Saturday night my family and friends had a Halloween party at our house which was surprisingly fun. We sat around the fire pit talking with friends, handing out candy to little (and some big) children and giving cocoa to the parents to help keep them warm. We estimated that we had almost 200 people stop by our house, and the costumes had some recurring themes such as Star Wars, Iron Man, DC comic characters like Batman (and Batgirl in pink), Transformers, and general scary clowns and whatnot.
My brothers and their friends did a little bit of everything. Quinn is in a wheelchair so he was Maverick from TopGun with his chair being the F-14 jet plane. Unfortunately, he got stuck in the mud at a neighbor's sidewalk so my dad and others had to lift his 300+ pound chair back on the sidewalk so he could continue trick-or-treating. Drew worked all week on his Episode III Green Clone Trooper from Star Wars which he made out of duct tape, cardboard, and various other things, including the help of our grandma and mom. It turned out quite nicely, but didn't do well in the dark for Ghost in the Graveyard with friends. My mom, my dad, and I went lower key. My dad was an Iowa State fan with his normal ISU clothes on. I was Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H wearing a Hawaiian shirt and cowboy hat. My mom wore her Yoda pj shirt with a robe and got lots of "May the Force Be with You" comments.
The little toddlers that came to get candy were really cute waddling around with not a care in the world. I saw Winnie the Pooh, Iron Man, Mario, several Ninjas, and Little Red Riding Hood/Dorothy. I wonder who eats the candy because I doubt they eat it all since their parents probably don't want them hyped up on candy and up all night!
The older kids have high expectations for how much candy they are going to get since many times they came with pillowcases. I saw a cool middle school costume from three girls from our neighborhood who dressed up with umbrellas with clear streamers coming from it and matching clothes so that they looked like jelly fish (which they said they were) or they were in a rain storm. Lots of older kids had make up that looked like blood and injuries, and some had elaborate face paint that some of them got them at the mall with face painters.
What a nice night it ended up being for the end of October!
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