I love Halloween! When I was a kid we couldn't wait for Halloween to come. The grade school usually had a carnival with games and good food and then we would hit the sidewalks in search of that wonderful stuff called candy. We would take big sacks or pillowcases and go for hours and miles gathering treats. When I was about 11 or 12, two of my friends and I made up a little song and dance. People thought it was so cute they would not only give us lots of treats, they gave us money! I can't remember how much we made but it was sure fun! Can you imagine sending your children out into the night without an adult? No cell phone? My folks never knew where we were till we wandered back home with our huge sacks of candy. All six of us kids would dump our bags out on the front room floor and count and sort and trade with each other. It was a great night. Magical! Growing up in Idaho it was also usually cold but we didn't care. I think it actually snowed a couple of Halloweens! The candy we recieved on Halloween lasted us for a really long time. The apples and popcorn balls usually got eaten first.
What freedom we had then....you just didn't have to worry about your kids as much. I always went with my kids when they were young. Our world is no longer safe for kids to be out roaming at night on their own. It is sad! They don't get to experience that "Sandlot" life that I did.
Anyway, Happy Halloween to everyone! Have a fun night and be safe!
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I love Halloween too! Caleb and Alia are super excited for Halloween this year. Caleb is going to be Indiana Jones and Alia is going to be Princess Jasmine from Aladdin.
It makes me sad that trick-or-treating is really kind of becoming a thing of the past. I have great memories of Halloween also. It's one of my favorite holidays, for sure.
I love this time of year! It is just such a fun time to be a kid with all of the fun activites going on. I told Kendle this will be one of her most fun weeks this year. We have her soccer pizza party tonight, trunk-or-treat on Wed., school fall festival on Thursday, and Halloween on Friday. AND, it's their school's spirit week this week, so every day they get to dress up and do fun things. I think she will be one exhausted little girl by the end of all of it.
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