Being the professional party pooper that I am, I have never let my kids go trick or treating. I hate Halloween, and I think it's ridiculous to let your kids go door to door begging for candy.
HOWEVER...being that we are in a safe neighborhood where we know a lot of the people around here, I told the kids they could try it out this year. I figured it was a childhood tradition they could get under their belts. I limited it to only those houses where we know who lives there.
We had a little neighborhood get together at the beginning of the evening where they passed out safety bracelets for the kids. Then we went to our designated houses with our friends Dorothy and Delaney.
I have to say, this was the most fun I've had trick or treating ever. The kids were so thrilled with the whole experience. They would run from house to house with their bags, and after every house Erik would say, "Mom! I got brown M&M's! Mom! I got a snickers!".
One of our neighbors set up a tent in front of their house with some games. I got to meet some new people, and see neighbors that I don't see that often. I realized that these kind of things are about community. The kids know so many people from being at the park.
It was so awesome. Then afterwards, we came home and watched Monsters Inc and the kids answered the door.
I had wanted to be different and bought spider rings instead of candy. This little boy came up to our door and looked at Erik with his rings and said, "you don't have any candy to give out?" Erik says, "no, you can pick a ring". The kid turns around and yells into the street, "This house doesn't have any candy!". I guess it wasn't so popular.
I thought the kids costumes adequately fit their personalities.
We have a save the day (control the world) superman:
And our delicate-I'm shy and beautiful-butterfly:
That's Delaney hidden by the fabric hanging down.
Anyway, for the first time in my life, Halloween was a big success and didn't end in tears....
at least not my tears. Taryn came in our room at about 10:30 because she couldn't sleep and was crying. She says, "I don't even know why I'm crying". That's Halloween.
