After the pop-up books, we were kind of winding down.

Sarah decided I could be a different Indian goddess next Halloween. One of her co-workers had this pantsuit available, and it's a one-size-fits-many. And very purple, which is a Lyzenga Thing. So we were amused at the purpleness of me.

The big distraction, though, was that Dan bought a Bionicle for each of his sibs and sibs-in-law, plus one for his folks, so we all were messing with our Bionicles and playing and entertained. Everyone else's Bionicle hit, but mine kicked.

Then they had to put together the super Bionicles, of course, since we had all the parts for that.

Sarah got a picture of what I really look like....

On the way back, we stopped in Black River Falls at the Perkins, and across the parking lot from the Perkins, there was a giant orange moose. Well. How on earth could I resist a moose picture? I mean, honestly. Especially with my adorable new Christmas hat.

After that, despite my foreboding sense that someone was going to force me to go to California, we went home. You can go home, too, if you want.