Trick or Treat?
So Friday October 30th Gabriel woke up with a fever, sneezing and looking like a zombie. Hannah woke slowly and was in a cuddling mood. Her normal temperature is 95.6 but she was 98.7 so she had a fever going to.
I called the school to report that they weren't going to school and got ready for the long day.
We had plans for Halloween. We were going to go to the Portland zoo and trick or treat through the park during the day.
Saturday October 31th, Gabriel vomited. Hannah hadn't shown any more signs she was just frustrated with being home. So we made it a day of scary movie watching. Disney Halloween town marathon and we introduced the kids to Beetlejuice. Robert kept teasing he was going to put on Poltergeist or Alien.
Trick or treat time came. I looked at Robert “I think Gabriel is going to be trick or treating in our hallway.” Robert nodded. We had discussed this plan earlier that day. He had gone out on a reconnaissances mission to buy special treats.
So we dressed the kids up. Robert took Hannah out to several houses on the block because she really seemed fine. I would let Gabriel stare out the front window in his vampire costume (his sunken eyes and paleness really added something to the costume) and wave to his friends when trick or treaters came to or door.
When Hannah and Robert returned. Robert went to our bedroom. I grabbed a ton of hats from the kids dress up box and delivered them to the bedroom. Robert looked amused.
So I gave Gabriel a bucket and carried Hannah to the master bedroom door. Gabriel knocked. Robert opened the door slowly and pretended to be a stooped elderly man constantly repeating “Only one. You can only take one candy.”
Me and the kids laughed.
Robert closed the door.
Hannah complained. I opened up the door picked up Hannah and placed her on the bed. “You have a helper.” Robert started conspiratorially talking to Hannah about what he was going to do next.
Gabriel walked the loop that goes from our hall to our front room, living room, through the kitchen and back to hall holding hands. We were pretending we walking to another house.
Gabriel knocked again.
Robert wore a sombrero he talked to us in Spanish. “Uno, Uno, Uno!” he repeated pointing at the candy. Hannah tilted her head and laughed.
So the pattern repeated. Robert was a pirate, deranged rabbit from the holy grail, a tiger and finally a headless man.
Gabriel, Hannah and I laughed so hard.
Later, he told us it was the best Halloween ever.
--Mom
Comments
First, LOVE the kids' costumes!
Second, that is THE MOST adaptive Halloween I have seen - and I've been perusing the net all week, many posts.
Third, I LOVE how you tell the story! Wish I was as good at that. Reminds of a few minutes in time with our family around a campfire. Any of the 4 of us will smile or laugh if one says "He can fly, he can fly!" (From Peter Pan)
But if I tried to tell the story, you would stare at me blankly and I would say "I guess you had to be there." :(
I expect that in your family in the years ahead, one of you need only say, "Uno, uno, uno!" and you will all smile or laugh.
Posted by: Barbara | November 5, 2009 05:38 AM