Happy Halloween! We like Halloween around here. I prep all year for the trick or treaters. I collect junk and toys throughout the year from the kids, then we place toys mixed with treats in a large box on the porch while we are out. The box is usually almost empty from either lots of kids, or one punk kid. We aren't known for much, but we are known as the house with toys on Halloween! Collecting DI and McDonald's quality toys is a child's dream and a parents nightmare. I feel sorry for the parents, whose child took the large stuffed animal to haul around. Yes, we also had weapons and other annoying noise makers that didn't make the cut here in the Summers home. This is the one time of year I turn into a Nazi on Halloween night. I'm not talking about my costume, but rather my mentality. We start around 5:30 and go till 8:30. If you cry or pout, you are left behind. We run house to house. If you can't keep up, you miss out. Everyone has assignments; "The Ringer" (Unrelentless ringing and knocking), "The Guardian" (cars, lights), "The Judge"( when to give up and when to keep ringing the bell), "The Compass", and the "Candyman" for inspection. Everyone wants to be the "Candyman" and no one wants to be the "Guardian." By the end of the night when everyone gets tired, Steve and I naturally assume all the assignments anyway. Steve never takes it very serious, he stops and talks to every one. Sometimes he slows us down but we let him come anyway:) When we get home, we sort through the candy and the kids sell part of it to me. from there I either eat it, donate it, or throw it out. Halloween Is the best! Three hours of walking and running- some would call that three hours of interval work! |