While Keith and I were out with the little kids, Alaina went trick-or-treating with a few of her friends. Amanda ended up going to the high school football game with a group of her friends. After the game, they all came back to our house to hang out for awhile and then 2 of her friends stayed the night. Like I said, we all had fun!
As much as I enjoyed Halloween with my family, there happened to be a few things that irked me last night while I was passing out candy. For anyone who cares, here is my list of Halloween pet peeves:
1. Rude Kids--There was a large group of kids that were trick-or-treating together. They were all about 7 or 8ish. They came to the porch and, after I put candy in their pillowcases, one kid looked into my bowl and said "oh. I want THAT kind of candy" and then reached into the bowl and grabbed it. Then, 2 or 3 of the others all started reaching into the bowl to grab more candy too. At the time, I could hardly believe what was happening...I was being ambushed by a bunch of bratty kids! I literally had to push them all back away from me and off my porch (I was holding Avery too) and then told them that they were RUDE. Geesh, where were these kids' parents?
2. Caravan of kids--Who are these parents that drive...yes, DRIVE...their kids around the neighborhood in a minivan for trick-or-treating? We don't live in the country. We're in a typical neighborhood. The houses are closer together than I think most people would like. Shouldn't these kids at least be running around getting some exercise before they eat all the candy they collect? What the heck?
3. Mute kids--Listen, if you're going to get dressed up and go door to door to get candy on halloween, at least humor those of us who dropped $20 on candy and say "trick-or-treat." I don't care how much/little effort they put into a costume or how old they are...I'll give them candy...but they should say "trick-or-treat." Don't come to my porch, hold out your bag, and then turn around and run away after you get candy. Maybe it's just that it's not cool to say "trick-or-treat" anymore. If that is the case, then maybe anyone who's worried about being perceived as uncool shouldn't be trick-or-treating anymore! Go buy your own candy!
So there it is. My list of Halloween annoyances. I hope that, as a parent, I have done and will do better with my kids than the parents of some of the kids I encountered yesterday. I would be mortified to find out that my kids ever behaved so rudely.
As much as I enjoyed Halloween with my family, there happened to be a few things that irked me last night while I was passing out candy. For anyone who cares, here is my list of Halloween pet peeves:
1. Rude Kids--There was a large group of kids that were trick-or-treating together. They were all about 7 or 8ish. They came to the porch and, after I put candy in their pillowcases, one kid looked into my bowl and said "oh. I want THAT kind of candy" and then reached into the bowl and grabbed it. Then, 2 or 3 of the others all started reaching into the bowl to grab more candy too. At the time, I could hardly believe what was happening...I was being ambushed by a bunch of bratty kids! I literally had to push them all back away from me and off my porch (I was holding Avery too) and then told them that they were RUDE. Geesh, where were these kids' parents?
2. Caravan of kids--Who are these parents that drive...yes, DRIVE...their kids around the neighborhood in a minivan for trick-or-treating? We don't live in the country. We're in a typical neighborhood. The houses are closer together than I think most people would like. Shouldn't these kids at least be running around getting some exercise before they eat all the candy they collect? What the heck?
3. Mute kids--Listen, if you're going to get dressed up and go door to door to get candy on halloween, at least humor those of us who dropped $20 on candy and say "trick-or-treat." I don't care how much/little effort they put into a costume or how old they are...I'll give them candy...but they should say "trick-or-treat." Don't come to my porch, hold out your bag, and then turn around and run away after you get candy. Maybe it's just that it's not cool to say "trick-or-treat" anymore. If that is the case, then maybe anyone who's worried about being perceived as uncool shouldn't be trick-or-treating anymore! Go buy your own candy!
So there it is. My list of Halloween annoyances. I hope that, as a parent, I have done and will do better with my kids than the parents of some of the kids I encountered yesterday. I would be mortified to find out that my kids ever behaved so rudely.
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