Spookey

Now that the world has moved on to Christmas, I thought I would share our Halloween experience.

First, there were the jack-o-lanterns.

Firstborn chose, outlined and cut this:

A nice intricate design that challenged his carving abilities and really reflected his view of the season.

Then Lastborn chose this one:

Again, just perfect. This is Lastborn's view of just about every season. This is why we secretly refer to him as Frat boy. Kudos to Lastborn for doing almost all the tracing and carving. He's growing up.

It was a wonderful night. The temperature was in the 60s and the sun was out until 7pm because the time change was moved to the following weekend. Most of the neighbors were out on their front lawns to give out candy and there was a party atmosphere. I heard that one cul-de-sac off our road set up tables near the main road and had all the homeowners out at the tables. So the kids didn't even have to walk up to the houses. They did one-stop-shopping instead.

Firstborn has made many friends including Mrs. M. Mrs. Ms house backs onto the ravine behind our house. Apparently, her sons played out in the woods for years. One son is in Jr. High and the other is in HS. So she is only too aware of the imaginary powers of these woods. She made a point to tell Firstborn to be sure to stop by her house because she was giving out full size candy bars. Firstborn has even played with her kids a little though they are a bit old for the woods. He is drawing them back in with is fort-building and imagination.

The highlight costumes were two teenage girls dressed as the teletubbies and three teenage boys dressed as Mario, Luigi and Waluigi. The Mario brothers even acted the part. Running randomly around yards and jumping up to bop their heads on tree branches, just like the characters in the video game. They even carried a tape player playing the theme song. Very creative. Of course they got extra bite size Hershey bars.

Lastborn pooped out about halfway through the neighborhood. He wanted to come home and sit on the couch in front of the TV eating candy.

In the end, we had enough candy to cover the neighborhood and the boys filled my biggest Tupperware bowl with more candy than you can imagine. They definitely like this neighborhood.