Last night, our church held its annual Trunk or Treat, which is it's Halloween celebration. Folk from church set up the backs of their cars in our church parking lot and folk from all over the neighborhood come by to get candy and play some games. Here are some photos:
As you can see, one of our children was very much more into it than the other kid. =0). It was a cold night but both kids did a great job of going to all the cars, not complaining about how much candy they got, then helping Megan and me pass out candy to all the kids who came by.
Based on how much candy we bought, I'm going to guess that we had somewhere between 400-450 kids show up with their parents and such. It wouldn't surprise me if there were at least 750 people who came yesterday, many of whom don't actually go to our church and were just from around the neighborhood. One of the things that drew us to Bridge was how invested it was in the community, which, since it's less than a mile from our house, is also our community. It was a ton of fun to put together a trunk, meet our neighbors, see lots of kids having fun, and give out lots of candy.
Speaking of decorating a trunk, did you see how great our trunk was? We didn't win "Best Trunk" (one family build a haunted house off the back of their truck!) but I'd like to think we get points for most economical. How did we decide on a St. Louis Cardinals themed trunk? Well, besides the fact that they're 11-time World Champions (most in the National League) and the family team, we also needed to figure out something that would be quick, cheap, and easy to put together. Gathering up all my Cardinals gear (honestly, we only used about 10% of the Cardinals stuff in the house) and arranging it in a way that celebrated our team checked all the boxes.
Tomorrow, we'll be taking our storm trooper and emo Nemo out trick or treating. It's supposed to be even colder than it was yesterday. We aren't supposed to have snow tomorrow (it's snowing as I'm writing this) but there will be a good stiff breeze, so we'll see how long the kids last. =0).
Have an excellent day!
~Adam
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