Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Bittersweet Month

October - one of my favorite months for many reasons - I am still a kid at heart and love to dress up for halloween - but now I enjoy it more as I see my oldest boy dress up as Optimus Prime. Yes I bought him the $45 voice changer helmet... I could not help it - and it definitely comes in handy for those boring Monday morning meetings at work...

Trick or Treat... whatever happened to the good old days, I hate the fact that I have to take my kids to a "planned" halloween trick or treat event... back in the day, I remember hitting houses on my way home from school, carrying a pillow case as a bag and by the end of the night having it full of great stuff! There was always the lady on the block who made carmel apples, the lady that gave out regular size candy bars, but of course there was that house that gave out fruit or coins wrapped in foil - what was up with that! And of course you ate your candy as you walked the streets - no worries of razor blades or other such nonsense!

I guess it just saddens me that our world has become a planned event with "safe" sites to trick or treat - where is the fun in that? where is the adventure?

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