While there are plenty of things to love about Halloween (costumes, candy, parties, oh my!), there are some things that just bug me about Halloween. I wrote about it for my friend Kim. I want to thank Kim for asking me to participate in her Halloween series, Listing Toward Halloween. It’s been fun reading everyone’s take on this holiday.
I also want to thank my mom for that fabulous costume pictured with the post. I tried to get one of the girls to wear it, but their PC-meter must be way more sensitive than mine ever was.
A few ironies to note for Halloween 2013:
1. Trick-or-treat is actually on Halloween this year — tonight, for those keeping track!
2. We did NOT carve pumpkins.
We had every intention of carving pumpkins; as a matter of fact, we were going to do it this past Sunday.
My children have had their pumpkins since October 19. Kate even had a green one because she was going to carve an Angry Birds pig. I kid you not.
The pumpkins were victimized this week by the local critters that live around our house. From the size and positioning of the holes, I’m guessing chipmunk.
3. I did do some heavy construction on the girls’ costumes this year. Come back to see pictures tomorrow.
Here are my favorites from the Listing Toward Halloween series (aside from my own, of course):
Halloween apologies (I could’ve written the costumes one).
Trick-or-treat defeat: The life and times of a Halloween failure.
Halloween costumes for men with glasses.
Read through them all. Someone probably feels the same way you do about Halloween!
And have a happy and safe evening of trick-or-treating.
What do you like the most about Halloween?
Red Pen Mama 
I miss it. No one trick-or-treats in my neighborhood.
That stinks, bluz! I love handing out candy. We don’t get many — one year, we may have had about 100 because it was unusually nice weather. I have a feeling I’m going to have leftovers tonight. Suppose it depends how rainy and windy it gets!
Nothing better than sitting by the door with a bucket of candy and watching the families traipse up and down the block. Even in the rain.
So what you are saying is your post was full of lies?! Thanks for sharing those favorite posts. I felt that all the ones you listed (included yours) were under-appreciated by the blog reading public.
I didn’t realize they would be lies when I wrote the post for you! 😉
The blog-reading public doesn’t know what’s good for it. It was a fun series!