The Gayla Pink Apple Blog
My front porch this year!
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Trick-or-Treat?
If You Don't Treat Me - I Might Trick You!
Halloween is only a week away!
Get your costume ready!
Wicked Witch
My daughter, age 4, plastic fake glasses with big nose and bushy eyebrows,
big ole witch hat and I thought she just looked like a doll! Too funny!
Our neighbor (in photo above left) would wait for my daughter to come
trick-or-treat, then turn out her lights.
Halloween is celebrated by millions of people as a fun time for kids, putting on costumes, and going door-to-door to get candy. But it is also known as a time of witches, goblins, and ghosts. On one hand, some see Halloween as a harmless time of fun and on the other, a night to be avoided.Halloween is only a week away!
Get your costume ready!
My daughter, age 4, plastic fake glasses with big nose and bushy eyebrows,
big ole witch hat and I thought she just looked like a doll! Too funny!
Our neighbor (in photo above left) would wait for my daughter to come
trick-or-treat, then turn out her lights.
My daughter as Glenda, the Good Witch
Westover Hills Preschool
Westover Hills Preschool
There is a lot of debate on whether or not we should participate in Halloween. Is it alright to go trick-or-treating? Can we dress our kids up in costumes on that day? If we do any of this, are we celebrating an evil holiday?
The word Halloween is derived from the term "All Hallows Eve" which occurred on Oct. 31, the end of summer in Northwestern Europe. "All Saints Day," or "All Hallows Day" was the next Day, Nov. 1st. Therefore, Halloween is the eve of All Saints Day.
Whether or not you and your family participate in Halloween activities is merely up to you. As a young girl, we loved going trick-or-treating in our small community. My grandmother made homemade popcorn balls - they were not wrapped in plastic wrap either - it never crossed our minds someone might put something harmful in our treats.
I Dream of Jeannie
It was a fun time walking house-to-house with our friends. I personally see it as a fun time for kids, putting on costumes, and going door-to-door to get candy. When my daughter was young, I dressed in costume with her, and we had as much fun answering our door to other kids trick-or-treating, as we did actually going door-to-door. I enjoyed answering my door as a witch and giving out candy. At our house we loved loved loved dressing up and not just at Halloween, so when October 31st came around there were a lot of costumes to choose from - sometimes the hard thing for my daughter was deciding which costume to wear.
"Belle" from Beauty and The Beast Snow White Today, I turn on my porch light and hope little trick-or-treaters ring my doorbell. Sometimes I have pumpkins on the porch and Halloween decorations in my dining room for my own enjoyment. When I get tired of opening my door and giving out candy - or if it is sort of late and time to end the fun - off goes the porch light! And a goodnight to all those little ghosts, goblins and witches!
Candy please, preferably chocolate,
Gayla
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