So this weekend, Park wound up concertless, but that didn't mean there wasn't mayhem to follow. We planned to be part of a Halloween party taking place Nov. 1 in Virginia.
We got all tricked out... my original plan was for a lighter costume, but the colder temperatures from the past week made me do an audible to more weather-specific apparel. I geared up to be Patrik Elias, down to the red/white mouthguard and the black eye so familiar from his beach wedding photo. Had the knee pads, the shin guards, the jox sox, game-worn Mogilny sox to go over the pads, my Easton undershirt, Elias overshirt and a Devils-helmet shaped tuque my co-worker gave me last holiday. Even chopped one red and one white mouthguard in half to create the Elias' custom one.
Meanwhile, 'Ark went to a store, picked up at inmate costume and put it on. What a strain! Don't feel bad for him though, he won second prize in the adult costume competition!! (Personally I think it's because he runs the jail mail route through town -- delivering letters to and from those in local prisons. Well that AND there's no hockey team around!!)
There was a funny moment before getting to the party, when we went off to find 'ark's friend at a Civil War re-enactment. From the tents, we could hear young "soldiers" calling in our direction "Halloween was YESTERDAY!" Oh yeah?? Well, the Civil War was centuries ago!
Not wanting to wear out our welcome/nor start Civil War Part Deux we went off to the party. The adult/kid musical chair game definitely had its moments. I was able to make the group laugh by forcibly ejecting one man from his chair by spilling him out of it. The look on his face when he fell to the ground was priceless, and he slunk away. The rest of the night was fraught with warnings such as "Watch out for the hockey mom!" Guess I'm the most famous Democratic hockey mom now. ;)
Back to the big musical chairs contest, because I know you're falling out of your own proverbial one -- It wound up down to me and another kid... and with the competitive juices flowing... I of course took a dive by spinning dizzily out of control and falling to the ground. But seriously, how long could I walk around in circles?
The other moment that seemed to gain appreciation was during the hay ride. With the air dark and disorienting and a tractor seemingly pulling you in any direction, the remaining adults jump out and try to scare the kids on the ride. Which gave me the brilliant idea of sneaking up behind the scarers and scaring them. That was a lot of fun too.
There was also some fine eats, from stew and chili to Tootsie Rolls and toasted marshmallows. A lot of fun was had by all -- except maybe for the crying Spider-man, who wept when he was overly scared on the hay ride and then bawled again when he lost at musical chairs. I haven't seen so much unnecessary crying since Madden's kid at the 2003 Stanley Cup celebration.
Next week's gonna be a BIG music week. The early part of the schedule has us at two Derek Trucks Band shows in the big city and then in the middle of the week Derek's wife, Susan, is in town too. Not exactly the coveted Soul Stew Revival from earlier this year, but we'll take what we can get!! Hopefully I can even out the sleep ratio before that.
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