Liveblogging Halloween
2007-10-31 | Filed under Life, Pets |
6:16: It’s now legitimately dusk. We’re expecting kids any minute.
When I came home from work a half hour or so ago, I passed kids hanging out in the street, some on bikes, none in costume. This afternoon, Larry put all the candy in our Totoro bag. It’s very heavy, but it doesn’t take up as much space as I’d expected/hoped.
Yes, I have eaten some of the candy. Snickers, Nestle Crunch with caramel, Mounds, Hershey with almonds, Heath. I haven’t eaten too much, however; at least one of each, just to keep things pleasingly symmetrical. Kiko (very stealthily) grabbed a Hershey bar, but I took it away before she had a chance to do more than gnaw the corner of the wrapper.
I gave it to Larry to eat. Because we couldn’t give a dog-gnawed candy bar to a kid, now, could we?
6:28: Larry is filled hooves with cheddar cheese spread, and we’ve now shut the dogs up in our bedroom.
Last year, Kiko got out a couple times and added to the chaos in the yard. This year we are going to be more careful about keeping them inside, particularly Charlie since he’s not as good about boundaries, personal space, and understanding his own size.
6:36: Silly Larry, not liking Mounds.
6:42: Kiddies! Please come! Eat my candy!
6:54: Maybe there was a memo, and everybody’s off someplace else. If we had kids, maybe we’d've been on the distribution list. Larry speculates it might be a daylight savings thing. In either case, this is weird. We always get a lot of kids here.
6:56: Somebody screeched. That’s a good sign.
6:59: The dogs are barking, and there are voices outside.
7:05: The first batch, six or seven kids, including such traditional favorites as pirates and princesses. Unlike Larry, I am not a stickler for the social contract (e.g. one must say “trick or treat” before being given candy). The kids were adorable and polite, the thanks perhaps a bit belated initially but then offered in waves.
And ooh, Twix. I forgot about the Twix.
7:10: Here’s the next kid; this one’s Larry’s.
7:11: Another crop, including a scythe-wielding Death, a she-devil, a witch, Spider-Man, and Darth Vader.
7:14: A small boy in a Transformer-themed outfit enthusiastically shouting “Trick or treat” at Dad’s prompting.
7:18: Poor Charlie is making unhappy noises.
7:20: Another (older) boy and Dad. Charlie still sounds pathetic.
7:34: A little pirate lad, with Mom waiting at the top of the driveway.
7:37: Larry’s taking the candy outside, on account of Charlie’s newest pathetic noise (which Larry considers taun-taunesque).
7:40: When I let the dogs out, Charlie was right at the bedroom door, eager to escape captivity. Kiko was lounging on the bed, tail wagging. She’s now crunching something; he’s still agitated, circling the downstairs. I sort of want to join Larry outside—it is a laptop, and the wireless reaches—but it’s cold. Not cold cold, but cold for someone recently spoiled with what she still considers unseasonably warm temperatures as recently as a few days ago.
7:53: Larry took the candy outside with him. This is either a benefit or a drawback to his plan of sitting on the porch.
8:00: The sounds of numerous children running down our backdoor neighbor’s driveway. A chorus of barking dogs.
8:13: It’s been quiet for a while; that might be it. If there’s a second wave, I hope it happens soon; in twenty minutes or so we have to leave to meet friends for dinner.
8:15: Another boy and his mom, with glowing necklaces. Usually those are ubiquitous, but not this year.
8:38: Off to dinner now. Too much candy left over. Perhaps someone at work will eat it.
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Nobody here…as usual. Just made up little sacks with pirate cookies/candy/glow bracelets for the kids next door. So now we can eat the rest! Peanut butter cups rule!
Unsurprising. Save some of the pirate stuff for Larry; I’m sure he’d love it.
Hm. Now that I think about it, I probably should have done one of my costume thoughts, and made myself a pin like a clock without hands. Larry could’ve recycled his pirate costume. But while I would have been amused to dress up as Lord and Lady Finsbury, that set of costumes wouldn’t have the instant recognizability we were looking for; we wanted a cute picture we wouldn’t have to explain. (Still, I knew a week or two ago I wouldn’t get my act together to do a Dr. Watson, and a stealth cyborg costume’s better than nothing….) Maybe I should see if I can dredge up an old picture from the year we went as Jay and Silent Bob….
My kids went as Darth Vader, a witch, and a gorilla. Fun was had by all, but I went all Bad Dad and would only let each one eat two pieces of candy before bed.
One gripe: how lazy are your kids when you’re driving them door to door? All of mine, including the three year old, walked at least eight or ten blocks through the neighborhood and only complained a little at the end. By “a little” I mean “as if their feet would fall off their legs”.
haha great writeup! I am surprised there weren’t young ones coming much earlier though. Bring candy to work! But not the mounds.