Trick or Treat

Last night was our first year where we were festive on Halloween and gave out candy to the trick or treaters. It was mostly my pushing because now that we live in a nice area with decent kids as neighbors, I thought it would be nice to be festive.

I was reminded of something that annoyed me about kids, candy, and the holiday. First of all, my MAJOR grievance came later in the night when the "older" kids walked around without costumes on and expected to be given what they wanted. Now, it's Halloween and I'm not going to deny anyone candy, HOWEVER, these kids were the most rude!! These were the ONLY kids of the entire night that asked for MORE than they were given, without saying anything polite...please, thank you, etc.

My only other grievance were the younger kids who were with their parents and were NOT polite either. I will say that kids do get very excited and sometimes FORGET their manners, but I was shocked how bratty some of the younger kids could be without any correction from their parents.

I am not going to take anything away though from the young kids who were adorable, VERY polite, and made giving out candy VERY worthwhile.