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Trick or Treat or Crêpe Pan?

The trick or treating was good,

But not as magical as it was two years ago.

(Or last year so I hear but I wouldn’t know because I wasn’t allowed to go because I just birthed a baby and no I’m not still moping.)

DAILY SNACK

Colum was going to be a ninja turtle for Halloween

And Irene was to be a Lady Bug.

Until, at the last minute, Colum decided to be a ninja wolf.

Hmm. How about a lion? ROAR.

We have a lion costume already.

And so it was.

halloween 001The trick or treating was good,

But not as magical as it was two years ago.

(Or last year so I hear but I wouldn’t know because I wasn’t allowed to go because I just birthed a baby and no I’m not still moping.)

I blame the swine flu.

But there was the nice, sad old drunk guy who was giving out these:

halloween 002Candies for the kids

And cookware for the parents who work so hard, he said.

Also for the teenaged girls, apparently.

You should have seen their faces.

And then, of course, there’s the house on High Park that always goes all out:halloween 004

They also had a guillotine and electric chair

And dry ice smoke effects

And flashing lights

And a cemetary

And more.

And she had the nerve to give Ed a hard time for having a baby out so late.

Really? Really?!

Lady, where I come from Halloween is for the kids.

By Rebecca Cuneo Keenan

Rebecca Cuneo Keenan is a writer who lives in Toronto with her husband and three children.