Halloween

Halloween was a fun, busy day.

Hailey's 8^th birthday party was at Lewisville Park early in the afternoon. With Alex in his Zombie Knight costume and me in my all-blue makeup, we trekked to Lewisville Park in the rain. The party was a really good one, and everybody had fun. The only problem was the rain. Because we were in the large Central Shelter with two fires going, the adults were not bothered by the weather too much. The kids, though, could not go play as much as they would have liked.

After the party we went home and relaxed for a while before trick-or-treating; I put a towel behind my neck so my blue makeup didn't come off on the bed, then fell asleep for a short nap.

We met up with the Thuns (Aaron and Maddie, along with their parents Jason and Kendra) and went trick-or-treating with them. We hit a couple blocks in our neighborhood, then drove to a neighborhood by York Elementary that Jason said had very good trick-or-treating. We walked quite a way, and Alex got very tired. Maddie was leading the way, with Aaron following closely behind, but Alex was lagging. I believe we went about ½ mile before Alex was done.

We headed back to the cars and drove to another neighborhood by 164^th and Ward Road. We parked at a house that does their front porch up like a haunted house. Alex got scared walking up to the porch and refused to enter. Even after the people took off their masks and talked nicely, he refused. Aaron went through, and even Maddie, the Kindergartner, braved the porch. Not Alex. I picked him up to carry him through, and he grabbed the posts, screaming and yelling "NO!!!" I went through the porch, and it really was done up good. There were tarp walls dividing the porch into several areas. The whole thing was dark, with strobe lights and fog. There were several Halloween props and people in good costumes ready to deliver just the right amount of fear.

We went back to the car and went to Grandma Kennedy's house. Alex got a bunch of candy from Grandma Kennedy, and then went trick-or-treating around the cul-de-sac with Madeline (Bumblebee from Transformers) and Everett (a Ninja). We finished the night by going to Grandma Wiser's house where we trick-or-treated at Great-Grandma Thompson's house, then Grandma Wiser's house. We visited Grandma Wiser, and ended up getting home about 1 AM.