins is super, super fun. I may have pics of the pumpkins next week too. If I ever get my film developed, since I don't have a digital camera. But honestly, I'm not sure if I really WANT a digital camera. I really like my Pentax K1000. And honestly, I'm not sure that digitals would ever make it to my photo albums, I'm just not that organized. My photo albums are my treasure. I love them. But not in a scrapbooking kind of way. I'm SO NOT into scrapbooking. I know a lot of people are, and I don't mean to offend, but it's not me. I just want to take my pictures, write names and dates on the back, and stick them in albums in chronological order. Wow, where did all that come from? This is supposed to be the Halloween report, not a rant on photo display and storage.

Ok, Halloween was great. We all had fun. We are all going to need dentures, insulin, and a weightloss program after this week. Happy candy eating everyone!