Nov 03 2013
Happy Halloween!
The evil elf
It was a happy Halloween this year. You may remember that last year it was raining and Erica tried everything to bribe Jessica to stay home. In case you were wondering, this is not a winning strategy. I don’t think there’s a kid alive who can resist the candy’n’costume combo.
This year, it was clear and beautiful:
I did not need the warm scarf I wore or the winter jacket, which I ended up taking off and lugging around. Where’s a lady’s maid when you need her? Oh, that’s right – they’re all at Downton Abbey.
We met up with Erica and Jessica in the Village, where Erica handed over Jessica’s overnight bag, somewhat surprising (though delighting) us. Erica was off to compete in a contest with her incredible handmade costume in a neighboring county and would be staying overnight there. Her parting words of wisdom were that Jessica should start trick or treating right away, while the candy donors were still fresh. So we did:
Once again, I was amused by the “Open up, police!” quality of Jessica’s knock. One guy said, “You have a heavy knock!” and she said “Thank you!” She thanked everyone and wished them all a happy Halloween without any prompting from her auntourage, which made us proud(er).
Many of the houses in the Village were creatively decorated, especially one with dry ice floating out in the evening air and a ghost that moved around:
I loved the skeleton dragon perched on the roof of this house:
Megan and I agreed that if we lived in the Village, we’d decorate our houses like crazy and have fun with it.
On our way back to the car, we stopped off to admire the amazing fire dancers and then picked up some things for dinner. We visited Dr. Karen’s haunted house on the way out, and Jessica added to her giant haul of candy. Back at Megan’s house, we had dinner and watched a movie while Jessica sorted throug her bag of treats. It was a happy Halloween.
One Response to “Happy Halloween!”
Wow, I enjoyed reading your blog and the photos are just great, I also like the dragon photo but my favorite is Jessica’s, she looks great, her face expression fits the Holiday mode.