Sorry kids..the Lund house will probably be dark on Halloween night.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not that we don\u2019t love you, it\u2019s just we\u2019re too cheap to spring for candy.\u00a0 Nah..that\u2019s not really it either. \u00a0I suppose the main reason, for me anyway, is that Halloween hasn\u2019t been the same without kids or grandkids around to take trick or treating. I\u2019ve been doing it since my own daughters were little and the tradition continued with my kid\u2019s kids and Linda\u2019s kid\u2019s kids. I loved walking the neighborhood with those excited little souls all dressed up in costume..usually of their own choosing\u2026waiting on the walk as they ran up to the door\u2026first explaining why we only go to houses with the porch lights on.<\/p>\n
I fondly remember the joy of hearing their tiny voices either whisper or yell \u201cTrick or Treat\u201d depending on the precociousness of my grandkid\u2019s varied personalities. It was also fun to fake being totally frustrated by having to remind them to say \u201cThank You\u201d after receiving a sweet reward from the nice person bent over in the lighted doorway. Eventually, their containers would either get full or their little feet would grow tired so \u00a0I\u2019d plan the shortest route back to our house to show Grandma Linda the big haul. \u00a0I loved trying to negotiate with the kids \u00a0for my share of the loot which provided me an opportunity to teach another life lesson; this one about sharing. None of them bought-in to my flimsy threats to paddle their behinds if I didn\u2019t get a few Tootsie Rolls. Oh, what fun it was and oh, how I miss it.<\/p>\n
Our youngest grandchild just turned 13 and I suspect considers herself too old for playing the traditional door to door extortion game. Besides, she lives too far away in Lincoln.<\/p>\n
We have a great grandchild..but she likely already has a line of high priority chaperones anxious to canvass the neighborhoods on Friday night.<\/p>\n
There is another great grandchild on the way. I\u2019m going to put in a request now for the okay to tag along on his first night of meaningful Trick or Treating in three or four years.<\/p>\n
Treasure the moments, folks.<\/p>\n
Happy Halloween.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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