Happy Halloween

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. The leaves are changing colors, the air is crisp and the sky is that perfect blue that only autumn brings. Everywhere you look, kids are picking out pumpkins, begging for early candy and shrieking in feigned fear at the spooky decorations. I have an amazing animated Halloween village complete with spooky music and sound effects that my children will spend hours watching as the tiny mummies pop up out of the coffin and the ghosts swirl past miniature lighted windows. They spend days deciding what they want to dress up as and talk at length about how much candy they will collect this year. We decorate the house inside and out, adding freshly carved jack o' lanterns, bat shaped window clings and our enormous fake furry tarantula affectionately known as Hairy. It is truly a time to be a child again and I love to spend October weekends drinking in the Halloween hubbub, touring haunted houses, strolling through the local Halloween festivals and watching late-night slasher movies with my husband. Halloween is a time for the imagination to run wild with every full moon and rustle of leaves. A time for ghosts and goblins to roam the streets and a time for the impossible to come to life safely for one exciting night. So enjoy celebrating your children, enjoy being a kid again and happy Halloween to all!