Apples and trees

Here is the Bunny Rabbit in his birthday haul finery...
(that is the Dolly up in the cherry tree looking severely uninterested)

Here is his father Gapetto on Halloween...

Have I made myself clear?

Halloween

To say that Halloween is a BIG deal in our house 

would be a gross understatement.

Gapetto and The Bunny Rabbit love it so much 

they can't see straight the entire month of October. 

They began talking of costumes several months 

prior to that. The Bunny decided he wanted to 

be a Clone Trooper this year. I, stupidly, asked 

what the difference between a Clone Trooper 

and a Storm Trooper was. After a lengthly explanation 

through which I instantly glazed over all I know is the 

helmuts are different and the Clone troopers have 

some red on them. 

(Please don't try to educate me further in this, 

please?!?!)

So Gapetto got to work. After reviewing costumes 

at several discount places he announced that he 

could make a better one himself. And he came up 

with an idea for his own costume as well. So he 

began the all important and lengthly procurement 

phase of the project. First he ordered a helmut off 

of eBay - when that arrived the Bunny thought that 

it really needed to be battle-scarred and of course 

Gapetto agreed. There were numerous (at least 

once a day) trips to discount stores, hardware store 

and Michael's (area craft store). Gapetto may be 

the only straight man on a first name basis with 

the Michael's staff.

As the day approached things got rather hectic. 

What with the 8 million decorations we put up 

outside and the finishing of costumes but he 

made it just under the wire.

I give you my very own CLONE Trooper - 

the Bunny Rabbit.

But the piece de resistance was Gapetto's RocketMan 

costume. I mean the man donned gold lame' tights for 

crissakes! THAT is a dedicated Halloween Freak!

The fan inside the rocket blows the flame-like things

and of course light shoots out the bottom and from 

his rocket boosters.

(I just might develop a thing for gold lame' tights 

on Gapetto)

This is Bryan and me.

I like to tease him about the bullet he 

dodged in not having me raise him - 

I mean look at me - I'm a WITCH!

And here is the whole fam-damily.

That's Bryan, me, Gapetto, Fabulous Sister-In-Law 

and that is my Dolly Llama in front of her, my 

brother-in-law and the Bunny Rabbit.

May all of your Halloweens be Happy!