Grace is doing better. She still has a lowgrade fever, so I kept her home from church today. Hopefully it's just a bug that will pass soon. It seems like when she gets sick it's always on the weekend! I've heard other mothers say this as well. I wonder why?
Halloween night was interesting. I was surprised to find that over half of the trick-or-treaters that came to my door were middle school/high school age. At one point, I opened the door to a group of about eight boys that HAD to be basketball players...they were all WAY taller than me and they were wearing scary horror-film-type costumes. Call me paranoid, but it made me uncomfortable. Grace turned around and ran back into the den. I decided then and there that I would not give out any more candy that night. So, I generously distributed the rest of my candy into their pillowcases (seriously!) and wished them a good night. I turned off all the lights both outside and inside the house, then snuggled down on the couch with Grace to watch a movie. We listened to people ring the doorbell and bang on the front door until 10:00. Do people not know that NO LIGHTS = NO CANDY?
Is it just my neighborhood or did those of you who distributed candy find a bunch of older kids, too?
- Joanna J.
- Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Hello! I am a 36-yr-old wife and mother of a vivacious 6-yr-old daughter, Grace. My husband, Todd, is a high school administrator in a local school district. A few years ago, I made the choice to leave my former career as school guidance counselor in order to stay at home with our daughter. This has been the best decision of my life!
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I bet no one can beat this record: We have lived here for 15 years and we have only ever had kids come to the door 1, yes, 1 time! And then the mom drove them here!
We were out of town for Halloween. I was worried that someone would smash the six pumpkins we have on the porch, but nothing happened. I lined them up in a row across one of the steps, as kind of a barrier to let people know we weren't home. I wonder if something like that would help.
But where we live it's not uncommon for kids not to celebrate Halloween--before talking with our kids, adults are always careful to ask us first if we celebrate Halloween (we don't).
Does everyone celebrate in TX or is there a contingent of non-celebrators?
Yes, we have high school students that come and, lately, even adults. it is really creepy. We did not do Halloween this year. The Little Woman worked and I went to Starbucks, leaving the lights all off.
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