Monday, November 06, 2006
Trick or Treat
Halloween evening was fun, but not what I was expecting. Last year Pierce had little interest in trick-or-treating. After a few houses he came back home and helped give out candy. Anna, on the other hand, was a machine. She and I went around the neighborhood for quite awhile and only stopped when I decided it was enough.
Tuesday afternoon Anna fell asleep in the car and didn’t wake up well (read that as grouchy). She didn’t want to wear her costume and she’d only trick-or-treat if “no one can see her). We ditched the idea of her wearing the Scooby Doo outfit and collar, and she only wore the headpiece. Even this only about four houses before Nora brought her home. Anna cried the whole time. So she kept me company and helped me give out treats. Within 30 minutes she was back to her old, happy self but never changed her mind about trick-or-treating. Pierce and Nora were out for at least an hour and his plastic pumpkin was filled to overflowing. He’s been very generous with his candy and has been sharing it with Anna (and me and Nora too –though he may not know it).
We gave out relatively healthy treats this year. Nora stocked us up on mini-Play doh, pencils and erasers, microwave popcorn and lollipops. When Pierce and Anna were done trick-or-treating they each got to pick a treat from our bowl and they both took microwave popcorn (which they chose to eat over the candy they had collected).
We finished the evening with Nora and me giving the two of them our birthday presents (we had held them back from the general pile of gifts at the birthday party). Pierce got a remote control Brum (a car from a British children’s show) and some more model trains for his electric train set. Anna got a remote control Herbie and a makeup kit. All the gifts were “hits” and Nora and I were thrilled with Pierce and Anna’s response to them.
-Eric (Dad)
Tuesday afternoon Anna fell asleep in the car and didn’t wake up well (read that as grouchy). She didn’t want to wear her costume and she’d only trick-or-treat if “no one can see her). We ditched the idea of her wearing the Scooby Doo outfit and collar, and she only wore the headpiece. Even this only about four houses before Nora brought her home. Anna cried the whole time. So she kept me company and helped me give out treats. Within 30 minutes she was back to her old, happy self but never changed her mind about trick-or-treating. Pierce and Nora were out for at least an hour and his plastic pumpkin was filled to overflowing. He’s been very generous with his candy and has been sharing it with Anna (and me and Nora too –though he may not know it).
We gave out relatively healthy treats this year. Nora stocked us up on mini-Play doh, pencils and erasers, microwave popcorn and lollipops. When Pierce and Anna were done trick-or-treating they each got to pick a treat from our bowl and they both took microwave popcorn (which they chose to eat over the candy they had collected).
We finished the evening with Nora and me giving the two of them our birthday presents (we had held them back from the general pile of gifts at the birthday party). Pierce got a remote control Brum (a car from a British children’s show) and some more model trains for his electric train set. Anna got a remote control Herbie and a makeup kit. All the gifts were “hits” and Nora and I were thrilled with Pierce and Anna’s response to them.
-Eric (Dad)
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