Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Halloween - Part 2
Trick or treating was a blast. On getting home from work, Nora and I carved the larger two pumpkins we’d picked up at Deana Rose. Nora did a clever ghost carving while I, of course, bit off more than I could chew and created a three dimensional Herbie carving. We got them finished just as the first trick-or-treaters started to show up. (See below for a picture of the pumpkins).
Pierce and Anna actually managed to eat a half-decent dinner despite their excitement. Nora stayed home this year to hand out candy while I took Pierce and Anna out. Both of their costumes got high praise, with Pierce’s drawing a lot of admiration. Sadly, the costume was a little heavy for him and he asked me to carry it for him after the first 6 or so houses. What made it funny is he continued to run up to each new house and yell “I’m Herbie” even though I was pretty much standing on the curb holding his costume.
Pierce’s enthusiasm for trick or treating waned pretty quickly, so I took him back to the house after about a dozen houses, but Anna is a trick or treating machine. She absolutely loved it and basked in the attention her costume brought. After visiting a “haunted house” (the neighbors had decorated their garage with spooky lights) Anna kept asking if we could go to more scary houses.
Once Anna and I got back, Pierce and Anna opened the presents Nora and I had gotten for them for their birthdays. Nora found a couple of die-cast metal, 1/16th scale Herbie models on eBay and they were absolutely the favorites of the evening. Pierce was so happy it defies description. Both kids played with their cars as we watched another of their gifts on TV, the new Herbie – Fully Loaded DVD. The only downside was that the models are not very robust. Pieces were falling off the cars almost as soon as we had gotten them out of the boxes. We’ve lost bumpers, doors, windows, and a glovebox handle. Neither Pierce nor Anna much care, but Nora was pretty disappointed. We have a number of similar types of cars and they’ve proven to be far more robust than these new additions.
Finishing off this post are some recent pictures. Enjoy.
-Eric (Dad)
A few pictures from the annual Halloween Party (see previous post)
Pictures from the Birthday Party at Dye Your Duds
Pierce and Anna actually managed to eat a half-decent dinner despite their excitement. Nora stayed home this year to hand out candy while I took Pierce and Anna out. Both of their costumes got high praise, with Pierce’s drawing a lot of admiration. Sadly, the costume was a little heavy for him and he asked me to carry it for him after the first 6 or so houses. What made it funny is he continued to run up to each new house and yell “I’m Herbie” even though I was pretty much standing on the curb holding his costume.
Pierce’s enthusiasm for trick or treating waned pretty quickly, so I took him back to the house after about a dozen houses, but Anna is a trick or treating machine. She absolutely loved it and basked in the attention her costume brought. After visiting a “haunted house” (the neighbors had decorated their garage with spooky lights) Anna kept asking if we could go to more scary houses.
Once Anna and I got back, Pierce and Anna opened the presents Nora and I had gotten for them for their birthdays. Nora found a couple of die-cast metal, 1/16th scale Herbie models on eBay and they were absolutely the favorites of the evening. Pierce was so happy it defies description. Both kids played with their cars as we watched another of their gifts on TV, the new Herbie – Fully Loaded DVD. The only downside was that the models are not very robust. Pieces were falling off the cars almost as soon as we had gotten them out of the boxes. We’ve lost bumpers, doors, windows, and a glovebox handle. Neither Pierce nor Anna much care, but Nora was pretty disappointed. We have a number of similar types of cars and they’ve proven to be far more robust than these new additions.
Finishing off this post are some recent pictures. Enjoy.
-Eric (Dad)
A few pictures from the annual Halloween Party (see previous post)
Pictures from the Birthday Party at Dye Your Duds
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