John's Birthday "Blues"

Some of you *may* have noticed it was John's birthday yesterday. We spent the later part of the day at Magic Kingdom, mostly so we could see the new fireworks show, Happily Ever After. Anyway, John tells me if I'm going to spend so much time on my Instagram Stories then I should at least put them somewhere more people will see them, SO... prepare for photos, videos, and disjointed Disney rambles. :D

John in his birthday suit outfit. Look how blue he is! 

And here's the kind of cutting-edge commentary you get in my Stories:

Yep, two days after Halloween Disney had already switched to full Christmas mode - though the castle lights and the big tree aren't up yet at Magic Kingdom.

Not that I'm complaining about Christmas decorations, of course. :D Plus I love the Dapper Dans. If it ever comes up in conversation you WILL hear about the Disneyland Dans and how they rode their bicycle-built-for-4 just for me that one time, because it. was. AWESOME.

Oh hey, here's some stuff I haven't posted yet: cool new phone cases!

 The Madame Leota one has a 3D sculpt of her face on the back, just like the tombstone. Love it. The Figment one is the wrong phone size for John, but then he tells me he'd rather have the perfect Hufflepuff case instead? So hey, if you have any recommendations...

And this one has fun little sparkles in it:

Halloween Highlights: Costumes & Dragons!

For Halloween I asked you Facebook followers to share your costume photos, and BOY DID YOU. If you haven't seen that thread, then I *highly* recommend scrolling through the over 400 photos, because your fellow Epbot readers are SERIOUSLY talented. You guys dressed as everything from burning books to whomping willows, plus you dressed your kids, your pets, and your horses?! Yep. I was blown away, and it kept me hugely entertained while I was on Door Duty for the approximately 3 billion trick-or-treaters who flocked to our house.

In hindsight, I think our last-minute Halloween decorating may have had something to do with the extra crowds:

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Spoopy dragon!

I'm telling you, put a giant dragon skeleton on your roof, and you'll have a Field of Dreams situation on your hands real fast. (It also moves and shrieks, but we turned that off so it wouldn't scare the littles.)

(Oh, and it's from Big Lots, but we got it several months ago.)

But back to your costumes.

Again, you should go see everything for yourself, since photos are still coming in, but here are a few of the ones that grabbed me so far:

Because every character is better with a little Wonder Woman thrown in, am I right? 

And speaking of Ms. Prince:

Aaa! If only every princess dress was this lovely... and came with a sword down the back. :D

The car! The Weasley wig! The dad who probably got called Groot all night! Hee! Love this.

 INCONCEIVABLE. The dog is an ROUS!

And another great family cosplay: