Halloween

Costumes have changed, your child can be four million things by the tap of your computer keys. As a child, we had plastic costumes with no shape and a horrific mask, that you could neither breathe nor see out of. You wanted something different, you made it yourself. In grade four after our school wide culture fair, I wanted to be King Tut, I made it myself, there is no picture. That is the only costume, I remember. The picture above is Mary Had A Little Lamb, the last costumes I made for my kids. Then it was buy and borrow. As teens they often made their own. My best friend’s son dressed up as my husband one year, loved it!

My mom and dad did little decorating at Halloween, but scary noises played loud from our house, while my dad rattled chains in a bucket. There is fun in being terrified! I tried it a couple of years ago, zero kids came to the door, until I shut it off. Some years in our neighbourhood we can have over two hundred kids. I live in a cross street, so often they just go up and down and we are bypassed. Kids arrive after supper in the light and are typically done by eight. Halloween is different when the kids are grown, sometimes I wanna skip the four hours by the door.

Kids love it though, although with a time frame to abide to, they barely speak at the door and are off to collect as much candy as they can. I used to purchase things I like, so the left overs were good. I don’t do that now, I’ll save the weight gain for Christmas baking! Hope the weather is kind to the kids, my own daughter came back one year and just put in a snow suit instead for a costume. My husband has driven to the grandkids before to be a warm shelter for one, while the other kept going. I would rather not drive during that night, a lot of dashers out there in the night. Now is time to stock up in the treats, prices go up and things sell out fast. Get ready! Trick or Treat!