Last year we visited about 4 or 5 houses of families we know in our street. This year, another mum and I did a letterbox drop in our street and two adjoining squares to invite people to participate if they wanted to, and to put out an orange balloon so we'd know where to go. And the result was amazing! Not only did about a quarter of the street's homes participate, but we were also visited by hoardes of trick or treaters at our place too.
Needless to say, with a Canadian in the house, we decorated like crazy - ghost decals in the windows, fake spiderwebs around the front door, hanging ghosts from the porch ceiling, and a very scary doorbell with a spooky voice and a resident spider.
But by far the the best decorations of all were the three pumpkins Tim carved. I must admit I had my doubts as to his carving abilities. Especially when he started googling 'pumpkin carvings' and freehand drawing what seemed to me to be absolutely impossible faces. But he totally delivered the goods.
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| Our porch (note Hello Kitty pumpkin - no prizes for guessing who chose that one!) |
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| Ready to hit the street |
The kids had a blast, seeing heaps of our friends and neighbours while shoving chocolates into their faces as fast as they could open them. Beau was so distracted by opening up and eating each next treat that he walked like a zombie most of the evening and was completely unable to speak due to the sheer quantity of food in his mouth. Mummy invented a chocolate tax which meant that I got a bite of most of what passed their lips too. Only the quality treats though. I do have standards, after all.
