Come on and admit it; this is an extremely confusing time for adults, right? How can one even begin to fathom what is going on in the minds of children? Halloween is coming up quickly and I’m aware that it may not be the favorite holiday for many, but children like it. Children like to dress up and children like candy; Halloween covers both.
This year’s Halloween falls on a Saturday, which makes it convenient for parents to start the festivities a little earlier before the sun goes down and it begins getting cold. Other advantages in respect to Covid-19 are: most Halloween activities take place outside, most costumes include masks, and there is ample space to provide for social distancing!
The parade will begin at Lincoln Library at 4:00 PM. We are planning for 250 this year due to it being on a Saturday. It takes a lot of candy to fill that many bags. We ran out last year when we did 150 bags; I don’t want to repeat that this year.
We have the bags, and those at Arrowhead West graciously fill bags for us every year. What we need is candy! We would so appreciate it if you would please think of us when you are in the Halloween candy aisle and maybe drop a bag or two of individually wrapped candy by the library. We will see that it gets in the bags for the children of our community.
After the parade, the First Assembly of God Church will be holding their annual Trunk or Treat from 5:00 to 6:30 PM at the church.
These activities will give our children a few hours of enjoyment that will gradually build to an exciting crescendo as the treats are checked out at the end of the evening. These are good times that make good memories, and no matter what age we are, we need to incorporate as many good times as we can get into our lives!
Word of the Week: The word of the week is “abstentious”! The word is an adjective and is pronounced əbˈstɛnʃəs. Abstentious is the longest word in the English language to use all five vowels in order once. Abstentious means self-restraining. He was a man of abstentious habits, charitable disposition, and impressive eloquence.
Just being September brings on that giddiness one experiences from the anticipation of fall approaching! The cooler temperatures really amp up the eagerness to enjoy the crisp autumn smells and the cool, comfortable weather. It is also the beginning of the holiday season; the changing colors move us in the direction of the orange pumpkins of Halloween straight into the palette of Thanksgiving colors that shades into the holly jolly reds and greens that are prevalent during the Christmas season.