{"id":1027,"date":"2014-10-31T17:05:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T00:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2014-10-31T17:07:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T00:07:04","slug":"happy-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1027","title":{"rendered":"Happy Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a dad, I’m starting to get a little sad now on Halloween. It is because I know that my kids’ days of Trick-or-Treating is nearing an end. Still have a few more years left with Gavin, but Elyce is already getting too cool for it. This is really my favorite time of the year, so it’s getting me a little sad as I think about it.<\/p>\n

As a kid, I loved Halloween: The candy, the dressing up,\u00a0the going out in the neighborhood for the night and seeing friends. When I got older, I got up to no good: stupid stuff as I reflect, but it was fun at the time (shaving cream fights, parties, etc). In college, it was a reason to drink and act like a dick (sorry for the vulgarity, but that truly is what we acted like with too much beer in our tummies).<\/p>\n

And then, kids.<\/p>\n

It has been kind of like starting the cycle again — I’m more a part of it than I thought parents would be. I mean, I loved watching them get into it and helping them get dressed, carving the pumpkin, and sharing the excitement of getting as much candy as possible. But I feel like that window is closing and I am becoming more reflective as I age, wondering what it will be like when they are ‘too cool’ for Halloween.<\/p>\n

Ah – I need to stop that train of thought. Carpe Diem! Have a great Halloween if you’ve bothered to read this far. Here’s a great GIF to give you a laugh (it’s a midget in the GIF, by the way) …<\/p>\n

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As a dad, I’m starting to get a little sad now on Halloween. It is because I know that my kids’ days of Trick-or-Treating is nearing an end. Still have a few more years left with Gavin, but Elyce is already getting too cool for it. 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