This is Halloween

This is Halloween, la la la.

Above are pictures I took after the photo shoot on Monday which went great.  After awhile I felt like it was the Mr. Roboto. "Stand toward me, put your left leg point away, hands on your hips, bend down, lower your chin, open your mouth but don't smile.  Awkward, but the pictures looked great. 

So back to the point of this blog. Halloween, day of candy, costumes, pumpkins, scary movies, and Rocky Horror Picture Show.  I usually stay home, pass out candy, and watch RHPS.  But this year is going to be different.  My parents decided to not pass out candy this year, due to having a two year old puppy who is extremely protective of her family, but also Halloween isn't the same anymore.  Which I can agree.  

When I was a kid, Halloween was great.  My mom made my costume every year, after school my brother would take me trick or treating.  And oh man did I think I was cool, MY older brother was taking me trick or treating while all my other friends had to go with their parents.  We would walk to every block, and go alot farther then we were allowed. Then we would come home, nice hot dinner to fill our cold and empty stomachs.  Cold because unlike today it's usually a bit chilly on Halloween, empty because we weren't allowed to eat any candy til we got home.  After dinner, and candy check, we would go to my grandparent's on the North side to visit for my grandpa's birthday (happy birthday, miss you).  And the best part is that we would always stop at the Mar's candy factory and get king sized Snickers, Milky Ways etc.  The night would end with a piece of candy, pj's and bed.  

Now Halloween is different.  In my neighborhood, parent's drop off their kids at one end of the block, have them walk to each house, and then scoop them up and drop them off at the next block.  Whatever happened to walking with your parents, and getting exercise (hmm candy and less walking on Halloween, rising childhood obesity rates anyone?).  And kids don't even say trick or treat! They walk up and say "Here."  And costumes, a mask and regular clothes not a costume!  Whatever happened to traditional, clever fun costumes?  Maybe it's jut now parents work and don't have time, to really think out a costume so they run to Walgreens and get one which I can understand due to time crunch and budget. But I can't help but feel like as adults get older, they get more clever and creative with their costumes.  But now a lot of the costumes we see at the shops are those sexy ones.  Like they said in Mean Girls "Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it."  Now I am not criticizing this, because I know sometime this weekend, I will be reusing my old catholic school girl uniform from 3 years ago.  Also my budget didn't allow for a Halloween costume this year.  But I've come to accept that times are different now, family values have changed.  But one thing I can say, when I'm older and the time is right, and I have children I will know what to do when it comes to Halloween.  My mom will make their costumes like she did mine, if she doesn't mind, I will take them from house to house, and make sure they say Trick or Treat!  And candy will be checked after a nice dinner.  I will be carrying on those traditions that I love and miss so much.

But everyone have a safe and Happy Halloween!