He got called out on the Facebook! I love you Worm! You can join my “bed by 10″ posse any day! I’ll even give you the good pillow.

This was the first year The Boy has thoroughly understood, absorbed and participated in Halloween.

Snow White and Optimus Prime.

We did the neighborhood parade.

Some trick or treating. Then it was time to get our sugar buzz on!

Lil E hung pretty good. She’s a girl who knows exactly what she wants. If someone started to put candy that she didn’t like in her bag she would say, ” I don’t like that”. We tried to explain to her that when you’re trick or treating you just accept what they give you, but it didn’t work. It was kind of funny. I was proud and embarrassed at the same time. Proud that she was confident enough to tell people how she felt, but embarrassed because she came off as a spoiled brat.

We sort of created this monster. I remember the first time she pitched a fit about not getting the pink straw at Moe’s. We said she could drink out of the green straw she was given, not drink at all or go ask to exchange her green straw for a pink one. She got up, walked to the girl behind the register and asked to exchange her green straw for a pink one. When she got back to the booth she was wearing the smile of I-Am-Unstoppable. Ever since then she has asked for exactly what she wants and if she is given something she doesn’t want she says so.

I got off topic.

Big Worm used his “My First Workbench” to make peanut butter/honey/blackberry preserves sandwich.

Tim enjoyed some 2girls1cup.

Gary enjoyed some 2girls1cup.

I was hoping for something more along these lines.

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I got up and was determined to ride. Even though there was still red blobs on the radar I rolled out. Normally I would ride hard on Sunday but today I decided to document the destruction.

SHAZBOT!!! Can’t get out of the neighborhood without submerging my precious.

I go to plan b which involves riding on a trail which has been blocked by the man because of Fay. In the brief time I was on this trail I know why it was closed. A lot of trees down.

A lot of trees down. The worst flooding I saw was in the Pimlico area. There was a river of water running through the neighborhood.

By the time I got home the road into my neighborhood was less than hub deep. I sure hope none of those red blobs on the radar pass over.

More pictures here.

Ah crap, I’m tired.

The double-u eludes me.

Conditions were perfect. Low temperatures and clouds kept things nice and cool. The nasty horse trail was removed from the course this year which was a huge improvement. The course was fast and fun.

I rode hard from start to finish but maybe not hard enough up the first climb. I watched Shane S ride away feeling confident he would not stick it. Oops. He stuck it and finished 4 minutes up on me. Oh well, I felt good. Finishing time of about 4:07 which is about an hour faster than last year. Jeremiah Bishop rode the 100 in about 7:45!?!? SHAZBOT!! Next year, assuming the conditions are comparable, I want to break 4… or maybe attempt the 100? That’s crazy talk right there!

Those Addictive Cycles guys at Sag 2/3 were awesome. Got me in and out both times fast.

Mingo is the Fools Gold Bull Fighting champ, but don’t mention it to Big Worm.

Some of the highlights.

Friday afternoon ride.

Some racin’.

Some bull fightin’.

Some grillin’.

Dadgum I’m tired.

More pictures here.

School starts next week so we decided to go for a little mini-vacation at Wild Adventures. It was pretty fun but it will be a lot more fun when the kids are both over 48″ tall so we can do the really fun rides.

I heard a girl freaking out behind us so I took some stealth photo’s of her.

It rained the second day… but it was the kind of rain kids love to play in.

Then we had some delirium on the drive home.