Trick or Treat
Boo! Hope I didn't scare you.
In case you don't recognize the school bus, it's me, Avi. Don't worry, I'm just dressed up for Halloween. Tomorrow I'll be back to my normal, little boy self.
My Halloween wasn't just trick or treating tonight. It's lasted almost all day. I got to wear my costume first thing this morning to my "Movement, Song and Make Believe" class at the Arts Umbrella. My teacher Laura didn't recognize me and wondered why there was a bus in her class. I surprised her!
After lunch I went to Mount Pleasant Family Centre. Everyone liked my costume and we sang "Wheels on the Bus" during family time.
Grandpa's birthday is on Halloween so I always start my official trick or treat evening with a visit to his house. In the car, I decided to wish Grandpa a "Happy Treat." That's my way of saying Happy Birthday and Trick or Treat all at once. Mommy made some cupcakes which I helped her decorate and we sang happy birthday and gave Grandpa his gift. Grandpa gave me a gift too. It was a new fire truck! What an excellent way to start my trick or treating!
After Grandpa's house, we went to see Bak-Bak, Moh-Moh, Carolyn and Brenda. I think they were really surprised to see a school bus at their front door. We had a really nice visit and again, I got a lot of treats! There was a whole bag of goodies for me and the best treat from their house is my new apple hat that Carolyn knitted for me. It fits perfectly.
Two more stops till we get home...I don't mind. I'm a bus and buses have lots of stops to make along the way.
Next stop was at Aunty Tosh, Uncle Ernie and Jessica's house. I always like to see their house because they decorate it with so many neat Halloween things. There were pumpkins, lights, ghosts and spiders outside, witches and more Halloween decorations inside. And the candy! It was everywhere! I received a huge and very nice treat bag from them. It had a book about spiders, another book about a witch, a great spider balloon and lots of differnent sweet treats -- all of them the good kind. The bus was getting hungry at this point and this bus needs Smarties so I at a box of Smarties here before heading out for our last stop.
Final stop before supper was to Sonal and Tejal's house. They're my babysitters and I like them very, very much. Uncle Mukes, Aunty Taruna, Tejal and Sonal were all home and I received an extra special goodie from them -- ghost chocolates. The bus needed some fuel again but Mommy said we'd be home soon. Instead of opening the ghost chocolates like I wanted to, Aunty Taruna fed me something even better. Roti - one of the foods on my favourite food list. It was delicious.
At home, I had a quick dinner then it was dark outside so Mommy took me out for real trick or treating. Daddy stayed home to answer the door for all the kids who came to our house. I went to a lot of houses and Mommy taught me to look for the houses with the lights on. Those are the houses with candy. We went all around our neighbourhood with a special stop at Aunty D and Uncle Craigy's house. They were dressed up as doctors. After a few more houses, we went back to Aunty D and Uncle Craigy's because I needed to go to the potty. Mommy says it's nice to have friends who live close by - whatever that means. After a trip up 13th Avenue and back to our house I was pretty tired. The bus needed Smarties along the way to give us enough energy to get home.
It's been a very exciting day and I've had lots of fun but now I'm really, really pooped. I think the bus has run out of gas. Time to go back to the bus depot and go to sleep. Good night!
