Halloween will be here in about two and a half weeks and we haven’t even gotten our Halloween candy but we do have the kids’ costumes. Our oldest Sabreena didn’t go trick or treating last year and isn’t going this year so I guess her trick or treating run has come to an end. I guess it is good that we still have two more to get candy for us, I mean for them. Shae is obsessed with Scooby Doo so she will be dressing as Velma this year and Shaun is dressing like a soldier. Both of them look so authentic they look like the real thing.
Halloween falls on a Sunday this year which is good because we don’t have to worry about homework before we head out but we do need to make sure we aren’t out to late since they have school the next day. This will be our first Halloween back in Delaware after a three year break but this year we are planning on hanging with Melinda’s brother, wife and our little one year old niece on Halloween. They live in a nice single family home community where there are a lot of houses and they are not spread to far apart so the kids are going to be in business. Typically our Halloween dinner consists of pizza we order since it is fast and there is no mess to clean up and allows us to get out in the neighborhood with the kids to start collecting candy. I would assume that pizza for dinner will be the plan again for this year.
Here are a few tips I have to TRY to make your Halloween night a little easier.
- Plan on an easy dinner that you either order or make (you don’t want to spend a lot of time making dinner when you could be having a great time with your kid/kids trick or treating)
- Dress the kids warm under their costume (nothing worse than getting 2-3 blocks from home only to have the kids complain they are cold)
- Bring flashlights or get glow sticks so you and your kids are easy to spot in the dark (We picked up some glow in the dark necklaces from the Dollar Store last week for the kids to wear Halloween night)
- If you have young ones like I do bring the stroller or wagon (at some point they are going to get tired of walking and are going to want to either sit or be carried)
- Bring a back up candy bag (I do this just in case the bag becomes to full. Nothing worse than all of your kids’ hard work falling to the ground)
Enjoy your Halloween but be sure to be safe and have fun!!!
Do you have any Halloween tip to share? I would love to hear them.
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