We had kind of a haphazard Halloween with comings and goings at different times. Ellie had an invitation to go with her friend on their trick or treat, so I had to drive her over there right at 5:30, which meant I had to quickly grab a photo of her before she left, in her Axolotl costume. Then by the time I got back, Paul, Ruben and Alyssa had already taken off on their walkabout, so I missed taking a pic with them all together. Lyssy wore her blow-up Dinosaur costume from last year, Paul of course wore his Jester hat (it’s tradition!), and Ruben went as a Mariachi band guy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I drove up after dropping Ellie off at her friend’s house, Jacob was outside at his treat distribution station beside the back of the truck, so I sat with him there for a while, greeting the little trixters as they came around. Laurent came shortly after I got there, and went to join Paul and the kids on the walk about – wearing her costume, which she wore to work as well for the office costume contest. She was the Morton Salt girl! I was able to get pictures after they all got back home again – poor Ruben, he was so hot, his mustache was sliding off his lip and he was trying to hold it in place for the photo!<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n
Jacob was able to get rid of almost that entire tamale pot of candy. To be fair, he is extremely generous and basically gives every kid a handful! After he came inside around 8pm, I took him on a food run and brought back some inexpensive Jack-In-The-Box burgers and chicken nuggets for the crew so they’d have something to eat besides candy before heading off to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The kids who stayed home watched some kind of kids monster movie – I don’t remember which one, but they told me it was cute and not one of the gory ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that was that. Another Halloween in the books! Next year I will try to be a trifle more organized, and maybe have some lights to string up around the truck so it will be a little more festive. <\/p>\n