Jaci Dawn

Friday night, two little boys came over to Poppa’s house to play while their parents & little brother went to a party. Poppa’s house has big dogs and Hallowe’en decorations (spiders, bats, rats, an orc from Lord of the Rings, and a pair of blow-up Space Aliens known affectionately as Jake & Elwood). Grandma is not so much into ghosts & witches.

Javan loved Elwood.

I think Zephan had some sort of Blues’ Brothers’ dance move going on here. How would he know about the Aliens’ namesakes, I wonder?

The orc was the coolest Goodwill find EVER. I can’t believe someone got rid of it. A couple of AA batteries and the thing has this awesome roar. It’s poseable, too. (Spell check doesn’t like that word, but I looked it up: you can spell it poseable or posable. Spell check doesn’t like either one!)

The boys weren’t so sure they trusted the orc, but it didn’t scare them.

We watched The Great Pumpkin, too.

Saturday, I had a Hallowe’en party to go to. Actually, WE  had a party to go to, but Donald got sick and couldn’t go. Too bad because I spent money on his costume. He was supposed to be Poseidon (the party’s theme was Greek, Roman & Egyptian Empires) and I was to be his lover, Medusa. According to myth, that’s how Medusa got into trouble with the goddess Athena: there was a tryst in Athena’s temple that the senior goddess was none too impressed with so she turned the Gorgon’s hair into snakes. Perseus later beheaded Medusa for Athena (and Medusa’s blood gave birth to Pegasus).

I spent hours gluing snakes onto a wig which I then spray painted green.

I was a big hit with the under-12 crowd at the party. And I won a prize for this get-up. I’m still sorry Poseidon didn’t get to go with me.

There was a Coliseum for Gadiator games.

And there were Gladiators of all nationalities: Gauls, Romans, Greeks, and even Vikings.

It was a pretty fun evening, complete with labyrinths, a Rosetta Stone and mysteries to solve. (Thank you, Mary!)