All Saints in Costume

The Catholic homeschoolers got together last night for our annual potluck supper and Saint-Guessing Game.

Polar Bear went as one of the four original doctors of the church--dressed like a doctor, with a Bible (St. Jerome).













Winger went as the twin brother saints who cured patients for free--dressed in Roman toga (St. Cosmas and Damian).

And I wore my Hawaiian shirt and lei to portray the priestly saint who served the leper colony in Hawaii (St. Damian Molokai).

Halloween Candies

Nothing says Halloween like candy corn.

And my good friend Alison bought me a bag of the newest M&Ms! (because they are only available at Wal-mart and for a limited time!)

Eagle Scout Invitations Ready

I had fun being a "desktop publisher" again.  I designed and printed out these invitations for Dorito's Eagle Scout ceremony.

Costumes Complete

Meggar sent pictures from her social life:  Groovy Jams 60s party with Emily (new AGD)

and home-made Taco Bell sauce packets for Halloween.

I made hers and she made Erin's.  I love the yellow and green hair bows, girls!

Another Dorm Decoration

Meggar rearranged her room. So down came the sheer curtain with white lights behind it. Similar to this first picture.

Now she has hung a few clotheslines behind her bed with pastel-colored flowers that match her Liberty bedding. (Thanks to Constance for the shaped puncher.) Spaced throughout are photos of friends with a "Polaroid" border effect. Maybe over the break, we can decoupage the clothespins to match. Pinterest beware!

Secret Spooks

Dorito is free from his regular Wednesday after-school robotics club. So wanted to do something fun--but all his pals were busy. So he settled for a date with Mom to iHop.  Nothing like all-you-can-eat-pancakes to cheer you up. His Twitter message: "Last time I was here, people were singing to me and giving me Sweet 16 kisses" drew some smiley-faced replies. Afterwards, he drug his brothers out to "spook" some friends. But they got caught at the Brooke's house!! and had a close call at Rich's house!

Trivia Night for Adults

After all the studying with the high school scholar bowl team, I decided to enter the Trivia Contest at Missouri Western State University with my adult friends.  All of them are intelligent and well read, but as these things go--the questions were mostly movie-related. I'm not into pop culture at the trivial level (and that's a good play on words in more ways than one), but we scored 44 out of 60 correct. And we had fun giving each other better questions between rounds. For instance, I knew that "Miracle on Ice" was made about the 1980 Olympic hockey team. But they did not ask (and I knew this answer) that Dion DiMucci who wrote "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer" had flipped a coin for a seat on Buddy Holly's fated plane ride and lost (or won, rather) and was recently interviewed about his return to his Catholic roots.