Halloween 2019

I love Halloween! Since a young age I have always enjoyed dressing up in costumes and going trick-or-treating. Now that I am an adult and have children, I get to share my love for Halloween with my kiddos.

One of the things that has changed over the years is the growing popularity of Trunk-or-Treats. Every year my kids attend three to four different events and the amount of candy they receive is unreal. I literally still have a big candy bowl full of candy that needs disposing of but can’t bring myself to do it.

Like last year, the girls really enjoyed Trunk-or-Treating at Powerline Church and Buffaloe Lanes (sponsored by Crosslink Community Church). Each year these to organizations draw in hundreds of people to their events allowing children to trick-or-treat in a safe environment.

This year finding the perfect costumes for the girl proved to be difficult. We usually allow them to pick their own costumes, but for some weird reason they wanted to dress alike. 

So, this year we had two gypsy pirates and boy did they look adorable. Side Note: It was comical hearing everyone ask, “are you two twins?” and the girls respond in unison “nope.” We do hear it all the time, so it wasn’t surprising to us.

One of the highlights this year was being able to take my almost two-year-old niece trick-or-treating. At first, she felt overwhelmed with the amount of people, but within a few minutes she realized she was getting free candy and got into the flow of things.

 I think she hoarded all the lollipops because when checking her candy there was not a single sucker to be found. I’m still not sure were her stash is, but I can guess her mom will be finding them throughout the house within the next few days.

Halloween will forever be one of my favorite holidays, but I think what brings me joy is seeing kids enjoy it as much as I do. I mean who can go wrong with free candy and being able to dress up for a day?

Until next time!

Samantha Jan