our Bosnian friends were experiencing it for the first t
ime, this neighborhood is just the best for friendly, welcoming Halloween families. I can still remember Samir flabbergasted by the concept . . . "Let me get this straight, you walk up to the door, you ring the bell, say, 'Trick-or-Treat' and they give you candy?!" It really is a wonderful, uniquely American tradition and one which we will be doing for lots more years.
We always park at the Elementary School at the bottom of the street, hit all the houses with lights on the North side of the street on the way up the block-and-a-half to Zejna's house. We must always get early instructions from Bob: "Stay on the sidewalk and don't cut through the yard." "Only go to houses where the lights are on." And, "Don't forget to say, 'Thank You' loud enough for Dad to hear you at the sidewalk" Kia added a, "Happy Halloween" to her, "Thank You," which was a nice touch.
When we get to Zejna's, she always genuinely admires each and every costume and gives the kids too much candy and lots of hugs and kisses. We then make our way back to the school via the South side of the Street. Most years, when Halloween falls on school night, its hurried back home to put kids to bed. This year, with Halloween on Friday, we were able to visit a few special neighbors in our own neighborhood.
A fun time was had by all!
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