Unit１　Halloween　
Ok...here's the scoop on Halloween:
Even at 38, Halloween is one of my favorite days of
 the year for two reasons.
 Reason #1 - my kids love it,　they wear funny costumes
and it reminds me of being a kid.
 Reason #2 - it's fun for adults because we laugh at our kids
 and then go to adult parties and have a great time.

Halloween also really signifies the start of the Holidays
because the weather has started to change and the next day is
November and that means Thanksgiving and then Christmas. 

It all starts with pumpkins around the middle of October.
 We go to a big pumpkin patch out in the countryside at a place
 in Carnation (about 40 minutes from Seattle).
 The pumpkin patch is probably about an acre and
FULL of pumpkins of all types, sizes and colors.
 You use a wheelbarrow and some clippers and you cut
 your pumpkins off the vines when you find them and then
weight them in and pay(5 big pumpkins ends up costing about $15).
 We usually carve the pumpkins a few days later and put them
out on our front porch and light a candle in them at night.
 We never eat them because after Halloween they're usually
gross and moldy and we throw them away.

 On the night of Halloween, the kids have their costumes ready
 to go (they usually wear them all day to get ready) and
 I take them  with a few other fathers and kids around
the neighborhood and they get lots of candy (that the adults
seem to always end up eating). I usually deck out the front yard
and have a fog machine and scare kids as they come up to
 the front door. After our kids are in bed, we'll have
some neighbors and friends over and some wine
and that's about it. Some times we'll get a babysitter
(like my mom) and go to a party!
 Halloween is GREAT fun - for kids and adults!


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