Happy Halloweeny!

We watched the best show on the history of Halloween. We all learned some really cool things, including:

Sophie: Originally, giving out candy was a bribe to stop vandalism in the 1920's;

Ella: What to expect in a haunted house...as in, what the designers were doing to elicit fear;

Alex: Halloween is one day where you can just go crazy and express that hidden side of yourself;

Max: What it takes to grow the world's largest pumpkin which was 1450 lbs;

Mindy: Being scared of the dark is a primordial fear, based on things in the night (predators) being likely to kill our ancestors

Alex's Jack-O-Lantern with Voldermort eyes

Ella's Jack-O-Lantern...you can't see it, but hers had ears

Sophie's Jack-O-Lantern

Max's Jack-O-Lantern with cute little freckles

There was a great deal of time spent organizing, seperating, and catagorizing the candy stash. The kids have an elaborate rating system for each type of candy.

The best part of Halloween, at least in my kids' opinion....Bargaining...Trading...Working a deal