The Treats

The kids had been gearing up for Halloween for a couple of weeks as they marched around the house dressed in their costumes and have been making crafts and other school projects centered around pumpkins and fall decor. They really had no idea what Halloween was or how popular the day is for kids their ages. In Italy, they only started to celebrate this holiday, in some areas as recently as 5 years ago. They do not do "trick or treat" and the costumes are really scary. You have to wait for the celebration of Carnivale for the cute kid costumes to come out. Samuel and Emma both had parties at school on Thursday and dressed up then as well.

As a child I only remember going "Trick or Treating" a couple of times because ever since my little brother, Cody, was born on Halloween it has always been a birthday celebration day instead. So watching our kids participate in this American tradition was almost like it was the first time for me as well. Last night we went over to the Fields' house around the corner where their small group from church got together to eat dinner and then go out in the neighborhood to Trick or Treat. Thanks to the Fields' 2 of our 3 kids were using hand-me-down costumes that were given to us by them last spring. Thanks guys for the dragon & Spiderman! We started running the streets around 6:30 and finally finished our route at 7:45. The kids ran in mass from house to house. I was exhausted by the end of the night and I just waited at the end of the driveway for them to return and never ran like they did. Luca, no joke ran the entire night! He was a crazy boy, but the cutest little dinosaur I ever saw! He would shout "trick or treat" up and down the street and would go up to the door of the house saying that or "canny?" with an outstretched hand. He was very polite and said "thank you" before tearing off to the next house. Emma told people she was a "spooky dragon" but who would believe her with her cute smile? The weather was in the 50s and made for a perfect night to be outside. We have a mass of candy but with Samuel being banned from chocolate (all caffeine products) for the time being by the doctor it may slow down the devouring process. (Read the previous post if that comment has lost you.) Okay, enough from me. Here is the evening in pictures.