Halloween

Halloween in this country is extremely lame! Barely anyone dresses up or goes trick or treating and there are barely any houses that give you candy. Since it is spring instead of fall there isn't really a spooky vibe like there is in the northern hemisphere. Adding to that, no one at all decorates their house which, in my opinion is like half the fun. The only thing that came close to decoration was a really lame haunted house thing that just had a sign by the door that said 'enter if you dare' and some people that jumped out at us. Zander wouldn't dress up because his friends weren't going to and he was embarrassed. He wouldn't even trick or treat! Something must have been really wrong because he usually wouldn't resist free candy. Despite the all around lack of spirit, us girls went trick or treating until it got dark which was at around 8:30 pm. Only a few houses actually had candy, so we didn't get much at all. When we were in SLO everyone had candy and mostly everyone had decorations up. Here, we have trouble even finding the front door and usuallly you cant even get in because there is a locked gate! I guess good trick or treating was a luxury we all took for granted when were back in SLO. Usually we would stay out until 10 or 11 and only go home because either our feet hurt, our bags were too full of candy, or both. The kitchen table would be completely covered in a giant mountain of skittles and chocolate. This year the candy of all three girls barely covered a square foot. I cannot wait to get back to Halloween in the States!!!