Trick-or-Treat 2024

Trick-or-Treat for us was last Sunday. It goes from 4:00 to 7:00 so I was happy to have a nice, warm evening to be out there. You might remember that I had to wear snow pants under my costume a few years back! This year, I had some glittery gold extensions to wear in my hair. See them glittering in the sun? 

The skeleton rat was out again and as usual he got a lot of attention. A few kids patted him on the head, one waved as they left and said "Bye puppy" to it, and one kid asked "What's with the dead mice? Oh, is it a decoration?" ??? 

The kids were funny as usual and also very polite. I'd say more or less 65 of them came by. That's a decent amount, although I think around 100 came by last year. 

Some kids who stood out from this year:

🍬The little guy whose grandma had made a stroller or wagon into a garbage truck, complete with garbage hanging off the back on strings. All the kids with her were dressed in those neon yellow/green vests, as was grandma. They come up and she points at my shoes and says to him "Oooh, look at her shoes!" I put my foot out and kind of model it around to show him. Then the kid does the same with his sneaker to me until we were toe to toe. It was so cute.

🍬The three teenage girls who were dressed in togas with gold headdresses. (It was a nice night but not that nice!) They lined up and said "Hi!" and I said "Greek Goddesses?" They all said "Yeah!" in unison.

🍬The tall (I assume older teen?) guy who came up in a sheet with eyeholes cut out and his prescription glasses over the top of them. And also a red clown wig over his head. I said "Um? Ghost Clown" And I heard some laughter and "Yeah". Although, I'm not sure that wasn't just one of those grab things around the house costumes!

🍬The girl who was 13 tops, who saunters up in this skin-tight black pleather outfit that looks like it was painted on her and wearing cat ears. She just stands there alone with this dead serious face and says "Catwoman". I think my jaw literally dropped, as I said "Uh, yeah. I assumed." Then she says "Don't be afraid of my whip" and pulls this real (not costume) whip out from behind her back and snaps it on the ground in front of me. This kid knew how to use it. And whatever room my jaw had left to drop, dropped. This kid never so much as cracked a smile. I gave her some candy and she wandered off cracking that whip at other kids who were running away. I thought 1) What just happened? 2) I really hope she doesn't knock on the wrong door. 

🍬The adorable little girl who walked up with her friends as the Ghostbusters song was playing on my CD player. As she walked away with her candy, the "Who you gonna call?" part played. She turned around and pointed yelling "Ghostbusters!"

🍬The girl who walked up as Ghostface from Scream with a rubber human heart in her hand. She didn't say anything. (People dressed in this costume never do) but she was kind of holding the heart out. So I reached out and she handed it to me. I squeezed it and all this fake blood went rushing up tubes and into her mask. It was so gross! 

🍬The very small boy who ran up dressed as maybe a train conductor with this giant pillowcase over his shoulder. He was all alone and really rushing. I said "Looks like you have a lot of candy there" and he says out of breath "Wooh. I have been running non-stop for five blocks and I went to every door!" So I congratulated him and he leaves. By the time he gets to the street he struggles and flings the pillowcase over his shoulder and yells back "And my back is aching!"

🍬And lastly, the little girl who I had never seen before. It's important to mention I've never seen her or her sibling or parents in this story, because they weren't from nearby. She gets her candy, is shy and sweet, turns and is halfway down the sidewalk before stopping. She stops in her tracks, turns her body, and points at a house. She says "That's a haunted house". Her mom was like "Uh, OK then." and kind of laughed it off. Thing is, I think she's right. That's a blog post in itself! Anyway, I have chills just thinking about that.

A fun new addition to this year's trick-or-treat display was this bubbling cauldron. A friend actually made this! (Thanks Sandy!) 💗

And check this out: It lights up! The purple lights really added something. And what's neat is that it is battery operated. So I didn't have to find a plug out there. That's an issue each year. Look at those skeletal hands clutching the cauldron!

A close-up view of the bubbles:

As you can see, by the end of the night the rat had a lot less company in the candy bowl. I hope you guys had an eventful trick-or-treat night with good weather, that is if it has happened already. I know some places do it on actual Halloween night. In that case, have fun tomorrow! 🍬