Although this is my second year in Austin, it's my first time to "join" Halloween yesterday. Since I live in the apartment near Far West area, there were no kids knocking my door last year. One of my friends who live in UT apartment told me that there are lots of kids in their apartment, so I decide to visit her place and watch the football game at the same time.
We arrived her place around 6 p.m. I already saw several kids on the way there. Some of them are bufferflies; some of them are supermen and I can't tell some of them. The kids are really cute. The most impressive one is a boy that he sang a poem after knocking the door. I wish I have a video camera that I can record all of them.
We ran out of candy before 8 p.m. We didn't expect there would be so many kids. Fortunately, there is no more kid knocking our door. My friend told me that if you don't want to participate in handing out of candy, just don't decorate your door with any Halloween decoration. If you do some pumpkin curving in front your door, it means that you are welcoming them to knock your door. I think I will decorate my door and prepare more candy next year.
I'm really happy that you experienced a "new" Halloween this year. I'm sure the anticipation will mean more to you next year, and if you, too, wear a costume when you answer the door, you'll get an even better response.
回覆刪除When my kids were young, we would always carve a pumpkin, of course. The best part, though, was when we would decorate our front porch with spiders and cobwebs and play scary music. The trick-or-treaters would always have a fun time, and we loved seeing their reactions.
I'm glad you're going to be able to experience another Halloween next year!
After reading what you wrote, I had a feeling like "this girl seems to really love kids." That was so nice of you to participating in handing candies to the kids.
回覆刪除I was supposed to take my nieces and nephews to go Treat or Trick, but I couldn't do it at the last moment.
However, I'm glad that you enjoy the Halloween. It's always nice to celebrate a holiday in a foreign country.