Back when our kids were young, they looked forward to Halloween each year and loved sorting through their booty after they returned from their nightly rounds.
Of course, when they were young we would walk with them and stand nearby by while they went to the door of each house.
One time we were standing on the sidewalk as our oldest daughter Michelle went to the door of one particularly well decorated home. She was about three or four at the time and was leery of the place because of the spooky music they were playing. In addition to that, there was a fake coffin that the kids had to pass to reach the front door. (It looked something like the photo below.)
She finally got up enough nerve to go to the door and just as she passed the coffin, the person sat up and looked her straight in the eye. I still laugh to this day when I think about it. I have never seen a little kid move so fast in my life. She didn’t even stay on their walkway, but ran right across the grass with her costume flying in the air. She was dressed in a white sheet as a ghost and there was drool all around her mouth. It took a while before she was ready to go to the next house, but the thought of more candy finally won her over.
A few years later, it was my turn to hand out candy as kids came to the door. There had been a rash of robberies that were getting T.V. coverage where the robbers wore silk stocking to distort their face. (They looked like the photo below.)
After seeing the program I thought it would be funny to open the door wearing one. I stood in front of a mirror to get it just right, including pushing my ears forward so they look really distorted.
When the doorbell rang I opened the door and quickly yelled BOOOOOO! I had expected older kids to be there, but to my surprise there were three little kids about the age of Michelle when she had her coffin scare years earlier. They turned and started running down our walkway lickety split. I felt really bad and followed them saying, “I’m sorry, it’s O.K.,” as I removed the mask, but they kept going. After apologizing to their parents, I went back inside.
So think about the little ones on Halloween and Please Don’t Scare The Trick-Or-Treaters.
Tags: Advice, Funny, Good Choices, Halloween
Remember a couple of years ago when Raegan dressed up as the headless girl for Halloween? Well, they had a costume contest at school, so she was walking around the school in her costume, and one of the preschool kids saw her and freaked out. The kid was crying and saying, “That girl lost her head! She’s carrying it!” Raegan felt so bad that she had scared this poor little girl.
Also, think twice about purchasing any type of weapon to dress up the cool costume even more… mainly a warning for boys. They will likely use the plastic sickle on their annoying brother, causing a trip to the emergency room and stitches.