Anyone else get thrown off by the later start to trick-or-treating this year? Normally, it's dark by 5 p.m. on Halloween, and the kids are immediately out. But this year, with Daylight Savings Time pushed back, it was still a tad light at 6. I know that's supposed to be a good thing -- and people always recommend that kids go trick-or-treating while it's stil light out -- but nonetheless, no one was out until at least after 6 in our neighborhood.
We finally hit the streets around 6:30, with BT decked out in his cowboy-riding-a-pony costume. At least one couple handing out candy told us Evan "won the prize" for cutest costume of the night. (Of course, when a tired Evan wanted to be carried home, it wasn't the easiest costume to hold him in.)
Blogger Toddler was less pleased with some of the elaborately decorated homes -- a bit too scary for a 2 1/2-year-old. Above, by far our Adams Hill neighborhood's best in show. This house -- coincidentally, owned by an old work colleague of Maria's -- outdoes itself every year for Halloween, and this year was the most elaborate yet. The iron fence and foam pedastals were brought in for the occasion; add some smoke, those cobwebs, flashing lights and more, and it was indeed a scary sight to see last night. (Blogger Toddler was none too pleased.)
After a round of trick-or-treating, Evan actually got a bigger kick out of handing out candy. We sat on the porch, which oddly seemed to intimidate a lot of people, who passed us right by. It did serve as a bit of a deterrant to the usual round of big kids looking to score candy -- they're apparently more embarrassed to come up to the house when we're sitting right there.
And how was your Halloween?
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