My Autism Insights

Ash and Pikachu

For the sake of expedience (and getting the kids to bed so I can watch a zombie flick) here’s a recap of the highlights:

The family costume theme this year was Pokemon: Gus dressed up as Ash Ketchum, MM was Pikachu, Mommy & Daddy were Team Rocket.  And we were really channeling the bumbling duo by locking ourselves out of the house, remembering the batteries and forgetting the camera, forgetting the extra bags for excess candy, stomping on each other’s feet in the dark…total clowns we were.  Maybe that’s an idea for next year’s costumes.

Gus was concerned that we were missing “Hardball with Chris Matthews and Countdown with Keith Olberman.”

Someone had a rottweiler and the owner told Gus that the dog was pretty vicious and that he should stay back.  Every house we went to after that, Gus said, “Trick or treat…do you have a vicious pet?”

Almost forgot, before we left, the kids took a shot at being hawkers.  They ran outside with no shoes and started shouting that trick or treaters were welcome at our house.  Never mind that there were no people in sight.

MM’s friend fell and hurt her leg, so MM walked next to her with her arm around G’s waist propping her up.  Very sweet.

It was a pretty amusing night all around.  Do you have any funny stories from Halloween ‘08?

What a week…

I am thankful when Gus gets off the bus and his monitor delivers the message from his teacher, “Your son is AWESOME!”  That was Monday and it still makes me smile.  Someone upstairs must have anticipated the kind of week I’d be having…

I am thankful that tomorrow is Halloween because heaven knows we could all use some fun these days.  Both kids will be having their costume parties at school, but we’re only invited to Gus’s.  Then home for our silent supper and trick-or-treating, which may even go a little late because it’s not a school night!

I am thankful that I got a big chunk of work accomplished today so that tomorrow I can actually enjoy Halloween with my children.  It would stink if the Pokemon ‘twerps’ didn’t have Team Rocket with them.

I am thankful for Nanowrimo!  I get to take a crack at writing another novel starting in two days!  I’ll either finish or have a nervous breakdown trying!  Yay!

And a bonus today: I am thankful for St. John’s Wort, clogs, hats, dishwashers and Nestle Tollhouse cookies, not necessarily in that order.  Yes, I’m really off topic and scattered today.  Fried would be an appropriate term.  And the month of November
will only get more fun. Stay tuned, and please share your thankfulness in the comment section!

Prompt by Mo over at Manic Monday !  Thanks, Mo!

The Mystery of the Ghost

as told to me by Gus

In a haunted mansion in Transylvania, on a Thursday, in March, there was a weird sound.  It was a ghost.

“What an emergency!” one of the people shouted.

First, it threw a rock.  The rock was almost thrown into deep space.  It wasn’t like it was elementary or something, but the ghost said, “WOOOOOOO!”

“One North America…two North America…” said a voice.

“What was that?” said another voice.

Then another voice went, “Ya ya ya!  Ya ya ya!”  That was just a bunch of people in daycare.  The ghost got confused and went back into the grave until all that, “Ya ya ya! Ya ya ya!” stopped.

The End

P.S. Have you seen Transylvania?

My son, budding mystery/suspense author…or comedian.  I swear, I did not change a single word.  I’m struck by the fact that the ghost didn’t like noise, and also very amused by the opening line.  If only I could remember to have that level of specificity in my own fiction…

Anyway, try having your kids make up some ghost stories & let us know how it works out!  Happy Monday, y’all!