Smell My Feet

No, this isn't ANOTHER blog about my boots...although my friend Stephanie is threatening to possibly buy a brown pair...but, another Halloween, come and gone! Vivian had been waiting for months for this fleeting holiday, and it finally came. Her friends Emily and Nathan came over, along with their moms Kim and Stephanie, and with Sullivan we all hit the streets for the unabashed begging for candy. I think us moms probably had more fun than the kids, gossiping and laughing, and Kim having some sort of strange love-affair with her flashlight. :-) Sullivan was so cute, hanging in there with the big kids, running from house to house without a break. Of course they all got way too much candy of which 3/4 of it will probably become stale and get thrown out in a few months. But it is definitely the thrill of the hunt.

Halloween sure has changed since I was a kid. I mean, the concept and act of trick-or-treating is still the same, but it sure is much more quiet. It seems like a lot of people go to malls and don't even bother hitting the streets. I just can't imagine! Isn't the fun of Halloween being out in the dark, freezing your tukus off because you refused to wear a coat over your costume?? I don't know if it's this generation's constant and ever-growing fear, or just more conservatism taking over and brandashing Halloween as an evil holiday. Ug. Those people need to get over it and get a little fantasy in their lives! I know here at our house, Cory passed out candy to probably a grand total of 9 goblins. Every year we buy more candy than we need in hopes that "this year will be different". Hasn't happened yet! And the amount of candy people give out now is amazing. I think we adults are so sad to see Halloween die that we buy more candy than we need to and then realize we have to get rid of it or we'll have way too much leftover... that and probably yet another example of our generation's tendancy to over-indulge our kids. Sigh. Just where in the world are we headed?? It's a scary thought.