Carving pumpkins is a strange thing to do, isn't it? I mean, it's really only recently that people have been, on the whole, creating wonderful pumpkin carvings that are pretty to look at. Quite different and not just the scary things that glow orange as the candle flame stabs out into the dark driveway.
I guess we could do worse on a quiet evening at home than carve pumpkins, though. Heidi and I have spent the last hour or so scraping out the cold innards of these massive pumpkins we purchased 30 miles from here. Carving was not intricate, as in recent years past, mainly because we did not have time to come up with cool designs. So, we have one happy, and one scary pumpkin on our front steps. The test-lighting went well, and I hope they look good to the trick-or-treaters visiting us requesting healthy snacks.
Yeah, right.
We'll be shoveling 100% sugar filled "fun-size" snack bars and lollipops into plastic pumpkins, pillow cases, and probably some pockets. We're not skimpy on passing out the candy, either. COme to our house and you can expect that yor parents will e telling you not to eat all your candy in one sitting, even if ours is the only house you've been to so far.
Last year, we handed out candy to the kids. And beef jerky to the dads. I don't recall there being any moms out with the kids last year, come to think of it. Well anyway, this year, it's just candy. If they want something different, like something healthy and full of fiber, they'll have to have some of the leaves from the yard, 'cuz trick-or-treating is all about candy.
Except for those folks in Connecticut (where I used to love, oh so many years ago) who gave little plactic bags fill of pennies (well, maybe ten or fifteen). But who wants to go home with fifteen cents? I mean, wouldn't it have been just as easy to get a bag of Snickers or something? A+ for effort. C- for interest level. It's not like they were providing stock market tips along with the money or anything.
So here I am, an adult (or so I like to think) getting ready to do what I wanted neighbors to do when I was a kid. I'm gonna tell the kids to take a handfull. Not one or two treats, take a handfull. And the last kids who come to the door before 9:00PM get to take the rest. I fugure 4 hours of handing out candy is enough, right?
Just remember to gove some to your mom and dad. They are, after all, the ones who are standing at the end of the driveway, watching how much loot you're getting.
Posted by MEK at October 30, 2002 05:05 PM