Trick or treatin’ ... from your vehicle’s trunk

For the second year in a row, the well-attended Trunk or Treat event was held on a mild and sun-splashed day at the St. Edward's School parking lot.

"Even with the slight breeze, we were lucky to have sun and warm weather, which makes it easy to set up the trunks and for people to want to come out," said Nikki Traen, one of the coordinators of Saturday's event.

"Again, we were very blessed with the wonderful weather that we had." There were 13 decorated trunks for the children to visit and receive treats from. The parents seemed to be having as much fun as the kids.

"This is such a nice and safe event to have for the kids," said one mother. "And it's a lot of fun to have the event in one place like this so you can see all the costumes and decorated trunks."

While it was hard to estimate a number of those attending this year's event, the parking lot was generally filled with costumed children and their parents and grandparents.

"I’m not sure of the total amount of kids that came through," said Traen, who was part of a "Candy Land-themed trunk. "But we had a steady trail of people the entire time (from 10:30 a.m. to noon)."

The decorated trunks included farming, emoji, Candy Land, s'mores, street entertainers, 4-H, Sparkle Monsters, The Great Pumpkin, Noah's Ark, bears, a gumball machine, Halloween-based, and faith-based.

"We had a lot of unique trunk ideas," said Traen.

"And each year, people continue to surprise us with their creativity."

Shelly Ratajczak and her daughter Natalie were voted the "Best Trunk" by the children and parents with their "Don't Feed the Bears" theme.

"The other fun part about doing Trunk or Treat is being able to see all the fun costumes and creativity that people have when coming up with costume ideas," said Traen.

Had there been a "Best Costume" contest, it would have been difficult to single any one child out.

There were the typical Halloween-based monsters, witches, ghouls and ghosts. And there was a wide range beyond that such as Disney-based costumes, policeman, fireman, bee keeper and bee, various animals, and much more.

"This was so much fun," said Damon Riegert, 7, who was dressed as the Incredible Hulk.

"I wish we could do it every day."