smell my feet! give me something good to eat!
I am a very traditional person. I love being this way! Just about every holiday there is some tradition that I feel I must continue to participate in to make it the best time yet. This ties in with how sentimental of a person I am. These traditions are so important to me because of that sentimental side. It warms my heart to feel the memories of my past through continuing a tradition.
Well it's Halloween weekend! This holiday season always makes me think of my life-long friend, Whitney. For as long as I can remember, we spent the Halloween night together at some point.
When we were kids, we would go trick or treating with our siblings and parents like all other kids. Once we were finished, Whitney and her family would always come to our house. It was so much fun! Our parents would sit in the kitchen or living room. They would talk, play cards, have coffee - grown up stuff. We would have the real fun however! (me, Nick, Whitney, and Kortney) We would begin by all getting in one of bedrooms, dumping out our Halloween candy (Nick and I had those plastic jack-o-lantern candy baskets with the black handles), and trading with each other. I can't describe how awesome this was! See - we went to different houses, and therefore had different candy choices. We could get rid of that candy that we hated, (licorice, dots, candy corn - yes I don't really like candy corn - I look forward to your comments) and get some we loved that someone else hated. It was just fabulous! Once we were satisfied with our candy intake for the evening, we continued on with our next activity. We always, always, always played with my fake kitchen set. When we were quite younger, the kitchen was in my bedroom. We would pretend to cook, and miraculously produce the best tasting Halloween candy from our efforts. As we got older, the kitchen set was moved to the basement. A sad fact we all learn from reading the Velveteen Rabbit, or watching Toy Story 3 - is that when we get older, we don't use our toys as much. But on Halloween, that toy kitchen set still was used - merely out of sentimental tradition. It's funny the things you remember. I still remember this little plastic yellow goblet-like glass I kept in the cabinet of my kitchen set. This was always Nick's glass. Every year we saved it for him. We would pour Coca-Cola in the play glasses instead of getting a real one from my mom's kitchen, you see.
This is the most similar picture of a play kitchen set I could find online. Mine was yellow. I think I had one more piece. If only I had kept it. I could keep it in my basement now.
Well, as we got ALOT older that tradition became not so easy to keep up with. Schedules were hard to mesh, and we got too old for trick or treating. Then one day in a yard sale, I sold the old play kitchen set for ten dollars. (I still think this was one of my worst decisions, ha ha) Now we no longer do this Halloween tradition.
However, Whitney and I are still the best of friends. And we still LOVE Halloween time! One thing that has changed about us since we were little kids, is that we now really like scary movies. We used to watch scary movies in high school alot. We also love to play board and video games. When I bought my house a few years ago, we started another Halloween tradition together. Every year at Halloween time, we get together and watch our favorite classic scary movies, and usually play some games. We remember the good old days of trading candy and playing with the kitchen set. But now, we have altered it to our more grown-up interests. :) Tonight is that night for us! I already know we will have a splendid time, as we always do. I have been smiling all day thinking about those memories, and the new ones we might make tonight!
Well it's Halloween weekend! This holiday season always makes me think of my life-long friend, Whitney. For as long as I can remember, we spent the Halloween night together at some point.
When we were kids, we would go trick or treating with our siblings and parents like all other kids. Once we were finished, Whitney and her family would always come to our house. It was so much fun! Our parents would sit in the kitchen or living room. They would talk, play cards, have coffee - grown up stuff. We would have the real fun however! (me, Nick, Whitney, and Kortney) We would begin by all getting in one of bedrooms, dumping out our Halloween candy (Nick and I had those plastic jack-o-lantern candy baskets with the black handles), and trading with each other. I can't describe how awesome this was! See - we went to different houses, and therefore had different candy choices. We could get rid of that candy that we hated, (licorice, dots, candy corn - yes I don't really like candy corn - I look forward to your comments) and get some we loved that someone else hated. It was just fabulous! Once we were satisfied with our candy intake for the evening, we continued on with our next activity. We always, always, always played with my fake kitchen set. When we were quite younger, the kitchen was in my bedroom. We would pretend to cook, and miraculously produce the best tasting Halloween candy from our efforts. As we got older, the kitchen set was moved to the basement. A sad fact we all learn from reading the Velveteen Rabbit, or watching Toy Story 3 - is that when we get older, we don't use our toys as much. But on Halloween, that toy kitchen set still was used - merely out of sentimental tradition. It's funny the things you remember. I still remember this little plastic yellow goblet-like glass I kept in the cabinet of my kitchen set. This was always Nick's glass. Every year we saved it for him. We would pour Coca-Cola in the play glasses instead of getting a real one from my mom's kitchen, you see.
This is the most similar picture of a play kitchen set I could find online. Mine was yellow. I think I had one more piece. If only I had kept it. I could keep it in my basement now.
Well, as we got ALOT older that tradition became not so easy to keep up with. Schedules were hard to mesh, and we got too old for trick or treating. Then one day in a yard sale, I sold the old play kitchen set for ten dollars. (I still think this was one of my worst decisions, ha ha) Now we no longer do this Halloween tradition.
However, Whitney and I are still the best of friends. And we still LOVE Halloween time! One thing that has changed about us since we were little kids, is that we now really like scary movies. We used to watch scary movies in high school alot. We also love to play board and video games. When I bought my house a few years ago, we started another Halloween tradition together. Every year at Halloween time, we get together and watch our favorite classic scary movies, and usually play some games. We remember the good old days of trading candy and playing with the kitchen set. But now, we have altered it to our more grown-up interests. :) Tonight is that night for us! I already know we will have a splendid time, as we always do. I have been smiling all day thinking about those memories, and the new ones we might make tonight!
all of this is just another reason that halloween is my favorite holiday. love you!! so glad that we can keep the tradition alive.
ReplyDeleteThis is so great!
ReplyDeleteAnd I too had one of those really cool kitchen sets - mine was brown but it was metal and very similar though a bit smaller - I'm much older than you, so mine was from 1960s. :)