Sports Saturday: Happy Halloween!

This weekend's family recreation will probably consist of some form of Halloween. And with potentially beautiful weather, you could have fun carving your pumpkins or trick-or-treating in your neighborhood. This year we actually went to a local grocery store for a fun night where we could decorate pumpkins, do a cake walk, a Tootsie Roll toss, and eat for $0.99.

No matter where we go, we should all be aware of a few safety tips. This will not only ensure a fun time, but a safe evening as well for friends and family.

• Dress for the weather.
• Use hats instead of masks for your kids making it easier to recognize each other.
• Wear sturdy walking shoes.
• Make sure that your tails, skirts and pant legs, and/or feathers are not dragging behind so that no one will trip and fall.
• Trick-or-Treat earlier in the evening before it gets too dark.
• Dress your kids in light colors so that they are more noticeable at dusk/after dark.
• Eat only candy that is commercially and individually wrapped.
• Stop at houses only with porch lights on and well lit.
• Map out Trick-or-Treat route beforehand.
• Have a cell phone with you for emergencies.
• Use safe make-up.
  

For those who appreciate alternatives, taking your child to a pumpkin patch or an apple orchard is also fun family recreational activity. We also did just that and spent a weekend at the apple orchard picking apples, playing in the corn maize, and saying "hi" to the animals at the petting zoo. Add Grandpa and Grandma and you have lots of fun! and photos!

From our family to yours, may you have a Happy Halloween and a fun-filled Fall season! Safely of course....