Our fun Halloween

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Saturday morning and afternoon were pretty relaxing in my house. At 5pm there was a Halloween parade at the school. The children just go in their costumes and walk a short distance while being judged. There are three or four age categories and 3 winners in each category. Previous years they gave out $1 to each child that attended and wasn't a winner. They didn't do that this year. My kids enjoyed getting to see their friends dressed up and I got a few pictures of them. They usually take a photo of the winners and put them in the newspaper but they didn't do that this year either. It's really fun to see with some of the costumes parents come up with for their children. There was a girl in a box decorated as an American Girl Doll. A boy who is in a wheelchair who had a giant box around him decorated as a firetruck including a light that lit up and sounds. A boy in a stroller dressed as batman and the stroller was decorated as the batmobile. Since I was a child (maybe before then even) they have been doing these Halloween parades the same way. At the end they pass out cider and donuts. Another big change this year was that you had to wait in line and get a number and your name written down to register. My children were numbers 88 and 89 I believe. There were many more children after us. It usually is a very short occasion but it took nearly an hour for the entire thing to be complete this year. We had a little time to kill before trick or treating so we walked over to the parking lot where they were doing a trunk or treat. I was really happy to see how many people came out and participated in this. It was a lot of fun. My favorite trunk was a girl and her son dressed up as Mary Poppins and the chimney sweeper. It was so cute. I'm not sure who won for best decorations as I haven't heard. From 6-8 there was trick or treating in the town. There were a lot less houses lit in town compared to other years. I think maybe because so many were at trunk or treat or the haunted house possibly. We did a lot of walking up and down big hills in those two hours. It was pretty good weather though so it was a good time. We walked around with my daughters friend Riley, her mother and one of Riley's friends. The girls had a blast trick or treating together. After we got home the kids chowed down on their candy. The guy I am seeing and his son came over and spent the night.