Spooktacular

This year, Marina wanted to trick or treat with Ainsley. We made the arrangements to do go with her and her mother, but first we decided to go to the Halloween Spooktacular at the symphony. Marina wore her Harley Quinn costume. Ainsley was dressed as Vanellope Von Sweetz from Wreck It Ralph. We arrived early for the symphony and the girls enjoyed looking at the costumes of all the other kids. We also had fun looking at the costumes of the musicians as they walked on stage.

The concert began with “The Imperial March” from Star Wars and the conducted entered dressed as Darth Vader. W also heard a selection from the ballet Romeo and Juliet and A Night on Bald Mountain, Marina was excited because she knew this piece. After the main theme from Star Wars, the orchestra played the Superman March. During the music, the conductor raced off stage and returned dressed as Superman. The concert ended with Danse Macabre and music from the Harry Potter movies.

Once the show had ended, both Marina and Ainsley said they’d had a good time. It got even better when each was handed a bag of Halloween candy on the way out.

We met Ainsley’s mother for dinner and then went to their house for trick or treating. Ainsley has never gone in her neighborhood before and wanted to this year. The neighborhood is made up of winding streets so we ended up walking a lot. Many of the houses were not handing out candy, but several had scary displays set up. At one house the girls were startled by kids who crept up behind them as they got their candy.

We weren’t out long, yet both girls ended up with a huge amount of candy. We packed up Marina’s candy and went home.