Halloween is approaching!
There is always something fun about this Holiday, as a child it meant that as soon as the sun went down I would go house to house and load up on as much candy as possible. I always looked forward to finding my costume and parading it in school, trying to be a cool kid.
In my teen years Halloween was an opportunity to look for mischief, such as bag snatching, egging houses and everything else my warped little mind could think of when amongst friends.
As for my college years, I don’t want to go into the detail of my Halloween exploits, lets just presume they were fun.
Nowadays, I find myself a father of a beautiful 2 year old baby girl, and my Halloween exploits have changed and have a different meaning. Now that she is becoming more aware of her surroundings I have decided to start our own family traditions.
Today we started our evening by watching the classic Hocus Pocus ( I don’t care who you are, that movie is a classic for this time of year!) and since the Holiday is approaching I felt that pumpkin carving was in order. Mind you this is the first carving session I’ve done in years, and I couldn’t have been happier.
Seeing the eyes of my daughter light up as she was digging the seeds was worth every second. I am starting to see these holidays from a different perspective, and now it is time for me to see them from a parents point of view, and I truly understand the importance they have. It is a time to get the family together on these occasions and pass on the traditions as well as creating your own, and really enjoy the quality time.
Times like these remind me of how lucky I am.
Until next time..
Happy Halloween!
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