As always, we were very, very busy during the month of October.
We did tons of crafts and activities with the kids, everything from decorating gingerbread haunted houses to making haunted forts.
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| The haunted fort, under the dining table |
The kids went to tons of parties all over the city, including a big party at my friend Wendy's house and school parties, parades, and fundraisers.
Some scenes from the pumpkin show at Descanso Gardens:
I was also so proud of Beatrice and Arthur for going on the Haunted Train Ride at Griffith Park. It was really scary! (for little kids, anyway) but they were incredibly brave and loved it.
Some scenes from the train ride:
And of course, it wouldn't be Halloween without a trip to the pumpkin patch. My parents were in town to help me take all the kids to Underwood Family Farms for the day.
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| My dad ready to catch William |
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| He found a rotten pumpkin he insisted on playing with |
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| My dad and I looking confused in the corn maze |
In addition to all the kids' activities, I did a ton of adult Halloween activities, including haunted houses and tours, ghost-themed plays, horror movie screenings, and even a private ghost tour, when my friend Jillian and I rented a party bus and hired Richard Carradine, head of
GHOULA, to give 30 of us a private haunted tour of Los Angeles. And on Halloween at midnight, I went with my friends Zoe, Jascha, Lilli, Loren, and Aaron to a screening of
The Rocky Horror Show (I went as Janet).
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| Brad and Janet |
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| Me and Aaron as Rocky |
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| Zoe as Dr Scott |
The most fun I had all month, though, was carving pumpkins and then trick or treating with Julie and the kids.
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| Ready to head out |
Happy Halloween! I can't wait for next year . . .
