Fires burn and cauldrons bubble....
Yes, Halloween. That glorious time of the year that you go knocking on your neighbors door and ask for free stuff. I know that kids love it, I know I did as a kid. It fell in line with Easter candy and stocking stuffings. All the sickeningly sweet stuff that dentists hate. My own personal favorite is typically the Reeses peanut butter cups but lately I have definitely had an affinity for almond joys. YUM!
But tonight, we changed things up a bit for us. We decided through a chain of events in our family as well as the fact Halloween falls on a school and work night that we would do something different and stay local to trick or treat. The girls had a blast but it was so cold. I missed the 70 -something temperatures of early last week and reminded myself that last year it was also balmy on Halloween itself. But this year it was true fall weather.
We walked across the street and down the cul de sac across from us. It was low-keyed for sure. Then part way through straight of the mouth of babes, Aimee asks "why do we go up to strangers houses and ask them for candy?" I had no good explanation other than it's Halloween tradition and it's just what you do. I have no idea where it came about so I need to do some reading up on that. And it also occurred to me how hypocritical it was of us since we just drilled it into the girls' heads that you don't talk to strangers even though many are very nice, you just don't know who to trust so it's better to just not talk to strangers. And never ever ever take candy from a stranger. So what do we do? Encourage them to go up to strangers houses, knock on their doors, talk to them and take candy. Bravo. There's one for contradiction huh? No wonder my kids give me some strange looks some times. I forget how literal kids can be sometimes and it is always refreshing when they bring me back to Earth.
The girls had a great time. I had a little Belle from Beauty and the Beast with Nicole and Aimee decided to be a sparkly witch. And you know people actually commented on how sparkly her costume was? On Saturday night, we went to the Norwell High School to do Trunk or Treat there. It was a fundraiser for the National Honor Society of NHS so we decided to try it. It was so fun, that could have been enough for them.
I love that they get to wear their costumes so many times. They had a dancing Halloween party, Nicole had a parade at school and we went to the Trunk or Treat. So there are a few donnings right there. Makes me feel like we got our money's worth, you know?
So Happy Halloween to all the ghost and goblins out there. I hope that you had a good one and that all of your frights are over!
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