Happy Halloween

It was a fun day for the kids. Kristin dressed up as a bride, and Ryan was a hunter. We did our usual Halloween tradition of heading downtown to the local business' who pass out candy in a safe environment for the kids. It is in the afternoon, so it is not something that they are running around at night with the big kids--so to speak. After trick-or-treating downtown, we met Bill for dinner at A&W, which has been our choice of dinner for the last 5 years on Halloween night.

We then went to Miss Betty's house and trick or treated her ( a friend from Fir Lawn church) and then to Grandma Alice's, where the kids decided to hang out and pass out candy. They enjoyed an evening with Grandma, and I picked them up about 8:30. Kristin enjoyed seeing all the little kids in their fun costumes, but said she didn't care for the scary ones. We had a good discussion about Halloween, and how it is all what you make of it, and the "fun" part of Trick or Treating, and "playing dress up" instead of some of the evil things that are associated with it. It's funny, since as a kid, I got a kick out of "scary" stuff and viewed it just as that...scary, not satanic. I talked a lot to them about what is good and bad about Halloween, and how to sort out the differences. It was a good chat, and they agreed that as long as evil wasn't in their hearts it was a fun time.