No Trick Or Treating This Year...

Sad to say that I did not even dress the kiddles up in costumes and take them anywhere for some sort of trick or treating.

Actually, Lil' Peanut was the only one who even wanted a costume on, as you can see by the photo above. And that photo was a few weeks ago. She hasn't put it on since. But N would have nothing to do with putting anything on his body nor his head. No way, Jose!

So, I resolved to just letting this year go by as uneventful and save it up for next year. They will each be a bit older, and possibly get the gist of why one dresses up and goes door to door for a bit of candy.

We did make it to the local library for a Halloween event and saw lots of other kids dressed up. And Lil' Peanut kept saying, 'Wow!'. But had no clue why they looked the way they did other than getting a bit excited about the colors, the sparkles and the interesting people.

Besides, I guess they would get excited if I was excited about Halloween, which I am not. I really have never enjoyed dressing up because I would always get way too hot. And I knew that my parents would hold my plastic pumpkin full of candy overnight, in their bedroom so my dad, really, could pick out his favorite pieces and say all was okay.

As a kid, of course, I went trick or treating. Are you kidding? Free loads of candy?! But the dressing up and going door to door just was not my cup of tea. I really didn't like going up to someone and having to say trick or treat. I just thought that part was stupid, but then how else would one get the candy? I hadn't a clue really. I just knew I had to follow the lead of my siblings and I'd get just as much candy as they did, and I was way younger. Now that was cool.
I actually don't recall going trick or treating every year but then I think I just put it all behind me. Knowing how much I didn't like dressing up.

I was telling Mh that I think the last time I actually dressed up was when we were in college and our group of friends held a party of pumpkin carving, which became a tradition for many, many years, even since we've been back in Chico. And that was the only time since that I have put on any sort of costume. Those were fun times.

The pumpkin carving party tradition has slowed down in the past few years unfortunately. I would like to pick it back up, as it was a fun and festive time with friends and sometimes a family member. We'd just get food, carve the pumpkins, toast the seeds, hang out and/or watch a movie or two. It was just a sweet time.

So we'll have to see what the kiddles will be next year for Halloween and if we'll actually decorate our front door area a bit more festive.

Until the next Halloween...