Shirley! My amazing package arrived yesterday. Brian and I spent the day away from home, and checked the mailbox after we returned late last night. To my relief, your package and another was in there. I am starting to wonder if something drastic must be going on at our regional mail distribution center.... The prize contents are amazing! Thanks so much, but especially for the tea and paper products. Really, I need to come hang out with you and learn how to make some of these cards and gift tags. They are so beautiful. ❤️

My kids are older and no longer trick-or-treat but I enjoy answering the doorbell to all the littles in our neighborhood. We have the sweetest little kids as our neighbors. I adore them! But I'm disappointed at the hours our town posted for trick-or-treating--either make it a weekend when all families can accommodate, or later in the evening when everyone can be home from work and participate. The Scrooge is early this year. (hmph!)

Well, I live on a street in a small town that gets 100's if not a thousand trick-or-treaters. It is great fun and even though I fill my giant bowl to the brim, twice, we always run out of candy. So I overly decorate because it's just plain fun and there is obviously an audience for it which makes it even more fun. I line the front wall with jack o'lanterns. Their flickery flame inside makes the pumpkin smell and look amazing. I happen to love the smell of a burning pumpkin. I I have ghosts hanging in the trees and a skeleton on the front porch. We have a another ghost that travels overhead when it senses noise and also have a fog machine. I have more jack o'lanterns leading up to and onto the front porch and I play really loud Halloween music like the Monster Mash and scary organ music- Bach for all to hear. There's a scarecrow in one corner of the yard and we have some of those projection lights that light up the skeleton. Inside I have my mantle done up with all sorts of vintage Halloween decorations and some crows that caw when you walk by.

Wildchild I too hope you and DH get better fast. No fun to be sick etc ever. We had 35 ish kids and I wasn't even on duty to see them last night. Dear son and dear nephew took over. DH and I dressed up and went dancing at a local pub that has live music. DN and DS had a blast with all the costumed kids so good fun all around. This might become a new tradition!