After some quick pictures we got in the car and drove to our home teacher's house. We had been talking to him the day before about whether or not he gets trick-or-treaters since he lives on a busier road. After that we went back up to our neighborhood. We may have been the first ones out at 5:45 or so, but the other children all came spilling out shortly after. It was so fun to see all of the children that we know from church just running around the neighborhood. Also, it was neat that we knew most of the people at the homes we were trick-or-treating at rather than just going to strangers homes. One of the dads hooked a trailer to the back of his truck and pulled the kids along from street to street. The streets were not very far from each other, but the children liked hopping on and off with all of their friends. One of our favorite houses was one that was giving out fresh homemade doughnuts. I know that sounds risky, but we know the family and they just invite in families that come around that they know. I think they do it every year. Ethan snagged the largest one that was about 12 inches in diameter. Everyone got to put on their own frosting and other toppings. After doing one main street with three cul de sacs on it, it was getting dark and we decided it was time to start heading home. Rebecca ended up going straight home to check on our candy bowl and I made our way back with the children. We caught the trailer one more time to the homes right around our house. As I was getting them with Christian, Elloitt, and Agnes, the trailer people announced that they were going to head off to get scones down by our church. Julia and Ethan begged to go, so I gave them the okay while we finished up on our way home. It was weird sending Julia and Ethan off with friends on their own, but there were still a lot of parents in the group.
By the time Christian, Elliott, Agnes, and I made it up our hill, the trailer had already finished up and dropped Julia and Ethan off. They all ended up with huge bags of candy, so large that Christian, Elliott, and Agnes were no longer able to carry them. We let them do their usual gorge of all the candy they wanted while they watched Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin. Then we tried something new this year with the candy. We let them pick out any 30 pieces that they wanted that they got to be 100% in charge of (almost 100%, still no eating it after brushing teeth for bed or before breakfast/school in the morning). I know 30 peices doesn't sound like too much, but they picked out lots of full size candy bars and larger boxes of candy that had multiple peices in them. Now, a week later, Christian, Elliott, and Agnes have finished theirs off, but Ethan and Julia are still going on theirs. The rest of the candy we stocked up for our own distribution. Like usual, I made a chocolate pile, a fruity/sugary pile, and then a pile of ones to get rid of (gum, milk duds, jolly ranchers, sugar daddys) - the ones that make a huge mess when the kids eat them. (Un)Fortunately, there weren't many of those this year so we still have a ton of candy left. Oh well, guess mom and dad will just have to eat some too!
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