The dusky, lavender gloaming was filled with the ominous promise of an imminent storm with rising winds and angry rolling grey clouds. Chatters could be heard at the estate's main hall - a low muffled orchestra of restrained yet excited babble. The scene gradually opened up to a massive gathering of hair-raising ghouls, sinister demons, creepy witches, gruesome vampires, macabre mummies and menacing monsters. Take a closer look, and this gathering of creatures from the dark actually comprised of small, child-like beings, many of whom were impatiently waiting for a list of homes whose families had gamely volunteered to participate in the tricks or treats festivity.
Welcome to the Halloween party of our estate - no doubt one of the most exhilarating events of the year, especially for the children who could give themselves a good scare and a fantastic excuse to run wildly about in pitch darkness, yet collect an avalanche of sweets and goodies from the adults!
This year, the crowd was bigger, the costumes were equally creative and the participating homes were fabulously decorated in the most innovative of ways. It was an event not for the faint-hearted - with most of our corridors and stairwells shrouded in total darkness, so that the children can truly experience the malignant spookiness of Halloween in the perfect ambience.
Big Bee dressed up in her usual witch costume, and this year, she covered her entire face with her long hair, blending in with the eerie crowd.
Little Bee opted to be a white angel - the pure radiant ray of light in the midst of all these darkness.
The Bees went about trick-or-treating in the early part of the evening with their friends, Aurelia and her sister. I went along with them to experience the fun, and it was certainly rather spine-chilling when we knocked on houses replete with chilling decorations of skeletons and bats in complete darkness. And then waiting with palpitating anticipation for the door to slowly creak open, revealing different specters of all varieties, beckoning scarily to the children. However, the ultimate reward - SWEETS - usually instilled much bravado into children of all ages, including the usually timid Little Bee!
The Bees with Aurelia and her sister
PF came with her family, so the adults had dinner by the poolside while Big Bee dashed about madly with Eugene and Claire all around the estate, getting spooked by phantoms of all shapes and sizes. I decided to put Little Bee close by my side over dinner, for fear she would be too startled by abrupt phantasmal apparitions! She had a wonderful time chomping on french fries and my burger, while the bigger kids were rushing about in the dark.
Big Bee, Claire and erm, Eugene! Little Bee was too spooked by Eugene's mask and did not want to be near them for photo-taking!
Some interesting stories emerged from them: a ghastly demon jumping with a bloodcurdling scream out of a spookily decorated house in darkness, scaring the living daylights out of the kids. A long-haired witch who kept beckoning at them to "come closer....come closerrrrrr..." to her door, and the courageous kids did just that - all in the name of treats! And a sweet family who displayed an entire tub of fragrant, warm popcorn for all the visiting kids to grab a fistful of the crunchy delights!
Haven amidst fright night - the Bees grabbing fistfuls of divine popcorn!
The final reward: a whole pumpkin tub worth of chocolates (for me!), sweets, jellies and many more! Very sinful indeed.
The Bees were trading treats with Eugene and Claire
Hubby is quite intent to participate as one of the families dishing out goodies next year. And I wonder what I should dress up as....!
5 comments:
I'm going to dress up next year too!!!! Haha!
One an angel, the other a witch....Cute! And they looked like they had fun :> I wanted to plan one for our neighbourhood too but my boys refused to do any kind of dress up :P
viv: Yay! Let's go shopping for wigs and witches' hats together!
Eileen: Yes, younger children would usually like to be sweet little angels, and kids do get darker ideals as they grow older, huh? You should plan one for your neighbourhood next year - it is real fun!
Sure looked like great fun! :> Did you dress up too, Linette?
Hmm... my boys didn't want to dress up as the traditional - one wanted to be a PIG and another an ONION! Err... I didn't know what to do with their costumes, so we didn't bother with the halloween party at our place. Hah!
Domesticgoddess: It is truly fun, Shirley! And nope, I did not dress up this year - will attempt to be a witch next year (easiest to wear, and still can look glam, haha). An onion is such a cute and hilarious idea for Halloween! Very creative too!
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