Halloween 2017

For a while Nora wanted to be Bode, the Rock Dog. Yeah, I know, you probably haven’t heard of Rock Dog. It’s cute.

I was a bit unsure, but was close to ordering a green beanie when she decided to swing over to Rapunzel. Cool, man. Just order two pieces off Amazon - done. Also two kids of the same gender means Hannah is recycled the Minnie Mouse costume! Woot!

Back in mid-October we’d actually gone to Sharon Woods (Haunted) Heritage Village with Nana & Papa and another family. It started fun and harmless. 

So excited to wear lipstick!

Then we came to the first house. Ghost Porch Lady didn’t communicate that we could choose our level of “scare.” And the creepy doll women in the house didn’t seem to think that if you have five year olds with you, you ought to take it down a notch. Heaven help us. 

Come ON woman! Do your JOB!

As soon as we stepped foot in - myself, Nana, Nora and friend - there was a loud slam and scream. The awful doll women creepily sang nursery rhymes, fell down, were dragged around, and were just generally scary, even for a grown woman like myself. 

Creepy doll-like women around the small house.

I shuffled us through as quickly as I could... at the end of the short hallway (which felt like an eternity) was a 7-foot white woman. I think it was a mannequin but didn’t want to look too long for fear she would spook me. It was something like this, only I think her face was veiled - I can’t remember, I was hurrying so fast!

As we exited, I looked behind me at Nana ushering poor Nora, who had a stone face like none I’ve ever seen on her. Poor thing was traumatized. Ruined the rest of the night for her - too afraid to do anything else other than paint her face. Her friend was chipper and had a delightful time - seemingly unfazed by the experience! Haha!

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Halloween night was just okay. The tone was set by horrific traffic throughout the city. It took me 1.5 hours to get home (typically 35-ish). I arrived home with Hannah at 6pm, just as trick-or-treating started. It was a brisk 50˚ and I didn’t want to wrestle Hannah back into her Minnie costume, so I threw some cat ears on her. Nora didn’t want to put her Rapunzel hair on, so my kids didn’t really look “done up” and with all the scuttle, we didn’t get a photo. 

I was going to bring Hannah back since it was so cold, then Nora decided she was done, too. It was 6:30. I’m holding onto the fact my girls still think 4-5 houses is what trick-or-treat is all about!

Thankfully a friend whose son is also at preschool (and our sitter) captured some shots of Hannah!

It didn’t help that I was out all last week so just didn’t feel I had enough preparation to put effort into Halloween - maybe next year!