TRICK OR TREAT

Trick or Treat
SMELL MY FEET
OR GIVE ME
SOMETHING SWEET
TO EAT

Hard candies

Licorice

Jujubes

Rotten eggs

Popcorn in Baggies

Peanuts too

Eat more

Poop in a bag ablaze

Gumballs

Gum sticks

Gumball suckers

Water balloons

Peppermint gum

Double mint gum

Spearmint gum

Smashed pumpkins

Chips

Cheezies

Smarties

Soaped up windows

Toffee

Carmel’s

Popeye cigarettes

Stink bomb

M & M candies

Malteser’s

Sour suckers

Toilet paper wrapping

Wine drops

Marshmallows

Malted milk bar

Nicky, Nicky nine door

Chocolate bars

Sweetarts

Tootsie rolls

Smell my feet

Trick or treat?

HALLOWEEN

As autumn crispness fills the air

For a night of haunting they all prepare

Their costumes completed with detail and care

From gruesome masks to weird looking hair

As leaves whirl around them out in the street

They walk as though on air, as they shuffle their feet

You’ll find Superman, Batman and Ninja Turtles too

Count Dracula, Frankenstein and Mutated Animals escaped from the zoo

When they knock at the door you’re not quite sure what to do

But then in a flash it all comes back to you

You reach in the bowl filled with candies, by the stair

Each gets a handful, equal and fair

Not overlooking the little one, way over there

As a hundred tiny thank-you’s whisper through the air

Halloween is upon us, that dark scary night

When kids rule the town and give grown-ups a fright.

Christmas Dinner Menu

Stuffed roast turkey with gravy
Roasted potatoes
Brown sugar & garlic carmalized brussel sprouts
Honey & ginger glazed carrots
Cranberry sauce with a hint of French vanilla

Mississauga Mud Pie
Apple walnut cheescake

Then, quicker than you can say Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, Christmas has come and gone!
It was a good Christmas though, all things considered. It was full of fun, joy, laughter. And at the end of it all I can say it was one worth caulking up in the good books.
It's just leaving 1 am and I can't sleep. Rachel is sleeping on the couch, Sean just came home with 1/2 dozen friends in tow, seems they are having a hard time letting the spirit of Christmas go. Either that or they are having a hard time keeping the spirit in the bottle instead...LOL
If I learned something it is that as a parent or an adult in general, once we reach a certain age we are no longer the loud voice telling jokes, or the story teller, or the one how everyone knows. It's the point at which we must take the back seat and enjoy the view and the ride. We may be the bank and we may be the captain but we are no longer the focal point or the main attraction. So rather than even trying to compete, sometimes it's best to just throw in the towel and say enough is enough, you win. Once you do, it may take a few minutes, but once you do it actually changes the way you feel and how much more enjoyment you'll have by simply blending in and slowly disappearing into the woodwork, being a fly on the wall in your children's lives. Suddenly they transform into something wonderful, bright, new and exciting, they become themselves.
Christmas is such a special time of year. It seems it touches everyone. It effects the look on peoples faces, the tone of their voice and the way they act. I truly wish it could be Christmas, at least in spirit, every day!
I will have to get some sleep tonight and then in the morning we have a few hours before we get to do it all over again at Stephen's place in Burlington. We'll be in for some finger foods, plenty of finger foods, more like the whole hand food, LOL, and lot's of beverages, shooters of all imaginary flavours, beers and whiskey's and a whole lot more. If it's new and has alcohol, Stephen has either heard of it and is waiting for his delivery or he already has it in stock. I dont drink anymore so that's a good thing because from what I can remember I always had a very good time at Flynn family functions. Not that I don't have a good time anymore, it's just now I now when I'm not having a good time...hahaha.
I will report back on just how much fun it was soon.

Play

If I had a gun
I’d throw it away
I’d pick up my guitar instead
And play
I’d play for peace
I’d play for fun
I’d play my guitar
But not a gun
Noise, noise, noise
I hear
I hear noise everywhere
And in both ears
The noise of cars driving by
Of planes soaring way up high
The sounds of kids playing in the park
The sound of a gun
A shot in the dark
Kids should be kids
And kids should have fun
Boys chasing girls
On the run
Kids need to learn to respect
One another
Not how to clean, load
Or shoot a gun
In the yard it stood
Where they used to play
I tore it down
Just the other day
It was a fort
A clubhouse
And so much more
Two windows
And our old screen door
The games they played were all in fun
But in today’s games the fun is done
The game’s called war
Take all their guns away
Lead by example
Show them what other things
They can play
Take all their guns
And throw them away
Pick up a guitar and play
Play for peace
Play for fun
Play for any reason
And with anyone
Just don’t play war
Or play with a gun

TRICK OR TREAT

Hard candies
LICORICE
JUJUBES
ROTTEN EGGS

Popcorn in Baggies
PEANUTS TOO
EAT MORE
POOP IN A BAG ABLAZE

Gumballs
GUM STICKS
GUMBALL SUCKERS
WATER BALLOONS

Peppermint gum
DOUBLE MINT GUM
SPEARMINT GUM
SMASHED PUMPKINS

Chips
CHEEZIES
SMARTIES
SOAPED UP WINDOWS

Toffee
CARMEL’S
POPEYE CIGARETTES
STINK BOMB


M & M CANDIES
MALTESER’S
SOUR SUCKERS
TOILET PAPER WRAPPING

Wine drops
MARSHMALLOWS
MALTED MILK BAR
NICKY, NICKY NINE DOOR


Chocolate bars
SWEETHEARTS
TOOTSIE ROLLS
SMELL MY FEET
TRICK OR TREAT?

HALLOWEEN

As Autumn crispness fills the air
FOR A NIGHT OF HAUNTING THEY ALL PREPARE

Their costumes completed with detail and care
FROM GRUESOME MASKS TO WEIRD LOOKING HAIR

As leaves whirl around them out in the street
THEY WALK AS THOUGH ON AIR, AS THEY SHUFFLE THEIR FEET

You’ll find Superman, Batman and Ninja Turtles too
COUNT DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN AND MUTATED ANIMALS ESCAPED FROM THE ZOO

When they knock at the door you’re not quite sure what to do
BUT THEN IN A FLASH IT ALL COMES BACK TO YOU

You reach in the bowl filled with candies, by the stair
EACH GETS A HANDFUL, EQUAL AND FAIR

Not overlooking the little one, way over there
AS A HUNDRED TINY THANK-YOU’S WHISPER THROUGH THE AIR

Halloween is upon us, that dark scary night
WHEN KIDS RULE THE TOWN AND GIVE GROWN-UPS A FRIGHT.