As befits Halloween, the day began with blood. Patch had one of those spontaneous bloody noses that leak so dramatically. We washed up all the blood just in time for me to cover my hands in red goo. The teenage vampire needed red streaks in her hair. She also needed black streaks. No sooner had I washed my hands clean, than the devilish angel (or angelic devil) needed her hair sprayed half red and half glittery gold. Then there was the black eye shadow and red lipstick for both girls. I had to pause the preparations to go on a quest for the large Indiana Jones’ white shirt. Then again later to quest for the small Indiana Jones’ shoes. When it was all done, I hauled the teenage vampire, Indiana Jones, the angelic devil (or devilish angel) and Indiana Jones all into the kitchen for a group picture. Then I drove them all to school. Later today there will be two school parades. In the evening there will be trick-or-treating. After that we have Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for entertainment, because we need an amusingly bad adventure movie to finish the day.