You can see how Little Red's ringlets turned out in this picture.
You can also see the food she put in her basket for "Grandma." I like that she is bringing a fried egg.Dorothy had braids and blue ribbons. She's got Toto in her basket, ready for the big evening!
We convinced Lightning McQueen that if he wanted anything out of our candy basket (for giving out), he needed to put on his costume and say "trick or treat!"
Our friends, Sharpay (from High School Musical) and the Pink Power Ranger, arrived to trick-or-treat with us.
We set out to trick-or-treat next door. N didn't want to leave our doorstep in his Lightning McQueen costume. We broke down and let him wear his frog costume from last year. This made him very happy!
As a frog, he was very into the collecting candy idea. We went down our street and all the way around the block. We came back to our house for a "pit stop." Everyone picked out a candy (actually I'm not sure how many they each had).
N and S are very excited that they both picked the SAME CANDY!! Soulmates!
WE LIKE CANDY! LET'S PUT OUR TREAT BAGS ON OUR HEADS! DO YOU THINK WE'VE HAD ENOUGH SUGAR TONIGHT?Then mommy and all the girls took a walk to see the "haunted house," but I already told you about that.
So, all in all, the kids had a wonderful day and everyone enjoyed going up to the houses and saying "trick or treat!" N too! They were all delighted with their costumes and proud of themselves. Time was spent with best friends, and apparently, for at least one person, fears were conquered.
Our doorbell was ringing nonstop. E and I took turns being the "trick or treat" chaperone and the door-answerer. There were lots of times when I didn't go back inside after handing out treats, because more groups were on the driveway and sidewalk. Group after group after group! Nice kids. We did have enough candy! Just barely. It was fun and festive and I enjoyed it very much.
The weirdest part was that the high school's marching band was practicing on the football field. So the music accompanying everyone's trick-or-treating was the halftime show music! That band has been very busy this week. They practiced all day Saturday and Sunday, as well as Mon, Tues, and Wed nights. We were so surprised they had asked the high schoolers to practice exactly during trick-or-treat time.
N did not want Halloween to be over! He is looking forward to next year, and we are preparing him for the fact that the frog costume will not fit him any more. Just planting that seed now.
Our street's trick-or-treaters were done by 9:00. Very good. There are a couple of other neighborhoods in our town that get even more trick-or-treaters. We saw the edge of one of them when we checked out the "haunted house." It was insane. Minivans were pulling up to busy corners (not parking) and kids of all ages were piling out and heading down the sidewalk. I don't know if ours is one of those "destination" areas that people drive to, since we're not on the end of the street. But this practice can't be safe. And I will quote another writer, "CANDY IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT!"
But I want to stress that we had a wonderful night, and everything seemed "just right" to us!!
