Cole- TJ, Eric, Lauren, Jessie (week 4)

Halloween brings out the craziness in everyone, especially kids. First, a kid has to decide what they’re going to dress up as. This is the day that they can transform into a growling, eye patch wearing pirate, drive the Batmobile, or be the princess waiting for their knight in shining armor. To read Pippi Longstocking and have a day dedicated to putting pipe cleaners in braided pigtails, twisting them until they stick out from each side of your head is something kids count on. Halloween can’t be beat. A day to escape school, escape normality, it’s a day to venture into imaginary worlds. Just to put a little sugar on top, literally, kids get boatloads of candy. Plastic bags filled to the brim with chocolate and sugar, or in my case a pillow case full (it allows for a lot more candy). House to house kids walk in bunches with their parents dragging their feet behind them. The kids are running down the driveways, pushing and shoving to get to the neighbors’ front door first. The October nights are usually brisk but the kids don’t even feel their cheeks getting pinker and pinker by the minute. All that matters is shouting “Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat.” Of course, when the hours set by the community for trick or treating are up, the old people, relieved that the young balls of energy are tucked away in their homes, go to bed exhausted to have stayed up past nine thirty. The kids, however, have their work cut out for them. The groups of friends go back a house, dump their treats on the tan carpeting and begin the business deals. Reese’s cups are high priority, along with Kit Kats and M&Ms, but the Almond Joys are low on the wish list. The trading begins, with ten year olds haggling over their favorites, with brows furrowed in concentration, stopping to debate the offers thrown their way. The joys of Halloween continue to amaze kids throughout the years.