My grandchildren are all about Halloween. Costume planning starts around when school starts and changes at least 10 times before Halloween – at least! For the 4-year-old, who is the most excited, it has gone from SpongeBob to Jason to Chucky to a police officer and on and on. Right now it’s a police officer and I was put in jail last night for not telling him there was a piece of fake cobweb (from Halloween decorations) on his leg. In other words, any excuse to play police officer. My 10-year-old granddaughter always has to be fashionably scary so there is lots of makeup and glitter with whatever she decides. The 9-year-old is just all about trick or treating for candy and doesn’t really care what his costume is.
The other Halloween excitement/tradition is watching Halloween movies. Our top 10 movies that we have seen at least 10 times each and will probably watch many more times before Halloween this year are:
1. Halloweentown – and the 3 sequels
2. Hocus Pocus (and now the begging begins to see Hocus Pocus 2 in the theater)