Sunday, October 31, 2010

Red Riding Hood in the bushes

I went trick or treating tonight with my wife and my daughter's family. A little slow start with most apartments having the shades drawn and no decorations on the porch. 2 month old granddaughter was taken along in her skeleton PJs. 2.5 year old granddaughter was red-riding hood. Daughter painted me up as a big bad wolf. Things perked up when we went into a development of single family houses...until granddaughter announced she had to pee pee just after we mounted the porch of one house. Daughter and wife whisked her away into the shrubbery. Then homeowners heard the rustling and came to the door to find a 190 pound wolf and a 6'-4" Daddy standing on the porch with an orange bucket looking stupid. At first they didn't seem to be buying our story until they finally realized that Red Riding Hood really was having a pee in their shrubbery. A block further along 12 pound skeleton suddenly became ravenously hungry and we had to sit on the curb while her mom nursed her. It was a halloween we'll always remember. The neighbors probably will too.