Halloween Talk

It is the season for Halloween. But, my son has been doing the free candy Halloween season for months. Probably every since last Halloween. Needless to say, as probably most kids who celebrate Halloween do, he loves it. I have heard Halloween talk night and day and day and night. His costume changed about three times which is about right for him. He finally decided on Naurto last week. I told him once it is brought no changing his mind. He shook his head in agreement and said that he's sure. 

I remember the very first Halloween that he and I celebrated. He was almost a year old. We lived on a family friendly loving Halloween block at that time. The house at the corner was decorated from top to bottom. Ghosts in the yard, pumpkins on the roof, orange and white lights twinkling everywhere. In every window there was something spooky or cute looking out at you even a huge spider climbing down the side of the house. That was the go to house of the neighborhood. They gave out the good candy. 

Josh was walking back then. He started a month before. Even back then he probably had an inkling something good was coming so he needed to be ready. So, decked out in his first costume of many, a pumpkin costume, we walked from our house to the corner and back then counted the "loot" for mom. OK, Josh did get a sucker or two but the rest I happily ate. 

 As the years went on, Josh has been Spiderman three time, Superman once, Batman twice, A baseball p,ayer twice, and I am sure a couple more I can't remember right now. But, they are all captured on pictures tucked away in photo albums to show his future son or daughter some day so they can point and laugh like he did when he saw one picture of me dressed like a hula dancer on Halloween when I was around his age. And I thought I looked cool.