Happy Halloween, Kids!
Today was a horrible, horrible day at work. My students were bouncing off the walls in anticipation of this evening being
Halloween, and they were all sharpening their swords for
Trick or Treating later on after school. Made my job a
total blast today. Love working on holidays.
We had learned out lesson the hard way last year, when we had gone out with the Woloweic clan and hit up the surrounding cul de sacs in Blue Ridge II (our neighborhood).
Remember? Anyway, we skipped Blue Ridge II all together and cut across Isle of Wright St. to hit up the neighborhood cul de sacs where, last year, there was scores of candy to be had.
Good play on our part, that was. Every other house, about, had a solid set up, or, at the very least, someone passing out candy. This is good for exhausted parents who have already put in a full day of work and have to move at a toddler pace through the crowds. We only had to move up and down one street this year in order to score a bucket load of candy for each kid (most of which will be donated to my 'well-behaved' students tomorrow - I don't want all that sugary crap lying around my house tempting me and rotting my kids' teeth).
Anyway, here's a bunch of pictures from the
Hough's Trick or Treating Adventure through
Southchase - no video, unfortunately, as I used my Sony video-camera instead of the one on my phone (
my phone lacks night vision, which is an essential feature when Trick or Treating).
Enjoy:
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| Setting off to Trick or Treat |
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| Abby attempted walking for awhile, but that didn't last too long... |
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| The Cannonball is a HUGE fan of taking candy from strangers. This may or may not pose a serious threat in the future. |
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| Yes, I went in my work clothes. I figured seeing a teacher out and about trick or treating might scare some kids. |
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| Awaiting plunder. |
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| Attempting to walk (again). After 45 minutes or so of this, both kids were pretty much spent. It got to the point where Kris and I were each carrying a kid and their candy. That sucks for everybody involved. |
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| Leaving a spook house... |
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| Trick or Treating... |
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| Funned out. |
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| This house had some random guy dressed up in a ghoul costume that had been terrifying kids all night. He'd jump out and scare trick or treaters, who then tore ass across the neighborhood shrieking in fear. Apparently, according to the guy passing out candy, the only kid brave enough to stand up to his onslaught all night was Abby. Once that chick has a taste for candy, she's like a blood-crazed shark. |
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| SUGAR!!!! |
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| Once again - classic, vintage Halloween specials from the 1980s following the Trick or Treat venture. |
So... now that Halloween's over and done with, we can pack up the majority of the Fall/Halloween decorations and have a few days before popular culture pressures us into breaking out the Christmas decorations. Christmas usually starts the day after Halloween nowadays - in some stores down here in Orlando, they had Christmas decor on sale in August.
But seriously - who likes Thanksgiving anyway, right? Puritans, Native Americans, and fat people -
that's who.
(
Well, probably not Native Americans anymore...)
- Brian
We had learned out lesson the hard way last year, when we had gone out with the Woloweic clan and hit up the surrounding cul de sacs in Blue Ridge II (our neighborhood). Remember? Anyway, we skipped Blue Ridge II all together and cut across Isle of Wright St. to hit up the neighborhood cul de sacs where, last year, there was scores of candy to be had.
Good play on our part, that was. Every other house, about, had a solid set up, or, at the very least, someone passing out candy. This is good for exhausted parents who have already put in a full day of work and have to move at a toddler pace through the crowds. We only had to move up and down one street this year in order to score a bucket load of candy for each kid (most of which will be donated to my 'well-behaved' students tomorrow - I don't want all that sugary crap lying around my house tempting me and rotting my kids' teeth).
But seriously - who likes Thanksgiving anyway, right? Puritans, Native Americans, and fat people - that's who. 
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