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11/01/2005 Archived Entry: "The treats have all been tricked"

Our Halloween-O-Rama weekend has come to a close. Quick rundown.

Saturday was a Halau meeting first thing in the morning then we went over to my in-laws and dressed both kids in their costumes. In case it wasn't obvious from the pics below, Tabitha was Pocahontas and Daisy was a Pea Pod which was Tabitha's first Halloween costume made by my mother. The in-laws fawned over the kids, gave them treats, gave us lunch and then we were out of there. Off to Michael's we went for a (supposedly) two hour kid event. They did a craft of making a trick-or-treat bag, then did a costume parade through the store, then had refreshments, then it was done. Does that sound like two hours to you? It only ended up being one hour, I don't know why they thought that would take twice as long. But regardless, it was a fun little event and we'll probably do it again next year if offered. After Michaels it was off to my mother's so she too could fawn over the kidlets.

Sunday morning we were up and out fairly early and went to our annual Boo at the Zoo. It sucked. There's no other way to put it. It was good four years ago, even better three years ago, went slightly downhill last year and was downright horrid this year. The sponsors were bad, the games were bad, and we were chased by bees for most of the day. I left the zoo in tears, that's how bad it was. There was one bright spot. Tabitha was in one of the Radio Disney contests and came in second which meant she got to choose between two things for her prize and she chose a stuffed Lucky dalmatian. To be honest, for her, that was better than if she was the main winner as that prize was a DVD and soundtrack to a movie that hasn't come out yet and doesn't seem like something we'd watch. So that was very good. That night we all watched Mickey's House of Villains.

Monday was a regular day, except the kids and I camped out in the living room to watch back-to-back bad Disney TV movies we had recorded. Then it was quickly off to bowling and the our usual trick-or-treat at the mall. That went well and didn't feel quite as packed as in past years so that was a nice treat for us as well. We got home around 6:30 and set Tabitha up in the entry way where she handed out candy for the next hour and a half. She almost loves that part more than getting candy herself. She even gave away some of her own candy so as to prolong the fun. I lined all our pumpkins up in the driveway as a sort of path to the front door. We got tons of comments on the Mr. Potato Head ones. As a side note, we didn't use regular potato head parts, those are new kits from Mr. Potato Head to be used in pumpkins and therefore the pieces are a bit larger. Anyway, as I said, people loved them and it was a pleasant evening all around.