Memory Prompt - First Five: Halloween Porch October 26

There are lots of memories inside our minds - sometimes we just need a little nudge to coax them out.

What are the First Five things that come to mind when you see this:

My List:

1. One day I am actually going to buy some pumpkins and carve something cute out of them - but, in the mean time, I need to put new light bulbs in my plug in jack-o-lanterns. :)

2. When I was in 5th grade we lived in a house at the top of a hill with no other houses around. (We'd moved into the house after living in the city.) My parents bought plenty candy to pass out; but, no one came to our door.

3. continued from #2: It was a long way to go to other houses, so I dressed in a costume and rang our own door bell. Then, I went inside, changed to a new costume, went out the backdoor, walked around to the front and rang our door bell again. I did this a few times before my parents made me stop.

4. Even though no children came up our long drive way to trick or treat, some (I am guessing older kids/teens) managed to make it up the driveway to smash our pumpkins.

5. My mom grew a few pumpkins in the same field my Dad planted corn. (Most of them were stolen just before Halloween.)

 

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Comments

[Julie Miller-Oconnor]

1. Decorating for Halloween - used to go all out! This year I haven't bought a pumpkin.
2. Make individual bags for treats on Halloween.
3. One year I used my husband's drill to do holes in a pattern of words like "BOO" (saw in Martha Stewart magazine). They looked really cool! My husband was not so happy.
4. In 1st or 2nd grade we each were sent home with a pumpkin seed plant. We planted mine and it grew all the way around the house and one pumpkin got pretty big. We carved it and put it out for halloween and the neighbor kid smashed it.
5. We used to bake pumpkin seeds from the pumpkins we carved.