Trick-or-Treat!

We made it through another Halloween. The decorations have come down, lights put away, and new fun things have been purchased in preparation for next Halloween. For example, I was able to purchase a cool bubble/fog machine for next year's Halloween party. The best part is that it was 50% off. I couldn't find one yesterday when I browsed for Halloween bargains, but tonight I found one. Hooray!

Trick-or-treating was a little disappointing this year, with far fewer houses giving out candy. I think it was reflective of our economy. Perhaps people are just not able to afford bags of candy. But we still made our rounds and the kids acquired LOTS of candy, even with fewer houses that were participating.

Miss Julienne was a beautiful, dark, Halloween fairy. She wore long purple eyelashes, and I drew spiderwebs under her eyes. Her skirt lit up with fiber optic wire and she sported large fairy wings.

My handsome Tre was an evil wizard. TJ helped Tre with his face paint, and Tre has somehow mastered this wizard/sorceror's pose. It is hilarious to see him pose this way, and try to look "evil". The fact of the matter is his nature is so sweet, generous, caring and kind that he could never look evil, even with his pose.

And last, but not least, was my husband's costume. He, too, dressed up for Trick-or-Treating this year, in his pimp costume. The first time that TJ was a pimp was in college. It was a great costume then, and he wore it for two years in college, and at least one year afterward. He loved the pimp costume. So this year, as we thought about costume possibilities, he expressed that he would like to be a pimp again. I met this suggestion with a lot of negativity, telling him that it was not original, he had already been a pimp, and so on. I may have gone too far and hurt his feelings. That was not my intent, but nonetheless, I succeeded in doing it.

TJ ignored my negativity, went by himself and purchased all of the parts of his costume. I must say that a pimp really is the perfect costume for my husband. He just has the look! It was very funny, and people enjoyed the costume. And the great thing about a costumed TJ, is that he will play the part. He is not bashful about anything, and it makes the costume even funnier. I love my pimp!