Halloween count

A litter of Batmen, a number of Wonder Women, two Vaders and one of Vader's pilot squad, one Rey, one Chewbacca, one Young Solo, one Groovy 60s Person, one Black Panther, three Master Chiefs*, a couple of Marios, an Anna and a winged Elsa (not in the same party, but they spotted each other in front of our house), a couple of ladybugs and bees, several generic serial killers, and a whole lot of random ninjas, glamourous costume items, and kids putting on a hoodie and facepaint to meet the technical requirements for a costume. Plus one mother who painted her face in an astoundingly beautiful Day of the Dead style.

We gave out Halloween-themes rubber duckies and mini bubbles, and only one child was disappointed that we didn't have candy. The rest were mostly "BUBBLES!!!!"

* Halo Reach is apparently very popular in the under-10 crowd. Also 2 of the 3 were thrilled that we recognized the Master Chief, and the third was just focused on the loot he could get from us. #1 stayed and chatted Halo for a short bit, while #2 snuck up around the edge of the porch in an incredibly obvious way, jumped out and shouted "BOO!", then claimed 2 loot items because he did such a good job scaring us.

edit: Toby informs me that the stormtrooper with Rey was actually Finn, and that there were two Black Panthers, one of which said "Call me when you need me." In my defense, there were a lot of kids out last night...