halloween already?

October 25th. That's insane.

This past year has gone by insanely fast. As in, way way faster than usual. You know what else is fast? The runners who participated in Scream Scram this past Friday (that's called a segway - I learned it recently from Kyle Killen).

I wasn't feeling super Halloween-ey, despite the mounds of candy corn and flashing pumpkin decorations living at my house right now, and although I griped about having to work on a Friday night just minutes before having to head to the airport, the Scream Scram 5K was the perfect event to switch on my Halloween enthusiasm.

Scream Scram is a Halloween 5K that benefits BGCMD (p.s. I try and avoid writing out the whole name on the off chance my blog shows up in anyone's Google News Alerts. I really don't feel like having my co-workers check out my blog posts about my dog in heat, etc.). The race attracts all kinds of people - serious runners, families, kids, pets, you name it. It's pretty unique because not only is the race at night, but people also dress up in all kinds of crazy costumes.

BGCMD workers all dressed as Where's Waldo. I guess the idea was if you need to scope out a worker who can help you... just look for Waldo. We all wore "50's Nerd Glasses" which, are also currently growing in popularity among hipsters, and I came to the unfortunate discovery on Friday that those glasses are yet another hipster trend that I just cannot pull off... Here are some of my favorite shots from Friday.

Some kids from the Clubs came out to run in the race! I believe these Crayola crayons were members from our Wilfley Branch. How cute are they?

I loved this foosball idea.These girls literally ran the entire race side by side. Dedication... Also, I'm obsessed with the little lion. If I ever have a child they will probably just be dressed as animals all day every day. I actually saw a little baby dressed as a monkey - his dad was holding him up so it looked like he was hanging from a tree and he was going "Ooo ooo ooo! Aaah! Aah aah!" Making monkey noises. Cutest thing I've ever seen ever. Also - I think the headless horseman costume is pretty awesome... but I'm a little worried about that child in there. I hope he can breathe...

Favorites. The ice cream man + bomb pop sister are literally the cutest thing ever. I couldn't tell if The Incredibles were lame or awesome...until I saw this picture. That baby definitely has super powers.

 

Dinger (Colorado Rockies mascot) and Miles (Denver Broncos mascot) kicked off the race. How lame are these mascots? I hate both of them. Dinger because he's a big fluorescent, purple dinosaur, and Miles because he's terrifying.

And of course... some obligatory photos of me being awkward.