hey les - it is always so wierd to hold a baby after not doing it for awhile, huh? i forget how small they are! as for halloween - trevor wanted to be a dead biker (not really sure where to go with that one) then he saw a bleeding skeleton costume (fake blood really pours down the chest part of the bones), so we are much happier with that choice. madison is harder - the girl costumes are either so annoyingly girly or they make no sence - like dead monster bride or demonic rocker girl - to me that really isn't dressing up as something. jeremy is going with the girl scout costume (the one i made for brandon and his friends last year). as for brandon, who is 13 tomorrow, i feel i have served my time with him in the halloween dept. and he is on his own. although i did veto his first idea of dressing as a hooker (don't really want him getting beat up this soon into the school year). love the idea of karate kid johnny (was johnny the main guy or the bully? because as i recall johnny dressed up as a shower) - everyone will get that one right off the bat. to funny. one year i talked jeremey into being elliot from et - that was the easiest costume - one red hoodie and your done. any other ideas? my halloween dream is dress all my kids as oompa loompas although they tell me every year that is never going to happen. no suggestions on the nerve problem, never had to deal with that. hope the acupuncture helps. later - holly