Trick or Treat
The weekend began with making for the spooky but that sort of went awry due to not only the rain but winds. Wind + rain = no luminaries and no candles and that just isn’t fun and did not play into my decorating ideas so the front porch was a bust.
I set out my tried and true carved foam pumpkins and plugged them in and made the best of it.
The kids were excited. Gracie was meeting up with some of her friends from school and Steve was taking Steven out. Getting everyone in costume was a bit rushed but fun and filled with giggles.
Steven wouldn’t call Steve “Robin” or “The Boy Wonder”. He had somehow decided that Steve was in fact dressed as Barnacle Boy from Sponge Boy. So, in the delighted mind of a three year old he went out trick or treating dressed as a super hero with Barnacle Boy at his side. Gotta love it!
Steven only walked about 40 minutes or just long enough to get about half of his bag filled with candy then he was ready to come home. Done. Completely finished. He and Steve then took over handing out candy.
Gracie was as gorgeous as ever in her pink poodle skirt. She skipped along excited to meet her friends. She was also delighted by all the older people who told her they once wore a skirt just like hers. She was also thrilled with her candy haul.
This is the only photo of me from Saturday night. Believe me the photo makes me look like I am thinner than I really am. There must have been a spooky spell on the camera. Yes, the low carb is working, but it isn’t working that fast! I wish I was already as thin as this photo suggests!
We ran out of candy at about 8:30. We cleaned up the porch quickly, closed the door and turned off the light.
And kids kept coming.
All we had was some junky candy Steve had forgotten to mix in with the good candy so they got a handful of suckers. After unlocking the door for the fourth time and trying to find something for kids knocking we shut down all the lights in the front of the house and didn’t go back to the door.
I know we suck. But what do you do when you run out of candy?
I think everyone had a great night.
Do you get very many kids trick or treating?
Did you dress up?
Tomorrow I’ll tell you what we did with our ‘extra’ hour and show you the cookies Gracie baked.
A camera like that should sell for a premium! Where can I get one?
It was my crackberry with Steve at the helm! LOL I think of it as a look into the future!
All of you look great and I loved reading about it. I can’t believe that Steven got tired so quickly – he must not have been eating any candy to fuel is energy! LOL
We went to a party and were not home for any trick-or-treaters, but the last time we were here for them, we only got about 8-10 kids. I don’t even buy candy anymore because we eat it all!
I thought the teensy Batman and great big Robin were funny, but Barnacle Boy?! OMG! HAHAHAHAAA! That is too funny!
Boy Child decided at the last minute to go trick or treating and the girl child had a friend over for a Halloween sleepover so I took THREE kids around the neighborhood while DH stayed home to pass out candy. I don’t know how many we got at the house but we always turn out lights out around 9 or 9:30 whether we have candy left or not.
I would say that more than half of the houses in our neighborhood didn’t even give out candy this year — what’s up with that?! Most of them didn’t have any lights but some of them did and just didn’t answer the door (this was at 7:30 so not too late). Bunch of Halloween grinches!
I would say we had about 70-80 kids. We didn’t get the “older” crowd this year – I’m told because there were lots of house parties for them since it was a Saturday night.
Well, maybe we DID get the “older” crowd since our doorbell was ringing at 10:00 p.m. No, I didn’t answer it.
Loved the photos and the Barnacle Boy story made me laugh out loud. How cute!
Your family looks great Angie and you DO look very thin from the one photo you posted of yourself! Camera’s don’t lie that much! I think it’s great that you dressed up like Gracie too! Very clever and perfect since daddy and Steven matched.
I didn’t dress up. I always want to but rarely do. I wanted to go as a chicken and would have if it would have worked out.
We don’t get kids for trick-or-treating out here in the country, so we go to the trunk-or-treat that our church hold every year. The kids all had a good time and my teens helped with the games and monster lab. We all came home exhausted!
It was miserably rainy and cold, but the kids were real troopers about it. They’ll do anything for a full bucket of candy!
By the way, where do I sign up for one of those magical cameras?
We got a ton of kids, and at about 7:00 I made my DH go out to get more candy. I was running low, lol. I dressed up in my Renaissance Fair wench costume and made sure my bosom was well covered so I didn’t shock anyone, hehe. I had carved 3 pumpkins with very elaborate designs, and just before trick or treat was over, a group of teenagers came by and smashed 2 of them in the street. I do not know what they’re teaching kids these days, but respect for the property of others isn’t it. My preteen son was so upset. It kinda took the fun out of the evening for us.
Your kids look adorable in their costumes!
Angie, I love the photos and your flowers that you brought in are beautiful.
Angie, I really think the camera showed the TRUTH. I think ..in your eyes…you are heavier than you actually are. your diet is working and you are looking awesome!
Loved the kids, dh in costumes.
I got a good chuckle out of “Barnacle Boy”! They look so darn cute! And Gracie is so pretty. I LOVE the poodle skirt. I had the exact same thought as Carrie – I’m betting you are much thinner than you see yourself. Either way, you are doing AWESOME on your diet!