Trick or Treating With A Bird…

So yesterday was Halloween and we took A Bird out to go trick or treating. Now Halloween is always kind of a big production since we had A Bird. It’s a big deal, because every year my Dad and Stepmom come down and walk around with us. Halloween is my Stepmother’s favorite holiday, she is a kook about it. If you walk into her office at work, the exact quote is “It looks like Halloween threw up in here!” There is literally no wall space that doesn’t have a decoration on it. So because we don’t  go out there for Easter or Thanksgiving, they get Halloween and they are cool with that. This year was even bigger, my Dad, Stepmom, and my sister came down to hang out, walk around trick or treating, and hand out candy.

But anyway, on with the night. This year A Bird wanted to be a witch, and when everyone asked her if she was a good witch or a bad witch, she always said she was a bad witch.

I don’t know about you, but she looks like a pretty darn cute, good witch to me. That is how she looked before we went outside, but because we live in glorious upstate New York, and it is tradition to wear your winter coat over your costume or freeze, this is what she looked like when we started.

OK, OK it wasn’t her winter coat, and there was no snow on the ground, but it was chilly. We made it around our town in just under an hour, and A Bird was incredibly satisfied with her candy haul. That pink pumpkin was filled to the brim. We headed home, flipped on our porch light and managed to empty our own bowl of candy into the waiting bags of good little trick or treaters.

When we got home, my Dad and I had a nice big slice of L Bird’s amazing apple pie, the ladies took turns handing out candy, and A Bird dumped out her candy in the floor in front of her and decided what she wanted that night. I guess, sometimes we are candy nazis because we only let her have a few pieces, then put the rest up to piece out at a later date. Finally, the candy was all handed out, my family said their goodbyes and A Bird went to bed high on sugar and memories of another great Halloween.  I hope you had a great Halloween too!!