Happy Halloween everyone. It sure has changed since I was a kid... (This is the start of a story my parents would tell about carrying water everyday, but here it goes) We walked through snow drifts, in plastic masks with no breathing holes, lugging a pillow case, collecting homemade popcorn snacks, molasses candies and mini chocolate bars. These days we don’t dare to hand out anything that wasn’t made in a factory in China. As parents we still sort the bag looking for any suspicious candy that could be laced with a razor blade, or in my case coconut... Coconut and chocolate.. I have told the girls that it is very dangerous to children, and it just happens to be my favorite. I consider a good Halloween, groceries for weeks. Hayley came home from school to report that there was a rumor that any “older” kids out halloweening could be fined by the police. That is crazy to me. If anyone shows up at my door in a costume they get candy, including the parents. I think the criminal system has enough to deal with than cracking down on a 15 year old dressed as a pirate, knocking on doors for candy. Imagine that conversation with the parents when the police show up.. “So you pirate was going door to door asking for candy from willing strangers, on Halloween”. Its so ridiculous that makes me smile. Frankly, If someone stayed home to hand out candy at my house, I would hit the streets in a costume. I would love to hear what my daughters would say when the police brought me home. It would probably be along the lines of “Thank you officer... she really thinks she is 12 sometimes”.
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