Halloween

So I am finally able to start this properly. I had some issues with my computer and am finally up and running again.

I love Halloween and always have. In the States fall was such a fun and exciting time. The start of the new school year, the abrupt change in weather, the intensity of leaves changing color. Every year we would go on a hay ride and hand pick our pumpkins. These farms always seemed to be attached to apple orchards where we would pick apples and eat the best apple pies ever with yummy yum cinnamon ice cream. My mother was and is a very creative woman. She has impecible taste. She never bought us Halloween costumes, instead we would think up fun ideas and create our costumes ourselves. She was always pushing me to be a tree, and although I was a child who stepped to the beat of her own drummer, I was too vain for that one. One year I was an old woman, we put my hair in a low bun and poured tlacom powder all over it, put a shin length grey dress on with a shawl, chunky black shoes with knee high panty hose falling loosely at my ankle, and I carried a cane. My mother drew wrinkles around my face. I stood out like a sore thumb in school were all the other girls were fairies and princess'. I loved that she encouraged me to be different. Another year I was a genie with golden gift ribbon for hair and all the close was dug out of our attic and from friend's attics. One year my sister was a big ball of foil, and I was a shark. We were always pushed to be a bit different from my mother.

Now I am a mother with children to dress up for Halloween. I can't say I'm ready for all the hands on craft work that comes with a home made costume though. I'd imagine if I was still living in the States my mother would be doing it with me and my daughter. Regardless, she was a lamb. I found a beautiful lamb costume and she looked the business in it. She's just turned two and we thought it would be fun to take her trick or treating. She had been afraid of all the Halloween decorations but quickly learned to love Halloween when she realised all the candy she could get. We went door to door and it wasn't long before she was bravely walking into people's houses offering her halloween bucket for candy. She was so cute and we had a great night. She hasn't seen a sweet since though! My husband and I have thoroughly enjoyed the handouts though. It's getting late and my husband is getting annoyed, so I must go for now.