Her friend Anna was going to be coming with us this year. Anna had no costume. Luckily we were able to pull together some great costumes for both Anna and Taylor, good versus evil. In other words, the devil and the angel. Both girls were so happy (FINALLY) with the outcome, that it made their Halloween.
We had a few parties to get too, tons of trick-or-treating to accomplish, so while I was getting my costume on the girls headed out to stock up on candy in our neighborhood. Let me tell you...they TOTALLY scored! 1/4 of their pillowcase treat bags was filled when they came back to get me after only 30 minutes. Those three were on a roll.
Our first stop was a friends "non" costume party. A little strange being one of the only witches in the room, (my costume changed from Little Bo Peep to witch...but it was too cold) I had the moles and black tooth, all witched up, in a room full of jeans and sweaters. We didn't stay long. The kids took the opportunity of mom grabbing herself a "treat" of wine as a sign that they could try to scour this neighborhood for more candy. Another half hour, the kids hit all the available houses on Gwen's street.
We made our way to a few other friends houses, and while the kiddos tried all of those houses, the adults found their treat in a cocktail. This type of Halloween activity makes everyone happy! One particular stop we caught up with Kaci's friend and spent sometime trick-or-treating the typical way. The last house we went to was all decorated, and spooky. Smoke all over the entry and a rather large witch sculpture perfectly placed on her front porch in a rocking chair. Anna and Kaci ran right up to the house, Taylor stayed back, in her typical cautious manor. Our friend walked up with the girls for moral support, (he knew what was coming) they made their way to the door and reached out to ring the bell...the "sculpture" reached out raised both hands in the air and screeched the loudest, scariest scream you have ever heard. I was laughing so hard at this point. Anna had run for her life, Taylor was half way down the block and Kaci was stunned. She was screaming as loud as the witch, but stuck in her own tracks. The poor girl was scared stiff...literally. I know it may be kinda mean, but as a parent watching your kids get the crap scared out of them seemed rather funny, and possibly it could have bee the cocktails, but it was all in fun...I promise. Kaci thought that was the best thing EVER, and loved her frightful experience. Not for even one second did she cry, get upset...nothing. It was great! I have to admit, the lady was so convincing she did startle me, since I was close enough to witness the whole thing.
By the time we made it to the finally party everyone was pretty tired. The girls entertained the adults in line for the bathroom and met all the crazy characters of the evening. It turned out to be quite a memorable experience. They even met the guy in costume known as PAP, or pimply ass patient. A grown man in a hospital gown....only hospital gown. The girls of course were completely scared for life, as they saw him on his way OUT of the party. There was a costume contest and both Taylor and Kaci were making sure the whole crew got paper and pencils to do their voting. The rules were to vote for the favorite character, and included in the thought process was, who stayed in character all night. There was Hank Hill (he won my vote) Roller Derby girl, Jelly Fish, "The Swine Flu" and so many more. Apparently after all of their winning behavior and buttering up the competition, Kaci and her "Mad Scientist, that went so made he went crazy" costume hit the top of the list. Well actually PAP won, but he had left, so the first available runner up, was Miss Kaci Jo. That made her whole year! She got high fives from a group of the guys, and all the cute girls told her they want kids just like her....the girls were in heaven.
It' was a great night for us all, Mom was happy, Kids were happy. This may be a Halloween that tops all others. And the best part...I was able to entertain Taylor enough to keep her wanting to be with us one more year! The girls are already making plans for next year and well see what happens. They still want to do costumes, but next year they want to hand OUT the candy and have a little house party of our own. Sounds good to me, I've been doing this trick-or-treating thing now for 12 years. We've never handed out candy, so the change of Halloween is good one. Cocktails and party at my house next year....mark your calendars!
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