today's schedule
6:15a - get up, wishing i was still sleeping.
8:15a - get to work in full costume.
12:15p - go to lunch in full costume. realize my hat sticks out of the sun roof quite nicely.
1:00p - buy candy for office & home.
4:30p - get home from work & become a little agitated that the lady bugs have chosen today to swarm the front of my house.
4:45p - first trick-or-treater, my niece alicia. adorable, of course.
5:00p - trick-or-treating officially starts.
5:20p - first of the neighborhood kids comes to the door. i'm pretty sure she's the one who said "but mom, there are beetles in the cobwebs!" she was right, of course. what did the lady bugs think would happen to them when they landed in the halloween decorations?
5:40p - i think i hear a group of kids leaving my porch, saying i must not be home. i realize the note saying "knock! door bell broken" is less effective when the people at my door can't read. too bad for them.
5:55p - kid pokes at the bugs in the webs on his way off my porch, gets disgusted because the webbing sticks to him & his costume.
6:03p - i take a break to twirl around in my kitchen, enjoying the full skirt of my costume.
6:08p - a boy comes to the door by himself, far too old to be trick-or-treating, but with a better costume than most of the other kids.
6:21p - a young girl accepts her candy with her eyes closed. i'm not sure if she was scared of the webs and/or witch who answered the door ... or just being silly.
6:30p - start handing double candy out to the kids, as i'm now well aware that i'll have plenty left over. i don't really want left over candy.
6:37p - neighbor kids come by and the little girl is completely enthralled with getting to look inside my house. i really think she may have been more interested in that than in getting the candy.
6:50p - a mother & grandmother come by with two little girls ... possibly aged 6 months & 18 months. they were way too young to be trick-or-treating, but the group did look like they were having a fun time. and both girls had the most adorable curly hair.
8:30p - last trick-or-treaters of the night freak me out a little by coming so late, but peak my curiosity by being smart enough to knock loudly & yell "trick or treat!" (this is apparently not something kids do anymore? most barely whispered ... and then only at the prodding of their parents.) these trick-or-treaters, however, were bringing me pizza casserole, squash, cookies, pumpkin seeds, and more. my parents do love me. :)
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'becca has officially posted for the first day of NaBloPoMo!
8:15a - get to work in full costume.
12:15p - go to lunch in full costume. realize my hat sticks out of the sun roof quite nicely.
1:00p - buy candy for office & home.
4:30p - get home from work & become a little agitated that the lady bugs have chosen today to swarm the front of my house.
4:45p - first trick-or-treater, my niece alicia. adorable, of course.
5:00p - trick-or-treating officially starts.
5:20p - first of the neighborhood kids comes to the door. i'm pretty sure she's the one who said "but mom, there are beetles in the cobwebs!" she was right, of course. what did the lady bugs think would happen to them when they landed in the halloween decorations?
5:40p - i think i hear a group of kids leaving my porch, saying i must not be home. i realize the note saying "knock! door bell broken" is less effective when the people at my door can't read. too bad for them.
5:55p - kid pokes at the bugs in the webs on his way off my porch, gets disgusted because the webbing sticks to him & his costume.
6:03p - i take a break to twirl around in my kitchen, enjoying the full skirt of my costume.
6:08p - a boy comes to the door by himself, far too old to be trick-or-treating, but with a better costume than most of the other kids.
6:21p - a young girl accepts her candy with her eyes closed. i'm not sure if she was scared of the webs and/or witch who answered the door ... or just being silly.
6:30p - start handing double candy out to the kids, as i'm now well aware that i'll have plenty left over. i don't really want left over candy.
6:37p - neighbor kids come by and the little girl is completely enthralled with getting to look inside my house. i really think she may have been more interested in that than in getting the candy.
6:50p - a mother & grandmother come by with two little girls ... possibly aged 6 months & 18 months. they were way too young to be trick-or-treating, but the group did look like they were having a fun time. and both girls had the most adorable curly hair.
8:30p - last trick-or-treaters of the night freak me out a little by coming so late, but peak my curiosity by being smart enough to knock loudly & yell "trick or treat!" (this is apparently not something kids do anymore? most barely whispered ... and then only at the prodding of their parents.) these trick-or-treaters, however, were bringing me pizza casserole, squash, cookies, pumpkin seeds, and more. my parents do love me. :)
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'becca has officially posted for the first day of NaBloPoMo!
posted by 'becca at 12:05 AM
4 Comments:
Thanks for the play by play. I loved it. Except you didn't show us a picture of your costume!
ps. I think 6:03 is my favorite, I would have done the same thing!
we had zero trick or treaters.
we left at 7, but I didn't expect any in the condo. Liz bought candy anyway.
Alicia may have been your first trick or treater, but she was our neighborhoods ONLY trick or treater. How sad is that!
totally fun. and I'm jealous of your last trick-or-treaters!
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