We have survived another Halloween with the kids. This year was obviously a little different due to the minor pandemic causing quarantine around the entire world. However, our neighborhood decided to go on with the Halloween tradition of gathering candy from strangers as well as their germs. Many houses decided not to participate, but a lot went on with the traditions. Those that did were mainly outside with tables or chairs and were passing out candy so they didn't have to get so close to the kids. In retrospect, it now seems like it has always been a good idea to stay as far away from strange disease carrying vectors that many children are (not ours of course).
This year, the kids wanted to be Smurfs. They spent the day with their aunt who let them watch the movie of the Smurfs. They were so enthralled by it that they never really stopped talking about them and asking questions such as why they were blue
and what Gargamel would do if he caught the Smurfs. When it came time to pick out what they wanted to be for Halloween, they unanimously said the Smurfs, which is good because it would have been weird to have Spider Man, Jabba the Hut, and Peppa Pig wandering around with us.
Since the kids are older, we decided to not use the wagon. We went to the first house, which is about 15 seconds from our house, and before we left the cul-de-sac, it started to rain. We thought that it was going to end our Halloween plans. We thought that we might have to go out and actually buy an entire years worth of candy and eat it all in one night. We thought that the world was turning against us and that it was telling us to stay home because there is deadly virus that is going around that is getting everyone sick. But then we remembered that we live in Florida and waited around for two or three minutes and of course the rain passed. After a brief shower, we were off again into the neighborhood, YAY!
Without having to lug the wagon and the ever growing children that ride in it, it was a little easier to get from house to house. It was also convenient that we didn't actually have to go to any doors because people were just outside. Most people had this whole COVID Halloween thing figured out. They had candy sitting in little cupcake cups or bagged up sitting on a table so there was less contact between the givers and the grimy children. This was much better than my forethought, which consisted of me putting out candy on a dirty paper dish in a big pile so that kids were forced to sift through the candy to find the ones that they wanted. Fortunately, nobody comes to our house for Halloween as we live off the main road on a cul-de-sac. Our neighbors mainly just get our children.
After forty hours (according to Weston) we got through half the neighborhood and
even got our pictures taken at a make shift photo booth that we go to every year and made our way back home. After dumping out all of the candy, sorting it out by degrees of tastiness and looking for razorblades, the kids had some candy to eat to give them that extra bit of energy needed for goofing around instead of going to sleep. All in all, I think that I've learned something from this year. Separate the candy into little portions for the children when giving them out, stay outside when giving the candy to make it faster for all of the people to go from house to house so the kids can gather as much candy as possible in one night, and if someone gives you a candy bar that is not from this country, check the expiration date, because it could be over a year and a half past its shelf life.
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