And you thought your family was scary

Yes, this is about Halloween. And yes, it is way late.

Somewhere in between bobbing for apples and swapping neon vampire teeth and before we could really dig into the apple cider donuts we snuck home from the big Halloween party, we got hit hard by the flu. I'll spare you the ghastly details (this time, luckies) but after three days of heaving our guts out on a half-hourly basis, I am pretty sure Lil E and I deserve all the mini Butterfingers we gulp down over the lingering nausea (oh, did I say I'd spare the details?).

So yeah, here are the happier/more concerning parts of Halloween and our family (depending on how you view these pics) before the heinousness set in.

Yes, this is my real family. No, they did not give their permission for me to show you all how kooky and game for kindergarten hilarity they really are.

[So much good stuff after the jump.]

 

  These are my parents, friends. It explains a lot, I'm sure.

Pretty sure this is what the Retainer Years are going to look like.

Sticky rats and gooey eyeballs that went into the classroom trick-or-treat bags.One of those eyeballs is smeared across my dining room ceiling right now and probably will be until...well, the Retainer Years.

Captain Rex loved my feathered hat, reallllly wanted me to pair with "a long black dress and fancy fancy high heels and a broomstick" but was completely confounded by the freaky-long false eyelashes that were adhesed ("GLUE? MOMMY! For da eyes? Ewwww.").