My Journey With Health And Fitness – Happy Halloween!

I have to admit, I love Halloween. Yes I get it is an extremely commercialized day but it is so much fun. Today when I was out for my first walk, I was walking by a local high school and I was surprised at how many of the older kids I saw wearing costumes. Of course we live near an elementary school and lots of the younger ones were in amazing costumes. How can you have a bad day when the dressed up adorable kids are all around you.

Now I love handing out candy on Halloween. For a number of years while I was working it was always hit or miss as to whether I would be home or not to get to have this fun. Since I retired (sort of) I am always around to do this task. And, because we get 100+ kids it means numerous trips up and down the stairs which always helps with the calorie burn. I do admit it was much easier when we lived in a rancher with no steps and a good Halloween was 12 kids coming by.

What I really love is seeing the younger kids in their costumes who are just in awe that they get candy. While I try to be equitable in the amount of candy I give each kid I acknowledge that if you look under 5 and are shy, I’m probably giving you a bit extra. Sometimes I let the young ones reach into the bucket of candy themselves and if I don’t think they have taken enough I make sure to load them up with more candy.

While I know Halloween is for kids, it is still so much fun for me. I can’t wait for that doorbell to start ringing and seeing how many ‘Barbies’ there are this year. So Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you all enjoy the evening as much as I know I will.