We have reached that point in life when Halloween no longer means leading the kids around the neighborhood for an hour in the evening. We now have competing Halloween parties (three this year) and gatherings of kids' friends demanding their participation. Kelly went off to prowl another neighborhood a couple of miles away with ten of her friends, while I followed Michael and fifteen of his friends (and many of their parents) around our neighborhood, while Cheryl handled the traffic at our house. Forming into roving hordes of trick-or-treaters seems to be the preferred method of candy acquisition around here. It is great fun, and wonderful to see both kids bonding so well with their peers. Even the parents marvel at it.
Kelly was, well, this:
She went to a school dance Friday night in this costume (a momentous event unto itself) to great acclaim. The parents, who presumably remember rainy day rec-rooms in the days before video games, were even more excited about her costume than the kids. The reputation of her costume preceded her; parents of friends she trick-or-treated with Saturday night had heard of it and were tickled to see it.
Michael was a Star Wars Clone Wars character:
This may be the last year for Star Wars characters, at least until Star Wars costumes make an intentionally ironic return in the teen years.
2 comments:
No surprise for Michael, but what an awesome costume for Kelly! Did you guys make that or did you buy it? Very fun!
Cheryl found the costume from some online source (both costumes, actually). Last night, the kids played pretend Twister: spinner that doesn't really spin, and no sheet with colored dots to put on the floor. Nevertheless, they turned themselves into pretzels and broke up laughing.
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