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Happy Fall yall! I just really felt the need to say that. I love Fall…football season….soups….chill in the air….and HALLOWEEN!!

Halloween kicked off a week early this year at the Miller’s house. Amy and Alan host a Halloween party every year and this time it had a 70s theme. I had not been putting together my costume because I had been holding out hope that I would be in the Lovliest Village on the Plains watching the good Tiger stomp the Bayou Bengals, but it didn’t happen. That meant though at noon I had no idea what I was going to wear to the party and the game came on at 2:30 so I had to figure something out quickly to be ready to go before the trees were white at Toomers! One phone call to mom and it was done. She arrived a short time later with dresses that my Lalou had worn in the 70s. I chose an orange one and the rest is polysester history.

We have a pumpkin carving tradition in Supper Club, so the Wednesday night before Halloween we all carved our own original creations on K-Dilla’s back porch. We started this tradition 3 years ago, which by the way, was the first time I ever carved a pumpkin. I don’t have pictures from this year but I’ll share a few from the past couple of years just to give you an idea of the depth of our talent.

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Friday afternoon I had some very sweet friends come to school to help my kids carve pumpkins. We tried doing this last year and quickly realized that everyone needed their own helper, so amazing friends to the rescue. Each of my kids left that day with their very own pumpkin! It was basically the greatest Fun Friday ever….I wonder if they want to come back for gingerbread houses at Christmas?????

I had little girl who was absent, but she was very excited to see that she still got her own pumpkin when she came back to school. Thanks Ryan!

Thank you Jason, Ryan, Amber, Callie and Lesley!!! And yes, we dressed up for Halloween, I don't usually wear Lalou's dresses and go-go boots to school on Friday!

On to the main event….October 30th, the 3rd Annual Monster Mash GAP Halloween Party. This has gotten serious over the last couple of years, especially once prize money got involved. The Supper Club girls decided to go as the Golden Girls (by the way, Sophia is wearing another one of Lalou’s dresses and I am wearing the dress she wore in my parents’ wedding):

Now we planned this weeks ago, but of course we were last minute and by last minute I mean Saturday afternoon putting all the finishing touches on our costumes.