All things considered, this year’s Halloween was a lot of fun.
It started out Saturday night with the Haunted Woods. It was supposed to be a haunted hayride sort of thing. It turned out to be half-hayride and half-hike, but that’s OK. Both kids got there and were pretty arrogant about the lack of “scariness” and how they weren’t really scared. By the time it was all done, both kids were pretty quiet. No tears or screams, but I think it was a little more than their bravado allowed for. The fact that the lass didn’t utter a peep for the better part of an hour spoke volumes.
Last night we got together with friends for trick-or-treating. By the time it was all said and done, we had about 20 kids getting towed around town on a tractor-pulled haywagon. They’d get carted to a spot and then they’d dash from one door to the next scoring candy. It started while it was still light out and ended in the dark. It got cold too, but I don’t think anyone really cared all that much. Except for the lass, who wrestled with her Rapunzel dress trying to keep up with the other kids. By the end, she’d had enough of getting up and down from the wagon. The boy was at the front of the pack with his buddies most of the night.
When we finally got home, they slept like babies. So did the Wife and I.