<\/a>Pumpkin Patches<\/em>,
\nWe wander around and pick our own pumpkin.<\/p>\nKnives<\/em>,
\nWe take a knife in hand and carve holes.<\/p>\nFire<\/em>,
\nWe put candles inside and light them.
\nThe glow they give off in the dark is magical.<\/p>\nCostumes<\/em>,
\nWe dress up like someone we are not and parade the neighborhood with friends and family.<\/p>\nDarkness<\/em>,
\nWe go out after dark to run, walk, talk, and play.<\/p>\nTime<\/em>,
\nWe spend a whole evening with Mom and Dad, brothers, sisters, and friends.<\/p>\nCANDY<\/em>,
\nWe collect a year\u2019s supply of suckers, bubble gum,
\nbite sized chocolate bars, jaw breakers, and
\nReese\u2019s Pieces.<\/p>\nWhy some parents dread<\/em><\/strong> Halloween,
\nAll of the above except<\/strong>
\nSpending time with their kids.<\/p>\nCerita M. Hewett
\nOctober 30, 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pumpkin Patches, We wander around and pick our own pumpkin. Knives, We take a knife in hand and carve holes. Fire, We put candles inside and light them. The glow they give off in the dark is magical. Costumes, We dress up like someone we are not and parade the neighborhood with friends and family. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,10,79,57],"tags":[30,104,105],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pineywoodspoet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pineywoodspoet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pineywoodspoet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pineywoodspoet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pineywoodspoet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.pineywoodspoet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"http:\/\/www.pineywoodspoet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pineywoodspoet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pineywoodspoet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pineywoodspoet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}