Oct 30, 2010

Halloween.....


Gabsy

Riley
 On Hallowe'en the thing you must do
Is pretend that nothing can frighten you
An' if somethin' scares you and you want to run
Jus' let on like it's Hallowe'en fun.........




Reshma and Sachin
 



 Being born in South America I had no clue what Halloween was all about...that is not until I moved to Puerto Rico (USA)....and boy were we in for a surprise.  My first Halloween was something I will never forget.  My sisters and I did not have store bought costumes like most of the other kids.  My parents at the time did not have that kind of money to spare so we had to "create" our own costumes.

Looking back today I would not change a single thing about those times so long ago when we did not have much money wise but we more than made up for it with love and affection.

Halloween today is still a fun time for kids and actually also for grownups. 

Even though it has become so commercialized, and I hardly recognize the tradition as the one we celebrated when we were kids it is still a fun time.  Today the costumes are extravagant and some just bizarre but still cool.....Even the tiniest member of our family is enjoying Halloween.....



Lilly Vade less than 2 weeks old
 One of the coolest things to do is to go pumpkin picking and to carve your own (Jack O Lantern).  Not so long ago, Arvid and I did do that.  While visiting my sister and family in New Jersey we went Pumpkin Picking.....what a fun time it was....



Pumpkin Picking PA
My favorite memories though are those growing up with my sisters in PR, my parents buying lots of candy to give to the hundreds of kids that came trick or treating to our home and best of all was coming back home with our pumpkins filled with all sorts of candies........

4 sisters..
I will leave you with this...
Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said, "Never take candy from strangers." And then they dressed me up and said, "Go beg for it." I didn’t know what to do! I’d knock on people’s doors and go, "Trick or treat." "No thank you."





until nxt time.....