Halloween 2012

A very busy time of year for young girls.  On Saturday October 27th Margarit and I took the girls to the Halloween Spooktacular down at Fort Edmonton Park.  Weather conditions were less than ideal.  It was rather cold, and quite humid, with a brisk wind.  We struggled to keep warm as we wandered the grounds.  There were Halloween activities set up in various buildings around the site, and an opportunity for the kids to go "Trick-Or-Treating".  We checked out the restored Merry-Go-Round and then wandered around to the Haunted House, the Blood Bank, and to the lab of the Mad Scientist in the Pharmacy.  The girls had a lot of fun, but there were numerous stops to warm up...

Then on Monday October 29th we took the girls to a Halloween party at Kel-J-Do Stables, where they have been taking riding lessons all year.  Once again it was cold, humid and brisk.  We had a hot dog roast and some treats, and then there was a pumpkin carving contest.  Mostly the two younger girls were in and out of the vehicles warming up.  But Hailey was a pretty good sport and actually gave the pumpkin carving a go.  She ended up winning a ribbon for her efforts.

Finally on Wednesday the real Halloween came along.  I took all three girls out door to door with some neighbors for some Trick-Or-Treating.  Earlier that evening the girls reminded me, as they always do every year... "Dad, this is the best day of the year".  Of course they tell me the same thing every Christmas too...!

The weather remained unchanged... cool, humid and with a brisk wind.  Helena only lasted for a few houses before I had to take her back home.  Hailey went out with a friend and came home with a pretty good haul.  I stayed out with Anna, while Margarit stayed home and handed out treats.  After our neighbors called it a night, Anna and I pushed on down one more street, and hit another dozen houses or so.  She did really well on this last stretch, as we were one of the last groups out.  When neighbors saw what a cute little witch she was, they basically dumped the last of their treats into her bag.  I think she collected more in those last few houses than she did in the previous hour.  Eventually we headed home to warm up, and sort the spoils.  When the evening finally wound down, we had about 45 little ghosts and goblins stop by our door to collect their treats.