And it was Halloween.
Halloween has always been one of my absolute favorite holidays. Back in my younger, funner, thinner cuter days, I was always dressed up and at a party or a bar to celebrate Halloween. Even now, I dress up with the kids (this year, like last, I was a cow which is less and less like a costume for me), because Halloween is just magic. The girls were fairy princesses. Tommy, Superman. If Tommy could choose, he would wear Superman every day. We have about 4 Superman shirts in his size, and every morning he asks for Superman...so chances are, he's wearing a Superman shirt every time you see him...and the shirt is clean--I can't make the same promise about Tommy...he may or may not be clean, and we aren't so good on baths. Grandma Deb had a super cool cheetah costume--she and Wes took Dani and Tori trick or treating while Tommy and I handed out treats.
It was a crappy, rainy night. Only three houses on our block had lights on, so Dani and Tori weren't gone too long. Halloween in my city is a vicious cycle. We literally have about 700 people come to the door--kids, full-on adults and everything in between. When I was a kid, trick or treating meant staying in your neighborhood, or traveling to a friend's house and walking in theirs. Nowadays it seems to be an all-out candy grab. In my line of work locally, its fair to say I recognize a fair number of folks who come to my door--and many don't live nearby...but they live in perfectly walkable neighborhoods, but they come to mine to trick or treat. And I don't say that to suggest my neighborhood is superior in any way, but it's a very wide street, with sidewalks and street lights, and is very popular for trick or treating. So, it's impossibly expensive to get enough goodies to hand out, and every year fewer and fewer people turn their lights on, so more people drive around to other neighborhoods to find places for their kids to trick or treat, and the cycle continues.
This year, I bought:
4 gross (576) vampire teeth
4 gross (576) spider rings
100 piece toy/candy assortment (but I sent in about 50 pcs to Dani's class)
100 Fortune Teller Miracle Fish.
My amazon.com order was $79.
And, my friend, Jessica, came over with some toys to hand out as well. This was the first year I ever had enough loot to last the two hours of trick or treating.
In any event, my kiddos were thrilled to get a bit of candy.
Dani manned the door all night--we can remove the glass from our storm door, so it is a keep-kids-in barrier, but is perfect to hand out items to trick or treaters. Dani wanted to talk to each kid that came to the door, telling them about the cuteness of their costumes, and mentioning that she sees them ont the school bus and being completely oblivious to the fact that from a trick or treater's perspective, we are only the handers out of candy--and in the brief moments it slowed down, she was shouting to the street, "We have treats for you!"
Tori had only a passing interest in handing out candy. She was far more interested in consuming lollipop after lollipop. But she was just darling in her dress. (I bought the girls' dresses at a consignment sale, for about $10 each...Tori's is so exquisite, I am seriously considering it as a Christmas dress.)
And, they had fairy wings, and wands and all that good stuff too.
And, in other news, elections are over, and I almost have my life back but first I have to catch up at work. And the chaos continues.
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