Halloween sure is a whole lot different now that my kids are grown. I used to decorate the house, make homemade costumes, throw Halloween parties with the appropriately goulish foods, do Halloween crafts and activities with all the kids in the neighborhood. All that jazz. This is how times have changed since my boys were little. Here, you can make your own scary monster on your computer. What fun! Go make your own monster!

Here are my boys many moons ago – my little skeletons with their glow-in-the-dark bones and their hand painted trick-or-treat bags. Aren’t they precious?

This year, I’ll be going to DeWitte (my boss) and Jamie (his wife)’s house and participating in their Haunted Maze. They do this every year and every year it gets bigger and more elaborate. This year’s theme is CarnEvil with wicked clowns, fortune tellers, sideshows, and scary things around each and every corner. I will be operating the Wheel of Misfortune out front to keep people entertained while they wait their turn. There are prizes, candy and everything. No one walks away empty-handed.

Just a quick note too. . . they hand out the GOOD candy. You know – the full size candy bars. None of that crap candy that you get at the bargain basement stores. What were your worst Halloween treats that you ever got?

This is MY personal top 5 Worst Halloween treats:

Raisins. Eeeewwww! Who wants raisins? Shriveled grapes do not candy make. Only the nerdy kids actually liked to get raisins.
Dum dum lollipops. Yes, these are just dumb. There is nothing gooey and delicious about these little nuggets.
These things LOOK like candy and SMELL like candy, but no way TASTE like candy. It’s an imposter.
Nobody wants candy that tastes like powder. Dust on your coffee table tastes better than these nasty things.
Ick! Good and plenty nastiness. Whoever created this and called it candy had no tastebuds.

THIS is MY personal Top 5 Best Halloween treats:

I think these rate at pretty much the top of everybody’s favorite. Especially if you get the big ones. Cha-ching!
The little mini bags of these things are just a tease. But what a yummy tease.
Who doesn’t love a Snickers bar? Whether it’s the bite-size or the full-size, you can’t go wrong.
If you want gooey deliciousness stuck in your teeth for an hour, this is your treat here.
Well, because I AM a nerd, this is like my personal crack. I can’t stop eating it until I’m about to puke.

So tell me, what are YOU handing out this year?