Big thanks to my brother and author Jon Scieszka for creating a character that was easy to replicate with a trip to Goodwill and the costume shop. We found a women’s shirt dress that doubles as a lab coat, and the goggles are my husband’s from a steam punk costume he created a couple of years ago. Add a monkey wrench, and voila!

The book, by the way, was on the NYT bestseller list for a few weeks… go get it for your own little mad scientists at your local independent bookstore, or online here!

Also, please admire the AMAZING spider the Hubs created with pvc pipe, a bag of plastic trash bags, and a few cans of expanding insulating foam. We’ll worry about where we’ll store it tomorrow…

Happy Halloween everyone! Be careful out there…