{"id":399,"date":"2009-10-28T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/10\/happy-halloween-2.html"},"modified":"2009-10-28T13:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T13:14:00","slug":"happy-halloween-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/10\/happy-halloween-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Halloween!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I stole this idea from an NCO I worked with in South Carolina (thanks MSgt B!).  She has 5 kids so her 5 pairs of pants across the lawn generated so much buzz last year, it was featured on the front page of the Sumter, SC newspaper Halloween week.  I was inspired when I was sorting through the boys &#8220;can&#8217;t wear it anymore&#8221; clothing pile in their closet.  Most of the pants are too small, but I happened across two pairs of jeans that were otherwise fine except for the holes in the knees, I knew they couldn&#8217;t go anywhere except the trash&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;unless&#8230;.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/KIGDHgYEfn2UUUF2ROYKxw?feat=embedwebsite\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/SuhC6LOiFfI\/AAAAAAAAyxU\/I3--1yAUoPY\/s800\/IMG_1963.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20091027Halloween2009?feat=embedwebsite\">2009 10 27 Halloween2009<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Anyway, I&#8217;ll update this blog a little more later on.  There&#8217;s lots going on, but nothing earth-shattering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I stole this idea from an NCO I worked with in South Carolina (thanks MSgt B!). She has 5 kids so her 5 pairs of pants across the lawn generated so much buzz last year, it was featured on the front page of the Sumter, SC newspaper Halloween week. I was inspired when I was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[74,54,4],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-6r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":237,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/09\/halloween-let-the-sewing-begin.html","url_meta":{"origin":399,"position":0},"title":"Halloween &#8212; Let the Sewing Begin!","date":"09 September 08","format":false,"excerpt":"How many of you knew that I could sew -- show of hands!Yeah, that's what I thought. Not many. Enjoy this gallery of things I've made. Mainly costumes, as you will see.Jacob wants to be a Jedi knight for Halloween. Okay, that doesn't seem too hard. 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