Noah really got into the 'scary' part of Halloween this year. He was much more curious about the mummy's, skeletons, and ghosts than last year where he didn't sleep alone for a week following. The Green's came over and went trick-or-treating with us again this year. Noah wanted to be "black Spiderman" and Hayden wanted to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Since each was the other last year, we saved about $25 and switched costumes. The downside is the pictures are going to be difficult to figure out which year they are from because they look the same. Luckily, Campbell is in most of these so we can figure it out that way.
Campbell went with us on our street and we showed her off to our friends. She was so cute but she really wouldn't wear the hood of her costume for long. Ron and I took the boys over to Thornbury while Jenna and Valerie handed out candy. Annie and Pops came over too.
The best story of the night was a house with a teenage boy laying in the yard wearing a creepy clown mask. As the boys came up to the door, the kid started slowly commando crawling towards them. It was a little creepy but clown masks are always creepy to me. Hayden and Noah steered clear but after getting their candy Noah walked up to the boy and asked "Are you a good clown or a bad clown?" The kid didn't answer but the way Noah approached him had me concerned. I shouted to Noah, "He's a good clown, DON'T KICK HIM!" I don't know how I knew what he was planning but my mind could see it play out. Noah retreated to us at the road while the kid's mom laughed from the front porch. It got better because we went to the next house and the kid started crawling towards the next group of trick-or-treaters at his house. He was laying perfectly away from me so my considerable ninja skills took over and I snuck up on him. I pounced on him and yelled-the blood curdling scream from him sounded like a 1st grade girl with her hair caught in something. I thought his mom was going to have a stroke she was laughing so hard. Of course, she saw me coming and I could tell from her reaction she was okay with me giving her son a good scare.
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