Written by: Michaela Cromwell - RPN

What’s Halloween without pumpkin carving? I love to carve pumpkins, and even though I live in an apartment building I still carve one (or two) each year. When I was younger, I carved fun, simple faces into my pumpkins, with the help of my parents. However,  as I got older the complexity of my carvings increased.  Over the years I have done a variety of designs including the Cheshire Cat, Tinker Bell, Simba and even phrases! I’ve included a photo of my personal favourite carving -- Tinker Bell.

 Another Halloween tradition of mine is to watch Halloween movies. I’m not a scary movie person, but bring on all the Disney Halloween movies! With red hair, an October birthday, and the same last name as one of the main characters (Cromwell), one might say I fit right in with Disney’s Halloween Town, which is a personal favourite of mine!  I love to curl up in the evenings and watch all the Halloween Town movies. A particular favourite quote of mine comes from one of the movies by the character Aggie Cromwell, “Normal is vastly overrated”. Not only do I love the quote, but I believe it to be true.

What traditions do you have for Halloween? Do you carve pumpkins or watch Halloween movies? Do you Trick or Treat? Or do you do something completely different? We’d love to hear what your traditions are, and why you love them, as well as see your photos! Email them into corie@kidscountryclub.org.

 Happy Halloween… the countdown is on!