(from left to right: Troy Polamalu, Spiderman, Justin Bieber, Cleopatra)
“What is Helloveen, Dad?”
“Well…Sambhaji will dress up like Spiderman. All the kids will dress up. We’ll go for a walk and people will give us candy.”
An eruption of laughter – “Nooooooooo!”
“Yes, I promise!” I said. “Really! Go for a walk and get candy.”
“Nooooooooo! What is… 
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Helloveen
We Would Have Gotten Away With It Too If Not For Those Pesky Kids
Brian really really wanted to go as Corbin Bernsen from his L.A. Law days or Johnny from Karate Kid.
And I really had my heart set on being a middle-aged youth minister with a sweet soul patch and skater do.
But Becky had a better idea.
We even got Bagwell, Brian’s dog, involved. You can’t be the Mystery… 
No Self-Esteem Problems Here, Nossir
I didn’t think a kid could top Gresham’s Halloween creative thinking: A few years ago he decided to be Spiderman dressed up like Santa Claus. Seriously. He did. And we let him. How do you top that?
Well, enter Penelope, age five.
Today at school, for the we’re-Christians-so-it’s-not-called-a-Halloween-party non-Halloween party, she was supposed to go as what… 


