Trick or treat?

It's that time of year again...time to get out the old clown wig, paint the faces of our kids, while secretly wishing our faces would remain as clear as their's will a week after all that gunk is washed off. I have fond memories of Halloween as a child; my parents always let me be creative with my costumes, and took me to all the neighbor's to collect cheap thrills, which sometimes resulted in much less cheap thrills at the mercy of Dr. Krample, the mean family dentist. By the way, that's his real name....or maybe it was his secret alias....if so, he has a really sick sense of humor!!

Well, Gerald and I have taken the kids to some of the old Bonanza neighbors the past few years. We usually only get to a few places, though, because all the old folks are so amazed that I am actually old enough to have kids of my own, and always want to reminisce about old Halloween's gone by...and to think that I thought that there was no way they'd remember the year that Sherry and I went out as a 2 headed old lady....GROAN!!!! When we finally get out the door, after a few laughs and "extra candy for Mom and Dad", it's time to race on to the next yard....maybe they won't remember the "good" old days!

I'm not sure whether or not we'll take the kids out this year; I think a Halloween party with friends and a limited supply of junk food would be fun. Plus, a candy apple made in my kitchen scares me much less than one coming out of a kitchen followed by 2 yappy poodles and a smoking cook....did your mom make you throw away the goods that weren't wrapped in sealed plastic? I never appreciated that when I was a kid, but I'm sure my mom prevented all sorts of outbreaks by pulling that trick.But one festive activity that we did partake in was carving pumpkins; and after hearing "this is gross" about a hundred times, and after bandaging up Monika's wound from sawing her palm with a steak knife, (how many moms saw that one coming) we ended up with 4 pretty snazzy Jack-o-lanterns!