Don't get me wrong, I love decorating the house, making the kids costumes, carving pumpkins and roasting their seeds.
Trying to navigate through hordes of rude and unruly kids shoving their way to front of the line, the chill of the cold night air and pounds of sugary candy brought home at the end of the night is what I dread.
By now we have all heard of the "Candy Tax". It's an awesome idea and makes the night a bit more bearable. D and I have come up with another strategy to survive this hellish night.
SKIP DINNER.
Yup, you read that right. If we have a small snack and skip dinner before we go Trick or Treating we accomplish three things.
1. The kids soon become hungry. They become hungry enough to decide they want to go eat more than they want to Trick or Treat. This makes it THEIR idea to end the night rather than us being the bad guys when we say enough is enough.
YES! Parents-1. Kids-0.
2. We usually go get some fast food burgers or nuggets and fries. It's quick and easy and nobody has to cook or clean up. (Really, who wants to do such things on an already busy and exhausting night?)
Parents-2. Kids-0.
3. Once fed, the kids tummies are full. Full enough to not want to pig out on candy. A couple pieces suffice and all is well. They go to bed, we raid the candy, keep what we want, keep a handful for each kid and toss the rest.
Parents-3. Kids-0
We win this round!
(Insert victory dance here)
I like your way of going about this!
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