Madd Max Heads Out For Halloween

Sam - ready!

New front yard - ready!

Max and Crew ready - Tyrannosaurus Rex, Ava = Uraraka, Stella = Velma, Imani = basketball player!

And just like that, they headed out on their own.

Meanwhile, Maddie headed out with April and April's crew.

Every block, Jess made the kids check back in before they headed out again.  This was stop one.

View out the front door, complete with creepy soundtrack (at least until Jess made it switch to more upbeat Halloween songs for fear that the sobbing woman would scare off the little kids).

After her trick-or-treating, Maddie met up with Max's crew for their 3rd block of the evening.

And then the sorting began.

Once his crew left, Sam helped Max "clean up," as he had not taken the sorting seriously enough earlier.

Slappy Is Down to The Wire

Pumpkins - Ready to Go.

Maddie worked on her costume until the last hour.

Sam did her makeup.

Max greeted his Halloween crew at the door.

Meet Venom.  Pretty dope.

Madd Max Carves

At Feldie's Annual Pumpkin Carving Party.

Where there is serious focus.

All around the backyard.

Along with some tasty snacks.

Carving.

Sketching.

And even some CAD.

How else can you get your pumpkin exactly right?

More tools to get it there.

Pumpkin slicing everywhere.

Plus a skeleton.

Bob Ross.

And Dwight Schrute.

The judging begins.

Lookit those beauties.

The design turned reality.

Max's "Hang in There" pumpkin.

Pumpkin garden.

Erin's pumpkin that placed.

Sam's pumpkin that placed - note the gourd horns.

The victors.

Holla!

Slappy Has Halloween Prep

Maddie made her own costume this year.  Lots of yarn, feathers, pipe cleaners and a hot glue gun.  It was fraught and long, but she remained determined.

And a Halloween gift - a hot chocolate bomb, custom made by Ava.

The Scrapper Gets His Halloween Costume

He LOVED it.

Even the dramatics that came with deflating it/extinction.

Madd Max Hangs With Spencer and Fam

Spence and River.

A Great Aunt at work.

Liv and Leah at work creating.

Some backyard ball.

And a decorate your own Halloween cookie dessert.  This was Maddie's creation.

The Scrapper Has Big Financial Plans

Who knew that a pet and cotton candy farts could be so lucrative?

 

Madd Max Meets The Power Washer

The joy of getting that algae right off.

Max asked to join in.  So satisfying.

Madd Max Votes For A Strike Authorization

All 13 Hollywood locals voted to authorize a strike in the battle for better working conditions and equitable pay.

The turnout was astounding - 90% of eligible voters voted - of that, 98% voted to authorize the strike.