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Halloween started early this year. I am in charge of the little kids club at church, and we did a Halloween party the Saturday before Halloween. We decorated cookies, some of which got eaten, some were for a homeless shelter dinner. Since our church is across from a retirement community, we took the kids trick-or-treating there. Yes, we gave the folks notice before that we would be coming. They were so happy to see us, one gentleman started walking after us, trying to give the kids more candy. I don’t think they get many trick-or-treaters there. Since we only had 6 kids, there was TONS of candy.
The kids woke up early Monday morning ready to get into their costumes and GO! Abigail was….wait for it… Tinkerbell! Gregory wanted to be a skull, but, since we couldn’t find a skull he went as a transformer. I don’t even think he knows what a transformer is, but he liked the costume. We got to pre K and ended up waiting for the parade. We waited SO long that I had to leave, I couldn’t do the party either. I missed the whole thing… Don had to go to the ER for a MRI. His leg was bothering him and they wanted to rule out clotting. It is ruled out, but we spent all morning there, and even then, I ended up leaving him there to go get the kids. The kids were riding on a huge sugar high! They didn’t nap, who could blame them?
Patty and mom came over (as traditionally they do). Patty and I took the kids around the neighborhood, hitting some necessary houses… the bunny lady and the old car dude. That is he’s a dude with an old car… We had lots of fun, but, by the end, Gregory was too tired to carry his candy, so I did. Didn’t take too many pieces. Got home to dinner and more trick or treaters. Funny thing: the trick or treaters ended around 8 or so. We thought we would get older kids later, but no one showed up. A fun few days all around.

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