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Halloween gets real

November 6, 2013 by Beth Shepherd

Herein lies the true story of what happened last Thursday, on Halloween.

Our cowgirl and her faithful ponyMost kids go trick or treating on Halloween. Our cowgal? Let’s just say she strayed a bit from the proverbial trail.

Here comes DadaOur afternoon started out with a trip to Dada’s office.

A cowgirl and her DadaHalloween festivities were underway.

The fishtank at the officeOur cowgal and Mr. Potato Head checked out the fish in the lobby.

Up we goThen we rode the elevator up to the 12th floor to pick up our visitor badges.

Cowgal and Mama CatAfter sampling a few M&Ms, Mama Cat and Cowgal were hot to trot.

Dog in 'gator costumeWe passed an alligator. “He wasn’t scarey, was he Mama?”

Running down the hallsThere were a lot of hallways to explore. “My run away,” exclaimed Cowgal as she took off at a full gallop.

Playing gamesOne of the hallways led to the break room, where Cowgal took a break to play games.

Reading Perl HacksThen we passed by some interesting books to read. Caution: future hacker in training.

Writing codeAnd wrote some code. Sorry about the permanent marker on your whiteboard, Dada 🙁

Hide and seekAfter a few rounds of hide ‘n seek.

Down the stairsIt was time to walk down the stairs.

Up the stairsAnd up the stairs.

MeltdownAll good things finally came to an end (following multiple attempts at running through the security scanner).

On our way homeAfter all, what would Halloween be without the classic meltdown?

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