I think the kids would agree
Forty five of the little nippers showed up tonight. Easily the best turnout we’ve had here. Especially after last year’s dismal showing, which Fred remembers as being twenty six or so kids. It was horribly cold and windy last year. Just miserable. (The glass of poison in last year’s display actually froze solid.) Today it was clear, calm and warm. Perfect weather for wearing actual costumes, as opposed to snowsuits.
The front window display was a big success. One kid: “It’s a giant green eyeball!”
Fred managed to make a couple of them shriek. And lots of them were “whoa!” at the amount of candy we handed out. I also spent some time lurking by the big spruce tree, observing the goings on, and I heard a group coming. The kids were saying, “I want to go to the scary house.” That’s us. We have a reputation. A WELL-DESERVED reputation, I might add. We do this holiday right.
And our two favorite kids visited us again. They always have big elaborate costumes made out of cardboard, always completely unique and original. This year: a construction crane (complete with aircraft warning lights) and a traffic signal. That’s a bucket of awesome right there. When’s the last time you saw a kid dressed as a traffic signal or a crane? Forty points for unique, kids.
And as usual, the little ones were just adorable. Little fairy princesses, and tiny ghosts. And one little boy who was a fireman. His mom was behind him, coaching him through the process, and he handled it pretty well. Absolutely the cutest thing ever, in his little yellow slicker and rubber boots, holding a plastic jack-o-lantern pail.
Compare and contrast with the two older boys who were dressed as The Predator and a gorilla. You never go wrong with a gorilla costume, and a Predator mask is nothing but win. I love seeing kids using a pillowcase, too. Dream big, boys.
The kids all hit pay dirt when they ring our doorbell. We give out big handfuls, with an emphasis on good candy. So we have lots of happy giggly children leaving our house.
I love this holiday.
So, are there pictures? I posted pictures of our halloween prep…
Our only decoration was Jacob, the black halloween cat. Kevin had to sit out on the front sidewalk (because we still have no front steps). So Jacob was out there too, and every time someone showed up, he’d come to investigate. The kids thought it was way cool to have a halloween cat.
Too lazy to post pictures. Besides, all the emphasis was on the front window show this year. Other than a single rotating skeleton, some jack-o-lanterns and a row of luminaria, we had nothing.
Oh, and a green porch light. And scary music playing on the back deck. Gives the neighborhood atmosphere.
Jacob is a great halloween cat.
I don’t do too much decorating, but I do hand out big handfuls of candy. My specialty also is that I spray them with Silly String. For the little ones, I always ask, and they almost always say yes. Then I tell them to run and squirt the daylights out of them. Last year I heard a couple of 8 year-old boys say as they were leaving my driveway, “That was the COOLEST lady!”
Works for me!
That is AWESOME.
Very cool window. I’ll show Kelsey later, she will love it!