Celebrate Today- ceremonies and celebrations to make your days count

It's that time of year again when it's time to "boo" some of our neighbors... We've had fun with this  through the years  so we decided to bring in the Murray family and Byron last night who had never done this before. Such a fun tradition....  To “boo” someone, you sneak onto a neighbor's doorstep in the dark of night and leave a small bag of treats for them.  The most fun part is knocking on their door and then running as fast as you can after you leave the gift trying not to get spotted or caught.) 

One family we knew in Nashville had a Wheel of Candy in their frontyard (like a wheel of fortune that you could spin.) Trick-or-treaters could get in line to spin the wheel. They might land on the words that said that they won one, two or three pieces of candy. They might land on the words that said that they would lose one, two or three pieces of candy.    Or, the other option was that they might win a vegetable.   Back in 2004, Anna spun the wheel and won a piece of celery when she was two, and it was the prize of the evening. She carried it around like a trophy all night.        We took this tradition with us to Seattle when we moved out west and created our own Wheel of Candy. We've enjoyed it for the last few years as one of the ways we welcome people to our house on Halloween.      2012 2013 2014 2015 Because our kids brought home WAY too much cand...

Over the years, as we have tried to be sneaky in the neighborhood and leave some fun Halloween treats at some doorsteps of neighbors (known as "Booing"), Anna has told me that it was "thrilling" to try to not get caught (quote from 2013). Love these thriller moments in these fun traditions.  pictures from 2013 below:   'tis the season in 2015  faster than a speeding bullet     lots of laughter