The Big BOOOOO !!

 Many memories of trick or treating as a kid....we always dressed as bums, Mark, Hoop, Chuck and I or Hoop and Chuck would be soldiers, primarily so we could be big kids and have cigars in our mouths..

It always led to disaster as after trick or treating which lasted about 30 minutes one of our dads would take us to A&W Root Beer for a root beer and before we got home someone would blow lunch in the back seat of the car. Cigars and root beer don't mix well. You would think that the Dads would have figured it out....

When we lived in Joplin we were in a 2 block long neighborhood that was a great time for Halloween, One neighbor wrapped himself up in white Christmas lights and walked across the roof of their house. Kids didn't know what to think. I had a really horrible green mask that covered my whole head and would lay by the sidewalk to the house lying very still allowing several kids to get by. However about every 10th kid got his ankle grabbed or see me move and jumped out of their skin ! On our first house on Byers I sat on the porch in the same outfit and didn't move. One Kid slowly approached and wouldn't take his eyes off of me. He held his sack out, Karen put some candy in with his eyes still studying me. He left the porch looking over his shoulder and went to the neighbors house. Watching him I saw him look over at me and I jumped up. I don't know who jumped higher-me or him. It seemed as though he made one olympic move exiting the porch and landing 10 feet farther away from where he started.  I love Halloween.......