Here Comes Halloween!



I guess I'll go back In time a bit to write about one of my greatest Halloween memories.I was 11 or 12,and  had moved to a house near my cousin.That year he  called me and  asked me to go trick or treating with him that Halloween.The plot thickened when he said It would be one of the biggest candy scores ever ,If we played our cards right.You see,my aunt worked for the city at the time,and was privy to certain bits of information that your average trick or treater ,well,just wasn't .It turned out that the Mayor of our city lived a few blocks away from  them and every Halloween ,he'd leave two big boxes out on the porch,filled with individually bagged assorted candies  and a sign that read "take-one". I knew what my cousin had In mind.He wasn't a saint and neither was I.And we certainly weren't about to only take one bag of candy from our super generous Mayor's front porch that Halloween.

The plan was to arrive early ,and as soon as It got a little bit darker,we would return to  the Mayors front porch to finish the job.Well,everything fell apart the minute we arrived and realized that we had been  beaten to the loot! As we trudged home that night ,defeated, we still managed to amass quite the candy trove.And then..... Karma!We both caught wind of a group of older kids conspiring to snatch OUR candy bags!It was a foot race but we managed to outrun the group of older kids(who clearly weren't from the neighborhood,we knew all the short cuts.They didn't stand a chance ) and  get  back to my cousins front porch and into his house,safely with candy bags in tact.I'll never forget that day!


Mr.Smith takes a trip down memory lane

and

Alexis decks the halls with Halloween spookieness!






Comments

  1. I knew you sounded familiar. You gave us quite the run that night.

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    1. Sucker!Next time scout the area ...old timers ;)

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  2. Sounds like a great memory! Even if you had to run from some jerk older kids!

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  3. Thanks Cassie :)That was certainly a night to remember.

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  4. I'm thinking Candy fades away quickly, but a memory like that and a run through the dark is forever

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    1. Yes!I was actually just sitting with my aunt and forgot to bring It up.

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  5. That was a pretty cool story, and loved how the jerk kids lost. :)

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    1. Thanks Alexis.Yeah,we pretty much new what yards to cut through and which ones would lead us where.Those were great times!

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  6. Oh man. This reminds me of a run in we had with the law on Devils Night one year! It's amazing how those things stick with you :)

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    1. They must have been fun times for them to stand out in our memories for so long,Spyda ;)

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  7. Ha used to take the entire bowl candy and all !

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