Where's Waldo?

For mutual last week, the girls played

Where's Waldo?.

They went to the mall,

and as teams went searching for some of their leaders

who were dressed up.

The boys and I thought it sounded fun,

so we went too,

to play Where's Bishop-o.

We played our own rendition:

We got 10 points if we found one of the leaders,

20 points if we found Christine or Rebekah

(they didn't know we were going)

and 50 points if we found Dad.

He was the last one we found.

Then, of course, we had to try on the cool costume that our friend Shawn Bryant made.

I guess they were inspired by their Dad's attire the other night for mutual,

for a few days later,

the Halloween costumes were dragged out of their box,

and the boys had a bit of imaginative play.

Mr. Scary Escaped Convict Skeleton Man

Our Knight in Shining Superman Cape?

or is that G.I. Knight Man?

And you should have seen the epic battles

being played out

when Spiderman

crosses

Skeleton Guy.

G.I. Super Knight?

He's a lover not a fighter.

And then don't forget . . .

you don't need a fancy costume from a store

to be someone -

just pick any empty box of pasta

out of the recycle bin,

and you too,

can be Spaghetti Man,

with a turbo arm,

perfect for whacking everyone.

(Thanks, Jalen Andrew. Ya, that hurts.)