Last night was the "Harvest Party" at Village (our church). The kids asked me on the way home, "Dad, what's the meaning of Halloween?" Which is sort of like asking Donald Trump "What's so good about money?" So the kids got a half hour documentary on the meaning of Halloween on the ride home from church.
As you would expect, there were many special moments associated with the evening. Instead of breaking them up into multiple posts, I'll include them all below:
1) PRELUDE: Z picks what she will be for the party.
Z: Dad, guess what I am going to be for Halloween.
Me: I don't know, what?
Z: Supergirl!
Me: How did you choose Supergirl?
Z: Well, I just thought, "What could I be? A balloon? No! A crayon? No! Mom? No! It has to be Supergirl."
2) Our Princess, (A) shares her commentary on the strange social norms of those around us:
A was looking around at the party and noticing all the kids' costumes. She saw that someone had brought their baby and dressed them up as a pumpkin or something.
A: Look. Someone decorated their baby.
3) Co-worker Mike learns how we treat those who work with us.
Our good buddy Mike Krieg joined us at the party. We went to see the "illusionist" at the church and of course when volunteers were sought, Mike tried to get me to volunteer. But I didn't. And the magician chose Mike to come up front and get ropes tied around his neck as an example of sin being a sort of bondage in our lives. Two assistants then took hold of the rope on two sides and when the magician commanded they PULLED ON THE ROPE WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT and it fell off, harmless.
But it was a pretty scary moment for Mike. Ha ha. I'm so glad you came, Mike. :)
And of course there were other special moments, like hamster bowling (see below) and Pastor John wearing a crazy wig and taking orders for hot dogs.
A good time was had by all, I think.
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