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We're getting geared up for Halloween over here. Lots of scary shapes stuck to our windows, orange and purple lights strung up, piles of pumpkins waiting to be carved. Henry tested out his whale costume at a kids costume party that was hosted by various University sororities and fraternities. There were tons of really cute kids there, plus about 50 Hannah Montana's, which, who can blame them, she wears awesome clothes and frankly, how many girls when I was a kid wanted to dress up as Madonna for Halloween? Speaking of which, radio stations around here have the oddest play lists. I was driving home after dropping Henry off at school this morning when one station went from utterly depressing Pink Floyd to Lucky Star. It was, um, an interesting transition, much like the one I just made from talking about a costume party to a radio station's playlist.

Henry had a good time running around whale-like yesterday afternoon. As fate would have it, he walked into the party holding a box of goldfish which everyone thought was a great addition to his costume while Dave and I were all "Yeah, we totally did that on purpose," even though right before the party we happened to be at Walmart picking up humidifier filters and while waiting to check out Henry asked if we would get him a carton of goldfish. We didn't realize the irony until we were about to walk into the student center, which was fortunately soon enough for us to claim full credit. Henry's favorite game at the party was the one where there were tons of balloons on the floor for kids to kick and throw around. He stayed there for a long time. Then after we went to see what else there was to see, he turned and asked if we could go back to the balloons. I know what I'm doing with the living room next time I host playgroup.