bear belly

So it has been awhile, my friends. Sorry I am just now updating you on -- Halloween?!?!

Well, it was an amazing holiday, to say the least. At work, they have a theme every year that all the employees (mainly therapy staff) derive their costumes from, and compete in a costume contest. This year the theme was breakfast cereals. Strange, yes, but also allows for quite a bit of creativity.

Now, I thought about it for awhile...contemplating ideas such as Kix, by going around and kicking my foot in the air all the time, or Pops by "popping" around. But when it really came down to it, I just wanted to be what I was for Halloween two years ago - a bear. Being a bear was just so much fun...it was comfortable (i wore sweats and a sweatshirt), i got to growl at people, and the bear hat i borrowed was just plain sweet. Not to mention that was the year that another guy dressed as a bear showed up to the party, fuzzy paws and overalls at that. His name was Ehren (he subsequently came to be known as "Behren"), and this fantastic moment of bear meets bear was captured on camera:

Anyways, it turns out there is ONE cereal that has a bear as its mascot. Pardon me, there was one cereal. GoldenCrisp, you may remember, used to be called Sugar Crisp and the mascot was Sugar Bear. Not only did Sugar Bear eat/promote SugarSmacks cereal, but he actually had his own cartoon series for awhile. He was a very laid back character who lounged under trees and sang and played banjo all day. So...I was Sugar Bear! I music therapized for an entire day of work in this outfit, pushing my cart full of musical instruments with my new bear mask on. I didn't win the costume competition, but it was SO worth it. The best part about it all was that everyone, all day referred to me as SugarBear - I'm pretty sure this is one of the best nicknames ever.. So enjoyable!

California Raisins. This is a weird outfit.

Froot Loops! They danced a lot, it was fantastic.

The entire Fruity Pebbles Gang

So that was Friday. On Saturday, Katie and I went to a Halloween party hosted by our friends Scott and Hannah. It was a blast! Great food, great beer, great people. Great costumes, too...one creative fella sported a pig's snout and wings and called himself the SwineFlu. We had the PC and Mac ppl, an African momma, a Whataburger guy, Little Orphan Annie. Katie was the Achievement Gap (ooohhh, those teacher jokes), and I just went as a regular bear this time. It's really easy to be funny when you're dressed as a bear, I've found. The thing said to me the most that night was: "Wait wait --- put your mask on and do that again!" followed by bouts of laughter. Oh, being a bear.

bear!

Katie's costume

Jeremy and Audra

At one point in the evening, we spent about 3o minutes taking pictures of each other's faces while they were shaking their head violently back and forth (so that your lips get all loosey goosey). I must say, it creates some amazing photos. Enjoy.

til next time.
peace,
kate