We went on a field trip after dinner last night. We loaded the kids into the car, in their PJs, and took them to work. Why? Because there has been a cut-throat hallway decorating contest going on this week amongst the branches of the Environmental Laboratory in the spirit of Halloween, and we knew the kids would love it. So we waited until the night before judging (when everything was complete, and we knew the offices would be empty, so that the kids wouldn't annoy our coworkers with their squeals of delight), then let them run wild. It was awesome (and it so completely wore the kids out that even Cora slept through the night)!
(This is where the kids grabbed the legs of the skeleton and James yelled "My hugging the bones!")
Most hallways were decorated with tombstones and bats and spiderwebs and black garbage bags, but a few stood out as the clear winners to us. The MIO branches did a graveyard of retired funding programs, which was hilarious, and a Hollywood films theme (with each door decorated with a different scary movie). 
(I had to post that one for mom!)
EP-R (Jay's branch) did a Wizard of Oz theme, complete with tornado and cornfield and crushed witch and enchanted forest and lollipop land.
(Cora went right for the ruby slippers, of course...)
EP-R even recruited their branch members to dress the parts. Sandy was an adorable cowardly lion, and Jessica pulled off the bad witch, even though she's totally sweet. (Other characters included Glenda the good witch, a couple of munchkins, the great and powerful Wizard, the tin man, and a flying monkey and her henchman)
Other festivities today included the much anticipated hallway judging, an unorganized costume contest (which was hilarious, with the pair that dressed up as our Director and Deputy Director getting a well deserved win), a strange pumpkin carving contest (the same guy carved 3 of the 5 entries...), and an awesome potluck party (where we ate ourselves silly). It was a day full of mayhem. Not so productive (on the work front), but oh-so fun!
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