I am not a big lover of Halloween. I just never have been. I don't even remember loving it much as a kid. I just remember getting scared. I've been of the mindset that I wouldn't deny my kids Halloween - just wait until they were really interested themselves. I thought I was getting away with it again this year. Just planning on handing out candy to the neighborhood kids. Eli has suddenly had a change of heart.
On Wednesday Eli and I had a conversation about Halloween. He said he liked it but I didn't like it. He said I had to like it because he did! He than told me that he didn't love me if I didn't like Halloween. I told him he should go to his room and think about what he just said. This conversation happened after he came out of his room and declared that he did indeed love me. Oh good, I was worried.
Eli: "Let's sit down and talk about it. Why don't you like Halloween?"
Me: "I don't mind the candy and the costumes, I just don't like all the scary and yucky parts."
Eli: "I just need to give you lessons about Halloween."
Me: Sitting there totally amused and trying to jot down what he says because I just know how good of a blog post it will make!
(Now the following gets a little confusing but he is four after all....)
Eli: "What you need to do best - jump up like a skeleton. You know that? Sometimes skeletons are really good at fighting ghosts. Skeletons are really nice."
"Sometimes the grownups don't let you - they think you're in trouble."
(I know, really confusing.)
He proceeded to talk more about costumes and slimy worms and spiders (which you know are really just candy - not real, just pretend.) Oh, he said I also needed to buy a spider pinata and then we would do "slimy things", could be worms or snails.
Today, which is the actual day to dress up he informed me that he needed to get a Batman costume and Addison needed to be a bunny. Great. Really? I have to search for costumes on Halloween? I guess the tide has turned. I now have to be a full participator in this silly little holiday.
On Wednesday Eli and I had a conversation about Halloween. He said he liked it but I didn't like it. He said I had to like it because he did! He than told me that he didn't love me if I didn't like Halloween. I told him he should go to his room and think about what he just said. This conversation happened after he came out of his room and declared that he did indeed love me. Oh good, I was worried.
Eli: "Let's sit down and talk about it. Why don't you like Halloween?"
Me: "I don't mind the candy and the costumes, I just don't like all the scary and yucky parts."
Eli: "I just need to give you lessons about Halloween."
Me: Sitting there totally amused and trying to jot down what he says because I just know how good of a blog post it will make!
(Now the following gets a little confusing but he is four after all....)
Eli: "What you need to do best - jump up like a skeleton. You know that? Sometimes skeletons are really good at fighting ghosts. Skeletons are really nice."
"Sometimes the grownups don't let you - they think you're in trouble."
(I know, really confusing.)
He proceeded to talk more about costumes and slimy worms and spiders (which you know are really just candy - not real, just pretend.) Oh, he said I also needed to buy a spider pinata and then we would do "slimy things", could be worms or snails.
Today, which is the actual day to dress up he informed me that he needed to get a Batman costume and Addison needed to be a bunny. Great. Really? I have to search for costumes on Halloween? I guess the tide has turned. I now have to be a full participator in this silly little holiday.
