Scrooge

So I must admit that I do not like Halloween. I'm sure I liked it as a kid since you get lots of candy and that is just awesome. But since becoming a homeowner, I just feel inconvenienced by having to get up and coo over other people's kids dressed up as various things. Nonetheless, not wanting to be "that family" with the outside light shut off while cowering in the corner hoping that kids won't figure out we're home, I diligently bought candy two weeks ago and then had to re-buy yesterday to have enough since I ate a good portion of that candy. We had only a total of 13 doorbell rings (not counting the kids who rang the doorbell over and over about 20 times before we got to the door ... that didn't get Eddie riled up in the least... do you hear the drip, drip of sarcasm?) and 37 kids. My favorite was the kid who, after I'd put a whole handful of candy in his bag, thought he deserved more and just helped himself. His mother did nothing. I was shocked. However, aside from a few bad apples, most parents were very polite, as were most kids. D calls me a scrooge of Halloween and after seeing that I gave only a few pieces of candy to each kid, proceeded to lecture that I should give each kid more candy because it was cold out and they probably weren't going to get to trick-or-treat very long. I saw his point and relented and started giving out more and more. The last kid I gave candy to really scored because I gave him about half a bucket full. He said thank you several times, so I guess he deserved more candy than the other kids who said nothing.

There is no doubt in my mind that when I'm 90 and blogging about various things, I'll be the type that says, "In my day, we never ..." recalling how kids weren't so spoiled. There's also no doubt in my mind that if D didn't object so strenuously in years past, Turtle would have been dressed up as a Chipotle burrito for Halloween at some point in time. There's always next year ...

Edit: I'm enjoying it now because Turtle and Eddie are greeting the little kids very nicely. No jumping or getting too excited. Plus, it's cute how Eddie towers over the kids and the kids just look up at him and pet him.