Last year, when I was getting ready for Halloween with my son (he is four), instead of using a candle in the pumpkin that he helped clean, and I carved--is I used another form of lighting... I used those candles that are activated with you blowing at the 'wick'.  (It has a battery), so no fire hazards. :)  These look like real candles.

P.S  I was thinking about and interested in pediatrics, how long is the course?

Last year, when I was getting ready for Halloween with my son (he is four), instead of using a candle in the pumpkin that he helped clean, and I carved--is I used another form of lighting... I used those candles that are activated with you blowing at the 'wick'.  (It has a battery), so no fire hazards. :)  These look like real candles.

P.S  I was thinking about and interested in pediatrics, how long is the course?

halloween is my favorite holiday. when i was a child my parents, would take my candy and x-ray all of them. then they would take the apples and oranges and throw them away, i would ask them why, and they would tell me someone could put somethink in it to make me really sick, or injury. they still check my candy, but know they would eat it before i could eat it. I take my little cousins out now and i would not let them eat the candy until i check it, but if it is people we know i will let them eat some.

That is a great idea dressing up your dog also.  I would never have thought about that.  I think I will try that.  We have a black lab/chow/akita mix dog named little bear and he fits his name.  Thanks for the idea. 

We love Halloween at our house.I usually make a large dinner almost like a Thanksgiving type deal.Like a celebration . We all get dressed up even the Roxy our dog. She somehow senses not to go to certain houses with our son. She will sit in front of the house and bark. This yr Evan will be a Knight and Roxy will be a Dragon. We tried the "noble steed for the dog but didnt quite work out . We do have some very good neighbors that we trust completely. But some we dont know at all. so we tend to stay away from them.

We go out on our tractor that has headlights and flashing lights on a trailer that we sit in . Plus no ones gonna mess with Roxy .They take one look at her and move over to the otherside of the street.

That is a good idea

Our family gets together as a group and  goes to a local church for what they call harvest fest.   So far its proven to be the safest. And with us being a group its easier for us to keep an eye out on all our children..  Last year one of our local elementary schools had a halloween carnival and some of the candy they purchased ended up being old and had worms.  so halloween has proven not to be safe even at your local elementary schools.  We wont go that route again.

So true.. And what you woud eat first.Not running and having candy checked or being picked up.

Kudos on all of the above.exspecially with all the crazy people out today. We should all pull together in our neighbor hoods and any other communities we come in contact with to protect our children.It is a different world we live in now. Pitch in and watch all our children.

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Sheilah