If you stroll around the big-box hardware stores---Home Droots; Lowe's, etc---or other big-box department stores, the Halloween decorations can get crazy...big animatronic displays, priced in the hundreds of dollars. These things are awesome, but they seem very baroque.
Sometimes the most charming decorations are some of the lowest tech versions...like the ballon tied to the drainage gutter in the neighborhood where we take the kids to trick-or-treat:
There were hundred of kids out in this neighborhood last night, as it's a very popular place for the holiday. You can check this post from last year to get a sense for the Candy Zone 3 for Apartment Families. But, even in our neighborhood, across the street, we've had a presence keeping watch for a month now:
As for us...I finally had a costume I felt interested in wearing for the first time in years...Bob Ferguson, from One Battle After Another. Camille was an axolotl and Cass was a Roman gladiator.
Corrie wore one the softball team shirts from my mom and brought her whistle, and played "softball coach" while we followed around the kids. One person recognized my outfit, and that made it worth it.
Anyway, I've got game 7 on in the background, and it'll probably be over by the time you read this. World Series, Game 7. Somethings are pretty wild.
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