What's with these older kids "dressing up" in basketball jerseys and coming to the door on halloween. They give you that sheepish look when they open their plastic Walmart bags for hand outs. "Aren't you a little old for this?" I ask. They shrug and say "I wanted candy".
Then there are the cute ones of course. The $15 Old Navy costumes are the most adorable. The Monkey even comes with a banana. I just love the littlest ones. The ones who can walk around and know enough to hold a bucket out for treats but aren't really sure why and what "trick or treat" means. We really should be tricking them more so we can demonstrate that there is a choice. I could give them either.
When I was little my most vivid hallowen memories are of those at Aunt Jane's house. That is because my jokster cousins Kevin and Vinny woudl hide behind the tall bushes that flanked the front door and they would jump out as you rang the doorbell. Not funny. Ok, funny now but scared the you know what out of me then! I even remember the candy they would have at their house, the sugary bottlecap candies for example. It was different enough I don't remember getting them anywhere else.
Aahhhh . . . the days of full pillow cases and staying up late to count and trade candy. Maybe I was too hard on that older kid. I think I want candy too.
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If i remember correctly Leo and friends went trick or treating at 15, 16, 17 ish with pillowcases, filling them and coming home to change costumes and empty said cases only to go back and hit the good spots again........Its all about the "CANDY" :)
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