Halloween happens to be my favorite holiday, right next to Thanksgiving. Christmas was always fun when my children believed in Santa. I still enjoy it, but it's different now since all my kids have kids of their own. As a grammy, I can now look back at all the fun stuff we did to plan our costumes, make fun treats and plan the party that always brought all the cousins and grandparents to my home.
Each year when my own children were young enough to enjoy Halloween, I hosted a soup party. All of my brothers and sisters would dress up their children in some really crazy costumes and crash my house right after school was let out. The soups were in crockpots staying warm and everyone that came brought an addition to complement my famous soups. We always had such an exceptional table of grab and go foods.
We lived in the perfect neighborhood for trick or treating, just two square blocks, with just one way in, same way out. It was a safe place to let our children run wild to collect treats from people we knew. Heck, half the neighbors would drop in to try my soup and say hello to my family. It was truly sweet.
This was the one day every year that I would go to the party store to collect make-up kits, props and costumes for my kids to dress up and pretend to be something else. The funny thing that I have to mention, the adults were required to dress up also. Oh yeah, I heard the moans, but I would just laugh, and tell them "no costume, no soup". Everyone came dressed up.
Myself included.
It was a trip!
I wasn't a slouch when it came to outfitting my kids with what they wanted to dress up as. I told them to use their imaginations and I would provide the needed resources.
Here's a few examples: My Ryan as a teen werewolf. I glued hair onto his face, then blended make-up into his hair to create a perfect wolf. Although it took lots of scrubbing to get it off. 🙄
Then there was this: My five year old Derrick as the joker. He's still our joker. With his two cousins as ghostbusters.
Then my sweet little girl as a princess same as her cousin.
Oh my goodness, such wonderful memories. Just a few weeks ago she was truly a beautiful princess. With her prince.
Yup, Halloween was always a time of sharing and caring, these sweet memories are priceless. I know all you #silverbloggers can relate to such things and I am so happy to share this with all of you. I will be searching this community for the the joy you will share with me. I am sure it will make me smile.
Here's just a few other pictures I came a cross when searching for "HALLOWEEN MEMORIES" for this week's theme for "Blog of the week.
The hubby.
Grand daughters.
My brother.
The walking wounded and Indian chief.
A handmade gift from my mom.
A special gift from my #hive friends 
So cool, cherished.
Halloween is a fun holiday that we Americans enjoy to the max. It brings families together just to laugh at each other's foolishness. Hey, why not!
Soups on.