Boo It Forward!

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Everyone does their own thing for the holidays.  Especially for Halloween, it can be so controversial in the parent world.  

I seize every opportunity to be an example and teach my children to be of a giving heart on a daily basis, holidays just gives us a fun theme to run with!  I'm sure by now you have heard of the 'Pay it Forward' initiative, so we did our own version of it except a 'Boo it Forward'.

And so, like a great momma - I taught my boys the art of one of my favorite childhood street kid games Ding Dong Dash, (sorry, it's the Philly girl in me yet).  But instead of the neighbors coming to an empty doorstep irritated that some kids pranked them - they found gift baggies filled with goodies.  Another Bonus: The boys received a gym credit for the hours of sprinting they were doing!  

Some of my neighbors don't have kids, so for them we went with tasty treats and small decorations, inexpensive Halloween themed hand towels, fall reed diffusers, etc...for the ones that we knew of that did have kids, we threw in kid oriented toys/spider rings/candy/trinkets.

A blogger friend of mine put these adorable "We've been Spooked" and fall cards together, and we added them to each bag. 

Some of the items gathers

And you will never believe what we found tonight....someone spooked US back with glow sticks and a bag of tasty treats!  The boys were so surprised!!

The spooks on us! 

 Our neighborhood trick turned out to be a sweet treat!  Holidays are just another way to make memories with your family, no matter how you choose to do it.  I hope you get the chance to 'Boo it Forward' in your neighborhood next year!  :D