This year I got a little pack of doll sized trick or treating pails at the supermarket. I was going to make some costumes for some of my dolls and do a halloween picture but time got away from me.
We did a pumpkin again. I had planned on trying to make a Jack Skellington one but at the last second the Giant Husband volunteered to do it and then didn't listen to anything anyone said about it. It only got done last Sunday and it's already . . . disgusting! We need to throw it out but nobody wants to touch it.
We did trick or treating, and had trick or treaters for the first time! It was fun but also over 30 degrees. The Giant Baby only wore part of his costume because he was too warm. He had a dress shirt and a pair of dress pants to wear under the bits he's wearing, but he insisted on wearing shorts and a t-shirt. He also said it was too hot for me to paint his face white. He was the rosiest vampire I've ever seen.
As we were hiking twelve million miles looking for lollies, I couldn't help but think, "Surely we could just put on costumes, walk to the shops, and buy our favourite candies?! That'd make more sense!" But no, it doesn't work like that, and now I'm sunburnt. I also discovered that I do not approve of people not giving out candy but still sending their kids out. That's not fair.
I'm going to leave this here because the kids are being so noisy, I can't remember what I was going to say.
Giant Baby looks so cute as a little vampire Rachael. I hope he enjoyed himself, even if his poor mumma did end up as a sunburnt lobster. :) Giant Husband did a pretty neat job of that pumpkin, pity that they don't last long.
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The Giant Baby was in his element. Wearing costumes and pretending to be things is totally his thing. And I'm an idiot for not wearing sunscreen, I know I'm highly flammable, just assumed I wouldn't burn at 6pm.
DeleteTrick-or-treating has changed some since I was a kid. The appointed time then ran well into dark hours, and it was fun and slightly spooky to dress up and run from house to house in the dark, especially when you were old enough to go without your parents. And nostalgia means we want to give our kids what we had. Plus, when you're a kid, of course the candy is free to you, so it's better than going to a store.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that the Giant Baby had more fun than he looks like he's having in his picture. :) We had quite opposite weather here; the temperature was down to about 7C, and it was raining hard on and off. Of course, the colder weather is probably why our pumpkins survive longer. :)
Yeah, I think for kids it's more about the experience than anything else. Of course, these days, at least in my neighbourhood, all of the kids under about thirteen were escorted by parents.
DeleteGiant Baby may look sad in the picture but he was trying to look scary!
One of my friend's dads comes from Canada and he said the pumpkins last ages there.