Halloween On Parade: 2013

This year's Halloween parade was a bit unlike years past.

For starters, there was only one YD marching. Julia has moved on to junior high (but accompanied me because of her own early dismissal). Olivia was home sick. So Veronica was left to carry the torch. And she did a great job as a solo act. You can see by the smile on her face that she was obviously enjoying herself as a beautiful Barbie princess.

The weather also cooperated. Sunny skies and temperatures in the low 50s made for a great time.

On to the photos...

Olivia's teacher sported a "Despicable Me" Minion costume.

Here comes Veronica...

This little guy looked like he came straight off the pitch. I asked him who won.

That's a "graduated cylinder."

Look! More Minions!

This is an annual tradition. See past versions here and here.

These two onlookers attracted quite a bit of attention.

 I couldn't get over how tall this kid's hat was.

The Cat in the Hat seems startled Veronica has lost her wig.

And with a flip of her wig, she's replaced the Cat in the Hat's hat ... with hair.

There, that's better.

So Who Won?

Nebraska beat Illinois 39-19 and Sean's buddy, Eric Francis, took this (copyright) photo of it.

Nebraska beat Illinois 39-19 Saturday. So first we needed to figure out who won the prediction contest. Well, only two people – Julia and Sean – chose the Huskers to win. So that certainly narrowed it down. And Sean's prediction (42-34) was the closest. So there you go. As for the other categories? Well, we lost track of the original sheet. We'll do a better job next time. We promise.

Nebraska-Illinois Predictions

So it's Nebraska football time again and I am finally in town to enjoy a game. Last week, the Huskers had a bye week so the girls and I will be watching when the two teams kick off at 11 o'clock today.

Of course, there will always be a prediction contest. And this year, we stepped it up with a variety of predictions in addition to the usual ones (winner and final score). The new categories for today's game are: temperature at game time in Lincoln, number of people we will see on TV wearing corncobs on their head and the number of yards rushing by Nebraska.

Name	Winner, Score	Temperature at Kickoff	Cornheads	Neb. Yards Rushing
Emily	Illinois, 47-23	49 degrees	11	316
Lauren	Ants, 10	1 degree	"10 hundred"	1
Julia	Neb., 51-45	51 degrees	6	245
Olivia	Illinois, 47-43	48 degrees	5	402
Veronica	Illinois, 47-36	45 degrees	6	425
Sean	Neb., 42-34	49 degrees	3	425

As you can see, Lauren is already a bit off the mark. But that's OK, right?