First off, my friend Jodi, is absolutely correct - Halloween candy has a very particular smell to it (like wax paper and really cheap gum).
When I was young, we used to actually Trick-or-Treat at people's houses. Now kids Trick-or-Treat at the mall or out of the trunks of cars. Really..? 'Mmmm candy and car exhaust! '
Parents used to WALK around their neighborhood with their kids. I get really irritated watching people inch down the kid-packed street in their cars. It's called exercise folks...it's one night a year, you'll survive.
When we got older we went without our parents - now I wish the older kids had parents with them, because some of those kids are just rude! I don't EVER remember asking someone how many pieces of candy I could take.
The big difference in Halloween from my youth is this:
Say, that as a child, you wanted to be Scooby Doo for Halloween...in the 70's this is what you would get: a plastic mask, and a plastic poncho - done. The mask would never stay tight on your face because the elastic holding it up would either stretch or break. In fact, the only reason the mask would stay on at all is because you couldn't help but stick your tongue through the little oval breathing hole. The poncho was normally worn over a winter jacket and would flap in the wind (because the side ties would always break as well). The sad thing is, that as a kid, this was the ultimate Halloween costume!
Fast forward 30 years and $45.00 more and this is the Scooby Doo of Halloween present - Kid's costume's are so much cooler now.
Case in point - Hailey was a ladybug for Halloween.
Hailey's second shot at Halloween went very well. We stayed at home and answered the door for most of the evening (at least for all the cute little kids) then we hit the road and went to Uncle Kevin's and Aunt Linda's house. Her Aunt Linda wasn't able to
make the Carve and the ladybug outfit was too cute to keep in the confines of our living room. Hailey had a great time chasing Kevin and Linda's dog Elvis around the couch and giggling up a storm! she even learned how to stand on a chair (sorry Linda).
In my day the wings would have been wire, covered in flammable material and stapled to the costume with cheap pointy metal.
Of course, being a mom, I think Hailey would look cute if she were head-to-toe in plastic. Maybe next year I can convince her to be a retro Scooby Doo.
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