Halloween is one of those holidays that I enjoy more now that I have kids. Pre-kids, if it fell on a weekend, it was an excuse to get together with our friends and drink beer, but if it was on a weekday, it was too hard to get into the spirit. Plus, I was in Target recently and they have Christmas stuff already. It's difficult to get into a holiday that only lasts for one day when the Christmas season is being crammed down your throat in October!
Anyway, this year it was fun. Maureen was super excited for weeks before the actual day, so by yesterday morning, she was practically levitating from the anticipation. We carved a couple of pumpkins that we got from her farm field trip. Johnny designed a traditional jack o' lantern, but Maureen wanted a cat. They turned out cute.
We also roasted the seeds, but the kids decided they didn't like them. I think I added too much cayenne.
Both kids did Halloween artwork at school.
I'm wondering though where all the Trick or Treaters have gone. When I was a kid, there were hundreds of us out collecting candy. Of course, we live in the city and people tend to move to the burbs when they have kids, but there are still a lot of families in our neighborhood, and I was sort of shocked by how few kids we saw out. I think most of the kids came by while we were out with our own, but we only did a few blocks, we weren't gone that long. I have SO MUCH candy left over!
Is everyone candied out from all the parties and other activities this weekend? Are there truly no kids in my neighborhood? Are people worried about predators and keeping their kids home?
Tell me: did you go Trick or Treating, and how many kids did you have knocking on your door?
Anyway, this year it was fun. Maureen was super excited for weeks before the actual day, so by yesterday morning, she was practically levitating from the anticipation. We carved a couple of pumpkins that we got from her farm field trip. Johnny designed a traditional jack o' lantern, but Maureen wanted a cat. They turned out cute.
We also roasted the seeds, but the kids decided they didn't like them. I think I added too much cayenne.
Both kids did Halloween artwork at school.
I'm wondering though where all the Trick or Treaters have gone. When I was a kid, there were hundreds of us out collecting candy. Of course, we live in the city and people tend to move to the burbs when they have kids, but there are still a lot of families in our neighborhood, and I was sort of shocked by how few kids we saw out. I think most of the kids came by while we were out with our own, but we only did a few blocks, we weren't gone that long. I have SO MUCH candy left over!
Is everyone candied out from all the parties and other activities this weekend? Are there truly no kids in my neighborhood? Are people worried about predators and keeping their kids home?
Tell me: did you go Trick or Treating, and how many kids did you have knocking on your door?
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I agree about the lack of trick-or-treaters! I live in a densely populated suburban neighborhood and I've seen a drastic dropoff in the number of kids out in the past 2-3 years. The weather was perfect and we didn't see anyone out at all!
One, but we live a long way from anyone (or anywhere) else.
It's so funny, I was talking to a woman just one street over and she was telling me they hardly got anybody either. Meanwhile we were swamped! We ran out of candy. Two years ago were trying to unload it by the fistful. We really had fun though. We usually split up so one of us hands out candy and one of us goes with the kids. Sometimes we switch in the middle.
The first few years we lived here in suburbia, we bought tons of candy assuming we'd get a lot of trick or treaters. We live across the street from an elementary school, for crying out loud. We've gotten 3 total. I don't even bother buying candy now, especially since I don't want it within my diet-cheating hands. We took our daughter out for the first time last night. We went to the street behind ours, which is a little quieter and there were quite a few kids out. Reaffirmed my faith in Halloween.
Gone are days when Halloween was celebrated the way it should be. More or less it is getting more of a part affair.
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