We were Booed!

A few nights ago we were "Boo"ed!

It goes like this:

some one leaves a bag of goodies at your door, rings the doorbell, and runs. Inside of the bag is a little poem:

The air is cool, the season fall,
Soon Halloween will come to all.

Ghosts and goblins, spooks galore...
Tricky witches at your door.

The spooks are after things to do,
In fact, a spook brought this "Boo" to you!

The excitement comes when friends like you,
Copy this note and make it two.

We'll all have smiles upon our faces,
No one will know who "Boo"ed whose places!

Just two short days to work your spell
Keep it secret, hide it well.

Please join the fun, the seasons here,
Just spread these "Boos" and Halloween cheer.


We were introduced to this little tradition when we moved here a couple of years ago. Now it's one of the highlights of Halloween for us. The bag also comes with a "BOO" sign that you hang on the door so that you don't get booed twice. By the end of this week every house on our street will have a Boo sign. It's so much fun! Not just getting treats, booing other people is the real fun. The real sneak comes out in our son. He is a master of the ring and run. He sneaks along the shadows to make it back to our house. I don't know if this is a skill we should be encouraging, but it's fun for now. We are almost Halloween ready around here. I still have some sewing to do on the boy's costume and we still need a few night of supplies. Make that a lot of supplies. The last two years I have gone through about 500 pieces of candy! We have a lot of kids in our neighborhood and a lot of others come here to trick or treat. What fun! I'm so glad we have good friends that convinced us to participate several years ago. Are you Halloween ready?