I was interrupted by my grandkids coming to the door to trick or treat! Now can you understand my plight! My daughter-in-law brought candy to my house while I wasn't home, so I could give it to the kids. I tried to call her to ask her not to come by with the kids, so it wouldn't be so hard on my 4 yo, but she didn't answer the phone and must not have gotten the message!
All the neighbors are having Halloween parties and my 9 yo has been invited, in fact he's helped to clean up their yards to prepare for the parties. We've had quite a discussion today about the dilemma that we are in! He understands what God's word says, but he doesn't want to miss out on the fun...I don't blame him! I really don't like standing for the convictions that God has given me some times, but I must remain blameless. I told him tonight that I can't imagine standing before God and making excuses for why I let him "just have fun just this once."
Sometimes being a Christian is so hard! | 
• Oct. 30, 2005 - Untitled Comment
At our house we try to stress that what ever we do we want to be pleasing to God. I do let the children dress up for Halloween and go trick or treating in our neighborhood. We have alot of elderly people and they like to see the kids. We do not do anything that deals with wiches or ghost or evil spirits, no bad guys at all. I won't let the kids go to parties that have any of these things. There was a craft day at one of the museums that had a haunted house theme. I wouldn't let her go and we talked about why. This is what we do at our house and what we feel is right for our kids. It sounds like your kids understand your postition and will respect it. Maybe at another time you could have a costume party with games and candy for them and that would satisfy that desire kids have to dress up.