Halloween Traditions Make for Great Family Time
Published on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 — Comments
Our family counts down to Halloween every year. We like to decorate the house, carve pumpkins, plan out our costumes and even think carefully through our trick or treat route to maximize our candy collection.
My children always spend a great deal of time selecting their Halloween costumes. We start searching early in the fall and visit many stores before making the big purchase. I wish I could say I was one of those moms that make her children’s costumes but I am not that talented. I can barely sew on a button.
I love Halloween. I also love to dress up and have looked at the adult costumes. I haven’t had success finding one I like because the female costumes tend to be a bit risqué for my taste and I don’t really want to be a sumo wrestler or a cow with huge exposed udders.
We started a tradition in my home a few years ago that my kids look forward to more than just about anything. A few days before Halloween we head down to our basement and pull out our countless dress up bins which are filled with old funny clothes, cheerleading and dance uniforms from my past, the kids dress up clothes, my grandma’s old scarves and funny accessories galore. Then my children carefully select a variety of pieces from these buckets that will make up my totally hysterical Halloween costume. I proudly wear the costume they select for me and you can say that I stand out slightly from my other mommy friends who have on cute brown and orange autumn outfits.
I am not sure how many more years my children will trick or treat with me. At some point the fun tradition of dressing me like a nut will surely embarrass them. However, for now they love it and there are few moments that bring our family this many full belly laughs.
It always amazes me what truly makes my children happy. I know my kids love this tradition because they think it makes me feel silly and maybe a little embarrassed, but I also think they just love the quality time we spend together creating the ultimate costume.
Holidays are great because we get to enjoy both traditions we have inherited from times past as well as create our own traditions to enjoy moving forward.
I’d like to hear from you about special traditions your family has created.
Happy Halloween!!!
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