this blog on facebook made my day! 1970s kids Halloween vs. todays kids Halloween.....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacqueline-wilson/halloween-for-kids-in-the-70s-vs-halloween-today_b_5932076.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000037

my mom didn't smoke, but we did tv dinners for special treats if we were home sick from school....and we had those store bought costumes with the masks! we mainly got popcorn balls and apples and home baked treats since we were farm kids. trick or treating involved driving, driving, driving. I always let our kids walk as far as they wanted, then when they got too tired, they'd cop a squat and I'd hike back for the vehicle to pick them up. and we bought Halloween costumes, or parts to make costumes....they were Batman, A Power Ranger, Pocohontas, Jasmine, An Army Girl, A Zombie Cheerleader, Ash Ketcham, a Ballerina, A Barbie, The Bride of Frankenstein, Percy the Platypus, The Eighties Girl....it was SO much fun! None of my kids ever won a costume party prize, but they loved those costumes! when Koren was our only child, she had 3 or 4 Halloween costumes....she came up with something different for every Halloween thing we did! I was a witch until I got too fat to button up my dress. I love Halloween. But the kids don't need ol' mom anymore. Katie took me off the volunteer list for the Fall Festival at school. will have to find some trick-or-treating pics to post on facebook....(sigh).