Halloween... is not what it used to be.
We handed out candy on Halloween... and I was really disappointed at first.
The first kids to come around was a group of ~10 year old boys in hoodies and jeans. I gave them one piece of candy each and asked why they didn't have costumes. The leader spoke up and said, "We're skateboarders" To which all the others said, "Yeah... skateboarders."
Right. Those little SOBs wear that to school. I wish I had that hard nasty bubblegum to give them. They got starbursts... they didn't deserve starbursts.
The second group of kids was ~14. I don't remember what the boys were... because I couldn't believe the girls. There were two of them dressed as Bumblebees... the slutty bees. Thigh high striped socks with short skirts barely covering their bums... their little flat chests struggling to keep up the halter top. Re-friggin'-diculous. ONE PIECE OF CANDY!
Then we got some cute ones. A little homemade lion (CUTE! 5 pieces of candy). A skeleton with full face paint... Handfull of candy!
The adorable little girl ~3 or 4 who came up dressed as a cute little lady bug. She had a coat on, so you couldn't see anything but the poof of skirt coming out. She had a cute little voice and looked back at her parents before saying, "trick or treat". I told her she was the cutest little ladybug... and gave her two handfulls of candy (it was almost the end of trick or treating anyway). She looked all happy and started to turn to move on... then turned back and said, "thank you" all tiny and cute. *melt* I wanted to call her back and give her all the candy.
So Halloween ended up pretty good. When I'm a parent and have older kids... they don't go out trick or treating without a costume. You need to earn your candy by being cute/scary/entertaining. Skateboarders my ass...
The first kids to come around was a group of ~10 year old boys in hoodies and jeans. I gave them one piece of candy each and asked why they didn't have costumes. The leader spoke up and said, "We're skateboarders" To which all the others said, "Yeah... skateboarders."
Right. Those little SOBs wear that to school. I wish I had that hard nasty bubblegum to give them. They got starbursts... they didn't deserve starbursts.
The second group of kids was ~14. I don't remember what the boys were... because I couldn't believe the girls. There were two of them dressed as Bumblebees... the slutty bees. Thigh high striped socks with short skirts barely covering their bums... their little flat chests struggling to keep up the halter top. Re-friggin'-diculous. ONE PIECE OF CANDY!
Then we got some cute ones. A little homemade lion (CUTE! 5 pieces of candy). A skeleton with full face paint... Handfull of candy!
The adorable little girl ~3 or 4 who came up dressed as a cute little lady bug. She had a coat on, so you couldn't see anything but the poof of skirt coming out. She had a cute little voice and looked back at her parents before saying, "trick or treat". I told her she was the cutest little ladybug... and gave her two handfulls of candy (it was almost the end of trick or treating anyway). She looked all happy and started to turn to move on... then turned back and said, "thank you" all tiny and cute. *melt* I wanted to call her back and give her all the candy.
So Halloween ended up pretty good. When I'm a parent and have older kids... they don't go out trick or treating without a costume. You need to earn your candy by being cute/scary/entertaining. Skateboarders my ass...