Halloween 09

Today -- it was the Halloween Events -- it was bigger and better than ever but due to the rain, many people did not show up. We got very wet having to spend so much time outside visiting downtown businesses and game/activity stations.

Naturally we entered the Halloween costume contest and as usual, we won again (7th or 8th year running champs) but this year it was by default (although we had great themed outfits) because we were the only family to enter the family category.

So now the reveal -- this was my daughter's idea, to go as tourists.
My husband wore a Hawaiian shirt, his broken sunglasses and a straw hat. He had a map, binoculars, tickets, and I made a "special drink" with a straw and parasol.

My daughter wore crazy colorful shirt, socks, and sunglasses, a hat, and a polka dotted raincoat. She had a shopping bag, camera, drink like my husband.

My son was the "Accidental Tourist" -- he had his head bandaged, a couple of bandaids "X" on his cheek, and was on crutches. He had on a shirt (had to have a coat but it was opened), and a "fly away" tie (stuffed with a bended coat hanger).

I wore a black coat, black gloves, a black hat with sparkly tulle that covered my face, had a squirt bottle, and carried a "lightening bolt" and a pole with a bent hanger with little black clouds. I followed the three of them holding the clouds over their heads. You know, how those little black clouds follow you on a vacation and you often times have a disaster? The sparkles on the tulle were like "rain droplets" although we had the real thing. People jokingly blamed me for the weather, but I told them, my assignment was the tourists, and another relative created the dreary weather.

It was busy so we did not think to ask someone to take our own picture but on a nicer day this week, we shall have to do that.

We got a $50. gift certificate to the local coffee shop. Nice, no cooking for me.
Worth the effort.

The trick or treaters come Friday evening. I have to create my son's second costume (they get two a year, one for the contest/s and one for da hood/the streets). I told him I could only work on it Monday or Tuesday and if he did not make up his mind, he would have to go as "himself".

That would not be hard at all.