Thursday, November 02, 2006
What are you supposed to be?
Halloween in the frigid north of Alberta was an exhilarating experience. That could have been because it was something new or it could have been because keeping warm was a challenge.
Its great to see kids running about dressed as ghouls and witches but in this environment it is difficult to tell what the costume actually looks like. It is a certainty that the kids have a costume on when they say, "trick or Treat" but how can you tell what they are when they have a parka, snow pants, big snow boots and a hood or touque on? Abby was a princess under her outerwear and you could see a bit of her dress and cape under the Eskimo attire.
We didn't see too many kids and that may be why at the few houses, that had their lights on, that we went to, Abby cleaned up. I mean, from 12-15 houses over two large blocks, Abby had about 5 pounds of candy. The nice people of Edmonton really know how to hand out the candy. Of the few kids we did see out and about I think Abby knew about 90% of them. She thought this was great; running into friends, hugging hello, catching up a bit and comparing their respective sugar hauls.
by Chad
Its great to see kids running about dressed as ghouls and witches but in this environment it is difficult to tell what the costume actually looks like. It is a certainty that the kids have a costume on when they say, "trick or Treat" but how can you tell what they are when they have a parka, snow pants, big snow boots and a hood or touque on? Abby was a princess under her outerwear and you could see a bit of her dress and cape under the Eskimo attire.
We didn't see too many kids and that may be why at the few houses, that had their lights on, that we went to, Abby cleaned up. I mean, from 12-15 houses over two large blocks, Abby had about 5 pounds of candy. The nice people of Edmonton really know how to hand out the candy. Of the few kids we did see out and about I think Abby knew about 90% of them. She thought this was great; running into friends, hugging hello, catching up a bit and comparing their respective sugar hauls.
by Chad
