Figured I would blog the halloween characters I see tonight:

6:10pm – one Red Power Ranger
6:18pm – one evil fairy, one black angel, one fifties girl
6:19pm – Jack Skellington (nightmare before christmas) and something “I didn’t know what to be”
6:20pm – one 3-yr old bad witch who wondered why I didn’t have shoes and socks on
6:21pm – one 2-yr old bear
6:35pm – two blue power rangers, a female devil, a witch, batman and robin, and a Dad with an empty beer can (that I took, of course)
6:38pm – crocodile hunter, one witch
6:40pm – three spidermans, Belle (beauty and the beast), tigger
6:42pm – one musketeer on a horse, one knight on a dragon
6:53pm – one chicken (yup), Davy Crockett, a cowgirl, two funny monsters, and a witch
6:54pm – Zorro and a Phillie fan witha rubber baseball on his head
6:57pm – a Goth and a basketball player
7:19pm – Freddy Krueger, the shadow man, a cowgirl, a kid with a weird face on his stomach and a hat that went down to his neck
7:24pm – an FBI agent, a pumpkin, and a pig (all looking about high school age…)
7:30pm – about 12-15 very strange looking Goths, etc… who looked like maybe they were wearing their normal clothes (given that they were all about high school age)
7:43pm – dracula, a person with a box of dog biscuits hanging from her neck, a witch, and something else
7:50pm – batman (batgirl, actually), a devil girl, and a cheerleader

I am quite the party pooper, since the only things I can think about are 1) kids without costumes (I thought that was part of the bargain); 2) limited “trick or treats” and “thank yous”… I will try to understand and assume that I was the same way. Of course, I guess in some ways my own kids violate these peeves as well – I think we should regulate: any kid that goes out on halloween must be wearing a real costume and say “trick or treat” followed by “thank you.” If they don’t we should sue Microsoft.