HALLOWEEN FUN

Halloween is coming.

As readers know, I already set up for Christmas (mostly) when one of the grands came over to help decorate. Same grandchild is here with me this weekend, so I decided to bring home my school Halloween toys. Not only will I be retiring within the next year or two so stuff has to come home, but this kiddo loves, loves, loves scary stuff and all things Halloween. She is the perfect audience for such shenanigans.

As soon as the little missy wakes up from her nap, we are going to town with the toys. I have a two-foot tall dancing skeleton who sings Super Freak, a dancing and singing purple people eater, an animated witch,  and a full-sized (but flat) plastic skeleton with moving joints.

I might have set up Christmas first, but that was just to throw off the holidays. I am fully ready for Halloween around here, and I have the decorated cookies and cupcakes to prove it. Today we drove nearby to inspect fairy houses and mini villages. The kiddo pointed out Halloween houses the entire ride there and back, short as it was. Later, after nap time and toy time, she will be having a play-date with another young'un who just so happens to be one house away from a huge animated Halloween house.

It's great when a holiday (or two) can give children so much pleasure. It's fun to be with the little kids (and the bigger ones) at any given moment, but it sure eases the entertainment factor around the holidays.

Happy Halloween, and may the trick-or-treat gremlins be generous!