Trick or Treat

You would not even believe all the energy as the kidlets and their friends zipped from one door to the next up and down the length of our street and  around the corner to one more street in my neighborhood where we know a lot of other families.  They had so much fun.  Mr. Trouble on Two Feet bounced along on my back and was super patient with everybody the entire night .  He didn’t need any candy because he’s too little for it, but there was a package of goldfish crackers that he ate with absolute relish when we got back home.  I held the bag, and he thought it was absolutely delightful to reach his hand in and grab all the crackers he could and then stuff them into his mouth.  Goodness.

This year I cautiously and tentatively asked the kidlets what they thought about the idea of a candy fairy.  In some families, you can eat several pieces of candy on the night of Halloween, and then you leave the rest for the candy fairy who comes late in the night and takes your candy and leaves you a present instead.  They were ALL OVER this idea.  (Probably since in the past their candy has just gradually disappeared anyway . . . the fun is really in getting it).  I was surprised at how excited they were about the candy fairy.  We decided they could pick out five candy items to eat when they got home, which they thought was incredibly generous and terrific.  They munched away, and waking up to a candy fairy present on November 1st was extraordinarily exciting.