Halloween is HUGE in Athens, Ohio.
Ohio University is ranked 2nd biggest party school because of Halloween. As I type this post, there are thousands of dressed-up college students partying downtown. All night long. We went to the store for ice cream and saw lots of people wearing raunchy costumes. I'll stop there.
Side note: There has a HUGE push for changing the legal drinking age to 18 to disable the 'binge drinking' trend. I'm told the university President is against this. I support him. Duh.
The itinerary of Halloween here:
1. Thursday BEFORE Halloween is trick-or-treat night from 5:30-6:30pm.
2. Saturday AFTER Halloween is the big party downtown. (People come from all over)
3. Halloween is like any other day unless it falls on number 1 or 2.
So Thursday we were excited to trick or treat. Grant had been saying "Trick or Treat" all week but I'm sure he had no idea what we were talking about. And then the kids came. There were so many trick or treaters, you couldn't even drive a car through. Grant just stood there watching the crowds, costumes, and masked children. I'm sure he questioned his reality. And our sanity. Grant was very polite to the neighbors and I over-indulged him with candy. Did I say him? I meant myself.
Henry just thought he was on a regular old walk in the stroller. Except in a beaver costume.
I set out a bowl of Halloween toothbrushes and wondered if anyone would take them. When we came home, the bowl was empty. Maybe they were a hit. Or maybe I'm on the toilet paper hit list.
Last night, on Halloween, we attended a pleasant potluck/trunk or treat with our branch, and then we had few of Spence's classmates over for our recently declared tradition of "Friday Night Rock Band". Lots of dancing. Lots of drumming. Lots of popcorn. Lots of fun.
Spencer thanked me for not making him dress up. The truth is: I was low on ideas. Lame.
Special thanks to Ethan for lending the Harley Davidson jacket. He thought he was pretty cool, dude.
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10 comments:
i was so excited to see an alert on my blog saying you had updated! i LOVE grants costume.. and henry looks JUST like spencer i think! i have never seen him in person.. but in that picture its crazy how much he looks like him! they are both so cute! ... but next year.. i'm expecting some seriously outrageous costumes from you and spencer!
I thought you were showing old picture of grant in the beaver costume, then I realized he had blue eyes! So cute.
Way cute! I LOVE Grant's costume. I started laughing out loud when I saw it. I was surprised to see that you didnt dress up though. Not that I can say much about that because I NEVER dress up. So I am WAY lame huh?! We missed having you around here for Halloween though. Looks like you had fun. Henry also looked so cute!
Definitely one cool dude. The little one is pretty cute too!
I just got elbowed because "Spencer" didn't have to dress up. I'm in big trouble! No more excuses next year! You are the most creative ever! I'm always good for loaning you the "scare (crow) monster"!
I love the biker dude costume, but nothing will ever measure up to the potato heads.
alright, I have a new video out. It has to do with Grant. just click on the link...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NYtLA8nV_g
Cute, cute, cute!!!
That's an awesome jacket. Ethan was excited to see it on Grant.
I don't like Halloween. I can't help it. But I do like parties, so Ohio Halloween looks like fun.
Great costumes! Isn't Halloween great? You have such a cute family. Glad to see you had a Happy Halloween.
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