Once we were all dolled up we headed out to Walmart and loaded up on candy. I must admit Walmart was almost a game ender, it was so busy that my kids quickly went into ding dong mode making moms blood boil.
Once we got back to the car I was able to regroup (and give them each a piece of candy because that is the smart thing to do). I placed all of the candy in their Trick-or-Treat pails and headed off to our first stop, the Post Office. You should have seen the looks on the employees faces when we announced "Trick-or-Treat we have something good for you to eat" then each child would let an employee take a piece of candy from their pail. Our next stop was our local grocery store, I knew that we would have a great time there, and we did. It was so much fun to go to the Bakery counter and actually give the Baker candy as opposed to them giving us a cookie which is normally what happens. We hit the customer service counter, the pharmacist, the store manager, all the checkers, and all the baggers, not to mention a few customers who looked like they needed candy. Then we decided to stop at our small library. We gave the two librarians candy and every person that was in the library.
By the time we came home I was filled with such joy. To watch your kids give their candy away is really quite awesome. Lets be real I asked my kids to not only not eat the candy, I also asked them to give their candy away. They did it with smiles on their faces.
I did allow them to hit a few homes by us, and they were totally spoiled by our neighbors. It was great I was able to teach them how sometimes when we give something without expecting anything in return, we do get rewarded. I know, they wont always walk away with a bag of Cheetos, large box of m&m's, and homemade popcorn balls every time they do a good dead, but it is Halloween and I am proud of them.
