Trunk or Treat 2013

Happy Reformation Day, and Happy Halloween!  For the past several year (seven?  eight?  - something like that) our church has had trunk-or-treat in our parking lot.  We get to enjoy watching the kids in their costumes, and the kids and their parent or parents have a safe place to go get candy.  We've been to this before and this year as always, a good time was had by all.

Highlights...

The weather cooperated, thankfully.  We've had rain here pretty much constantly for 2 1/2 days now, something like three or four inches total.  It all stopped around four p.m., and the sun came out for a while.  The bonus to that was the illumination of the leaves.  I think the fall colors are peaking now through this weekend, and while I wouldn't quite call it a spectacular fall, there are some really nice trees around the suburbs.

Costumes:

I think the cutest costume was an owl costume worn by a little boy, maybe 2 1/2 or almost 3 years old.  My words can't do it justice, you would have had to have seen him.  A couple of girls, maybe seven or eight, had a cowgirl and indian princess theme going.  I could tell a lot of effort went into the costumes; nicely done.

My favorite though was a girl maybe nine or ten, who was dressed as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.  The costume was first rate, and she was carrying a dog that looked a lot like Toto.  And I don't mean a stuffed animal, this was her well behaved pet, just looking around, apparently enjoying himself or herself.

And a lot of the kids wore superhero costumes, mostly store bought.  Batman was there of course, along with Iron Man, Superman, Spider-Man, and at least one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

One of the cars...

...was interesting.  With the trunk open and lined with big teeth, and with the dorsal fin on top of the roof, it had a "land shark" look to it.  Sitting in the trunk ready to hand out candy, was a young lady in sweats (going for a wetsuit look, I think), and she had goggles strapped across her forehead and also a snorkel.

We handed out four bags worth of candy, and only saved back a few candy bars for ourselves.