Chad and I decided to set off on a new adventure for Halloween this year. We ventured out of our normal "tract" trick or treating. We have heard it is so fun in downtown Huntington Beach. Since we live 1/2 a mile from Main Street where everything was taking place...we trick or treated with friends on our way down. Chad's highlight was having the kids trick or treat at the house he grew up in. A lot of the homes where dark because everyone is downtown...You know what that means...not a lot of trick or treaters...so the kids got handfuls of candy at each house. Bad news for Amber who has no will power...and it's only getting worse as I get older. Main Street by the Pier was blocked for 4+ blocks and the streets were filled with blow up bounce houses, velcro walls, rock climbing, slides, obstacle courses...seriously at least 20+ things...I think we got to about 6 of them because the kids did the obstacle course 5 times. There was a huge titanic ship slide that I think I would have been freaked to go on. There was a petting zoo, pony rides...and the best part....EVERYTHING WAS FREE. Plus, you could trick or treat at all the stores. We had a blast and I have never seen the kids having this much fun. They were going double time (I'm sure the sugar helped). Everything closed at 8:30, so we grabbed a Jamba Juice, put the kids in the stroller and walked home. The kids fell asleep on the way home...the perfect end to a perfect night! I'm so glad we got the courage to just try something new for our family because we rarely do...Now we have a tradition started that Chad and I know the kids will remember for years.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Halloween Night...
Chad and I decided to set off on a new adventure for Halloween this year. We ventured out of our normal "tract" trick or treating. We have heard it is so fun in downtown Huntington Beach. Since we live 1/2 a mile from Main Street where everything was taking place...we trick or treated with friends on our way down. Chad's highlight was having the kids trick or treat at the house he grew up in. A lot of the homes where dark because everyone is downtown...You know what that means...not a lot of trick or treaters...so the kids got handfuls of candy at each house. Bad news for Amber who has no will power...and it's only getting worse as I get older. Main Street by the Pier was blocked for 4+ blocks and the streets were filled with blow up bounce houses, velcro walls, rock climbing, slides, obstacle courses...seriously at least 20+ things...I think we got to about 6 of them because the kids did the obstacle course 5 times. There was a huge titanic ship slide that I think I would have been freaked to go on. There was a petting zoo, pony rides...and the best part....EVERYTHING WAS FREE. Plus, you could trick or treat at all the stores. We had a blast and I have never seen the kids having this much fun. They were going double time (I'm sure the sugar helped). Everything closed at 8:30, so we grabbed a Jamba Juice, put the kids in the stroller and walked home. The kids fell asleep on the way home...the perfect end to a perfect night! I'm so glad we got the courage to just try something new for our family because we rarely do...Now we have a tradition started that Chad and I know the kids will remember for years.
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That sounds like so much fun!
I'm so glad they had so much fun down by the beach. It's a good thing you didn't take them to our tract. Moffett was horible and the teenagers were worse than ever. There were tons of cops and there was even a helicopter circling the area all night long. Alexis and Carter looked like they had a blast!
There costumes are ADORABLE! Who knew Halloween had so much more than just trick-or-treating!
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