Enriching Halloween
Parents love that I make their kids run the labyrinth for treats
It gives them time to pause, take a breath and a photo, socialize, and let their kids burn off a little of that costume-and-sugar-fueled adrenaline
I definitely try to make the treats in the center worthy of the run. Ever since the pandemic, I’ve decorated small paper bags with the best worst Halloween-related puns I can find.
I dressed as Dawn Campbell, played by Naomi Watts in the movie I Heart Huckabees
“It’s the Christy-est movie you could ever watch,” I explained to co-workers who hadn’t seen it.
Doug donned some Elvis glasses, sliding into his chair just before the neighborhood parade appeared
The cardboard tombstone is in honor of Tim, who used to live next door. “I’ll be right back,” are the words he often spoke before leaving our house.
We’d usually see him a day or two later, until the day when we didn’t. Miss you, Tim.
As usual, the sheer delight on the faces of the kids, arriving in a massive crunch of a parade, is what makes my Halloween…
