With Halloween tomorrow, this seemed appropriate. I have to confess right off the bat that I am not a huge fan of Halloween, I have serious issues with the premise, but I have learned to enjoy certain aspects of it, mainly because the kids enjoy them and certain activities, in and of themselves, are harmless. So take my responses from that perspective.
1. A good memory My mother made many of my Halloween costumes. All of them maybe? I was Laura Ingalls a couple of years (complete with a historically appropriate brown gingham dress, braids, a bonnet, dark boot like shoes, and a small Black Susan that we picked up at one of the LIW homesites while travelling as a family) and another year I was a pumpkin made from an old - orange - beach cover-up of my mothers. I don't remember the other costumes but those stick out.
2. My head is still spinning Save me from the kids' parties. This year ... we went to four. And were invited to more than that, but that was all I could stand. One was a birthday/Halloween party for one of the little boys' best friends, another was Brendan's scout party, another was Betsy's scout party, and the last was Andrew's scout party, so it was all or none. Somehow Mike managed to avoid going to all four. I'm still not entirely sure how he managed that one.
3. The good ... Reese's Peanut Butter Cups ... the bad ... more Reese's Peanut Butter Cups ... the ugly ... yet more ... Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Especially the special ones that are shaped like pumpkins. (The tree - at Christmas - and the egg - at Easter - also get me.)
4. My feet! The trick-or-treating. I never went as a child but we take the kids as part of a group (lots of kids from school) and all have a lot of fun. Do you have any idea how much candy 4 kids can manage to bring home after just an hour of trick-or-treating? You know those boxes that hold something like 10 reams of paper? Yep. No joke.
5. Purrrrr I'm stretching things here, but I'll say black cats, especially our Frodo. Yeah, yeah, he has a bunch of white on him. I love cats!
1. A good memory My mother made many of my Halloween costumes. All of them maybe? I was Laura Ingalls a couple of years (complete with a historically appropriate brown gingham dress, braids, a bonnet, dark boot like shoes, and a small Black Susan that we picked up at one of the LIW homesites while travelling as a family) and another year I was a pumpkin made from an old - orange - beach cover-up of my mothers. I don't remember the other costumes but those stick out.
2. My head is still spinning Save me from the kids' parties. This year ... we went to four. And were invited to more than that, but that was all I could stand. One was a birthday/Halloween party for one of the little boys' best friends, another was Brendan's scout party, another was Betsy's scout party, and the last was Andrew's scout party, so it was all or none. Somehow Mike managed to avoid going to all four. I'm still not entirely sure how he managed that one.
3. The good ... Reese's Peanut Butter Cups ... the bad ... more Reese's Peanut Butter Cups ... the ugly ... yet more ... Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Especially the special ones that are shaped like pumpkins. (The tree - at Christmas - and the egg - at Easter - also get me.)
4. My feet! The trick-or-treating. I never went as a child but we take the kids as part of a group (lots of kids from school) and all have a lot of fun. Do you have any idea how much candy 4 kids can manage to bring home after just an hour of trick-or-treating? You know those boxes that hold something like 10 reams of paper? Yep. No joke.
5. Purrrrr I'm stretching things here, but I'll say black cats, especially our Frodo. Yeah, yeah, he has a bunch of white on him. I love cats!
6. Something I don't like All the occult costumes, references, etc. I understand our society has become desensitized to witches, goblins, vampires, "death," and the like, but I have not, and I don't think it's "cute" when a 3 year old wants to dress up as the grim reaper. I'm not attempting to make any inflammatory comments ... but I'm not going to apologize for my beliefs, either.
7. What I do enjoy All the fun, obviously original costumes. Last night, at the last of the kids' parties (again, thank goodness those are all done!) there was one kid dressed up as an ice cream cone, complete with a cherry on top. On Sunday, one kid made his own "Mario" costume, and we saw a "Thing 1" and Thing 2" (Dr. Suess). How cool is that?? And who can forget all the little kids dressed up as pumpkins or head to toe as animals? Now that stuff ... is fun.
8. Eat up! We all know I love to cook ... and let's face it, there are a ton of really cool Halloween recipe out there. Kitty litter cake, eyeball punch, deviled eyes (deviled eggs with a sliced olive on top as the "eye") ... the list is endless. And fun.
9. & 10. Pumpkins! The carving of them, and the roasting of the seeds. Especially when the pumpkins rot because the kids don't want to throw out their artwork and Mom says, "Okay, but just one more day." (My poor mom.) Roasted pumpkin seeds ... some fantastic memories there, from the Gifted Program I went to one year ... we carved pumpkins, cleaned the seeds, and then the teacher roasted the seeds. I have yet to make any on my own that taste as good as that memory.
1 comment:
Faith, I love your list. My mom made our costumes nearly every year and it's one of my fondest Halloween memories too.
It's nice to see you blogging again. :-) I'd check hopefully every once in a while....I'm enjoying your thoughts.
Cat
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