Back in June when we just moved into our house, I was talking to a lady at church and she asked me where I lived. When I told her where we lived she said, "Oh your street is great for trick or treating." She said they didn't even trick or treat on their street, but came over to ours. Well, our street lived up to the hype.
Halloween was nuts. People went all out. Several houses had small spook alleys in their garages. There was one house that topped all the rest. There was a graveyard in the lawn, a organ and coffins in the driveway, a skeleton on the porch, ghosts lit by black lights in the windows, and the homeowner was a vampire.
And there were so many people. Crowds of people for about 2 or 3 hours. We walked up to the lady from church's house, who lives just off of our street, and it was dead. I saw 2 families trick or treating and not many people were giving out candy.
Nate had a great time with Halloween this year. He was a astronaut, but Nathan calls them space rangers like Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story. He loved that he got to wear his space backpack with the rest of his costume. He figured out what happens after the first couple of houses and then he was happy to go along and get candy. He was pretty motivated even though he doesn't even like candy.
Evy was a star to go with her astronaut brother. She took a late nap that day so she got to go with us trick or treating and was pretty happy about it.
Once we got home, Nate had to check out the goods. And then he wanted to help Grandma to give out the candy.
Unfortunately, Brad and my dad came down with the stomach flu so they missed the festivities. Both of them said they haven't been that sick in a very long time. Brad said it rivaled the swine flu of 2009. But luckily the sickness abated long enough for my parents to hop a plane ride home. We had a great time with them here! We just wish everyone would have stayed healthy. We can't wait for them to come back!
Halloween was nuts. People went all out. Several houses had small spook alleys in their garages. There was one house that topped all the rest. There was a graveyard in the lawn, a organ and coffins in the driveway, a skeleton on the porch, ghosts lit by black lights in the windows, and the homeowner was a vampire.
And there were so many people. Crowds of people for about 2 or 3 hours. We walked up to the lady from church's house, who lives just off of our street, and it was dead. I saw 2 families trick or treating and not many people were giving out candy.
Nate had a great time with Halloween this year. He was a astronaut, but Nathan calls them space rangers like Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story. He loved that he got to wear his space backpack with the rest of his costume. He figured out what happens after the first couple of houses and then he was happy to go along and get candy. He was pretty motivated even though he doesn't even like candy.
Evy was a star to go with her astronaut brother. She took a late nap that day so she got to go with us trick or treating and was pretty happy about it.
Once we got home, Nate had to check out the goods. And then he wanted to help Grandma to give out the candy.
Unfortunately, Brad and my dad came down with the stomach flu so they missed the festivities. Both of them said they haven't been that sick in a very long time. Brad said it rivaled the swine flu of 2009. But luckily the sickness abated long enough for my parents to hop a plane ride home. We had a great time with them here! We just wish everyone would have stayed healthy. We can't wait for them to come back!
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