We've had quite an eventful night! We started out with a jack o' lantern pizza for dinner. Then we headed out into the night for our trick or treating extravaganza. At about the 10th house Charlie was sprayed by a fog machine at one of the many "spooky" houses.
Next we headed over to the haunted garage on the corner. Men dressed in jumpsuits and masks led the kids through a garage filled with strobe lights, sheets, smoke and scary noises. As Elliot exited he said, "That wasn't very long." To which the man of the house replied, "Tough crowd." Sorry, my kids don't scare easy.
After the haunted garage came a house where the kid handing out candy was covered in blood and was moaning, "Take just one." When his father saw my kids were not sufficiently scared he lumbered over to them and said, "Not scared, eh?" He then proceeded to fire up his chain saw about 10 inches from Elliot's face. Elliot decided the best response would be to growl at the guy. When we were a safe distance away he shouted, "That wasn't even scary!" Yeah, right.
We ended the night at the Jensens, who send children running and crying from their property every year. There was a group of 10 year old boys standing in street debating if it was worth the torture for one piece of candy. The Spencers decided it was. As we approached the front porch, I could see someone hiding behind a sheet and knew this was going to end badly. When Elliot reached for the candy a skeleton, Mr. Jensen, grabbed his candy sack and wouldn't let go. Elliot tried to kick him and then ran away. When it was Charlie's turn the skeleton just stroked his hand. Charlie looked at me and said, "Who's that?"
Happy Halloween!
5 comments:
Looks like Spidey needs to do some situps.
P.S. That is a fierce looking Wonder Woman.
Those costumes are AWESOME! Dan approves. And they look warm - that's always a bonus.
Wasn't Lucy scared? I had kids tell me that they needed more than two peices of candy all night, I was bugged so when kids were extra nice and polite Nick emptied the candy bag and turned the light off. Happy grouchy Halloween.
Sounds like fun, Sara! When can we go to the Dodo for lunch? I'm traveling a lot through Thanksgiving, but what about the last week in November? Amanda is totally in.
Post a Comment