We decorated pumpkins. Isaac carved one, but it rotted two days later. I mean REALLY rotted. We hung stretched out batting around our front door complete with plastic spiders and adjusted it each day as the wind messed it up. We made other Halloween decorations. We bought candy to hand out and looked forward to trick or treating. We were joined by a couple other families excited to go around an ex-pat neighborhood. But we really struck out in our neighborhood. One house with all their lights on was answered by a British guy who obviously knew all about Halloween, but wasn't prepared. We saw him go into his kitchen (the windows were all open) and scrounge around until he found 3 Twix bars and put them into 3 of the 6 kids' bags apologizing for not having more. The parents (us) felt bad and made sure we didn't stop at any houses that weren't properly decorated after that. We gave up after another 10 minutes in our neighborhood and drove a mile down to a different one. Much more luck there. Matt brought along most of our candy, leaving a couple handfuls with Isaac in case anyone came to the door (two groups did). Every time we passed other groups of trick or treaters, Matt would pass out as much as possible on the street. The kids got to knock on about 20 doors and enjoyed it very much. They came home and dumped out their supply to sort. Now that it's been a couple weeks, they have completely lost interest in it. Makenna even suggested taking it to church and donating it to the bishop to hand out to kids. I rather like the idea.
The pioneer and the pirate
This house was obviously ready for trick or treaters.
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