Another Halloween come and gone. The weather was beautiful, the leaves filled the streets, and the jack o'lanterns glowed. How odd is it that my children walk the same streets I did trick or treating? Sometimes I think about that and I think how strange that is. (Wasn't it just yesterday that Mindy and I were dressed up as babies and meeting halfway between our two houses to rake in our own loot? We have six kids between the two of us now. Yikes.) We didn't have many kids ringing our doorbell, only about twenty. A sign of the odd mix of our diverse neighborhood with snowbirds and retirees, families with older kids and even single people. I read about these neighborhoods that are all young families with every house packed with little kids. Sort of a rated "G" Wisteria Lane. Not our neighborhood. But that doesn't mean it isn't fun.
Jason and his dad took the kids on our "regular route" as the kids go the same direction every year. God forbid they do it backwards or do a house out of order. It takes them a little over an hour, and that usually is enough having to lug those buckets up and down the hills of our neighborhood. Apparently Alanya and her friend Sara pooped out close to the end. It wasn't that long ago we had the wagon and double stroller to help. Noah always weighs his bucket, and this year it was 3.6 pounds. His personal best is 3.8, and he had hoped to break 4 pounds. Not this year. Benny darted around like a mosquito cranked up on sugar. When they got home they dumped their buckets and started sorting and tradesies, just like when I was little. Noah had 14 peanut butter cups and no kit kats. Ben had 13 kit kats and no peanut butter cups. Alanya had 3 ring pops. Funny the things they choose when offered a bowl. And between the three of them they had more full-size bars than a movie theatre concession stand. Who says the economy is bad?
We finally got them to bed close to 9pm, Benny moaning with a tummy ache on the couch. Alanya negotiating for "just one more." Noah stayed up a little later to watch part of a dvd with Jason. This is going to go by too fast, isn't it?
Halloween is behind us. Today the true work begins. Raking. Thank goodness we have an extra hour today. Better use it wisely.
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I couldn't believe the number of full size candy bars my kids came home with - Claire had 4 in her bag alone! Crazy! I was impressed that by the time I got downstairs (was taking a bath when they got home) they had all dumped their pumpkins into a big bowl saying that they would share. I think they were trying to make it easy on Emma, who most years has to give up over half her candy because she can't eat it. I have already set some aside for Christmas and Kevin will be taking much of it to his school for his kids there.
Thanks for reminding me Jennifer... I totally forgot to pull the stuff for Christmas! Shoot! I won't have a very good selection this year. May actually have to use some free CVS candy in the stockings. LOL!
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