HALLOWEEN

I know it's a little late. I CANNOT believe it is 1/3 of the way through November. Um, what? Anyways, Halloween this year was just a blur. It was really weird.

I didn't have any plans for halloween this year. I was going to go to our ward trunk or treat but they canceled it because of Frankenstorm, the storm of the century, or whatever you want to call it. And... I had to work the night shift, from 7 pm on the 31st to 7 am on the 1st. So I couldn't go to any of the Halloween activities at my siblings school because I was sleeping. I did go out trick or treating with my little brother about 530 that night, but there was NO ONE OUT! So my brother and I have claimed the status of first trick or treaters in 2012. It was just so odd. But as we made our way up the street, in the daylight, trick or treaters started following our lead and coming out of their houses after we had gone to them. By 630 the whole neighborhood was out in full force.

I didn't dress up this year, but I haven't for quite a few years now, so that was no surprise. But my brother and sister had about 29 different Halloween costumes this year. For actual Halloween night my brother was a death eater from Harry Potter and my sister was Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter's wife. (without the red hair). Everyone thought my brother's costume was pretty freaky and no one could quite tell who my sister was. Everyone thought she was Harry Potter and she wasn't very pleased with that. Both of their costumes were complete with unsharpened pencils acting as their wands.

My 5 year old brother was absolutely hilarious this year with Halloween. We went to about 15 houses up and down our street and then we stopped by our house to warm up. And I asked my brother, tys, if he wanted to go to more houses. He said no. I was shocked. I know that when I was his age, I went to every house possible and got all the candy I could. So tys hung out around our house and answered the door and handed out candy for about 5 minutes. And then he got tired of that and put the bowl on the porch. And then he decided to sit on the porch with the bowl. And then we turned the light off and saved the candy for the rescheduled trunk or treat for Nov 2.

This year, Halloween was weird.