aren’t they super cute??? j- dog, k- firefighter, kj – ladybug, si –lion awwww.
s & i talked about not doing halloween. in the end we decided to go ahead. we weeded through our decorations and got rid of all witches and ghosts – even the cute ones – which i was surprised to find on so many of my things. we enjoyed going to the pumpkin patch, but our evening walk in the neighborhood brought questions from our kids as we passed houses decorated with various evil and cute-evil scenes. since our kids aren’t too familiar with the cartoons and shows “regular” families watch which would have previously exposed and desensitized them regarding ghosts, witches, etc. we had some explaining to do. it seemed like there was constantly a choice in my mind to “call it what it is” or tip-toe around the issue. then, how in-depth should i go with my answers?
on the 31st, grandma was here – that was a special treat. we did the pumpkin patch then in the evening we trick-or-treated around our neighborhood. easy enough. we’re in a small neighborhood with few kids, but the first trick-or-treaters who came to our door (a 11yr old boy and his 5yr old sister) scared kj so that she attached herself to my leg and was slow to put on her costume and venture out. while we were out, even the boys were afraid a couple times of other kids’ costumes. to be honest, it made it not fun. we just pushed through, but i feel like that was just desensitizing them. i know at some point they need to be not scared, but when?
s & i talked about not doing halloween. in the end we decided to go ahead. we weeded through our decorations and got rid of all witches and ghosts – even the cute ones – which i was surprised to find on so many of my things. we enjoyed going to the pumpkin patch, but our evening walk in the neighborhood brought questions from our kids as we passed houses decorated with various evil and cute-evil scenes. since our kids aren’t too familiar with the cartoons and shows “regular” families watch which would have previously exposed and desensitized them regarding ghosts, witches, etc. we had some explaining to do. it seemed like there was constantly a choice in my mind to “call it what it is” or tip-toe around the issue. then, how in-depth should i go with my answers?
on the 31st, grandma was here – that was a special treat. we did the pumpkin patch then in the evening we trick-or-treated around our neighborhood. easy enough. we’re in a small neighborhood with few kids, but the first trick-or-treaters who came to our door (a 11yr old boy and his 5yr old sister) scared kj so that she attached herself to my leg and was slow to put on her costume and venture out. while we were out, even the boys were afraid a couple times of other kids’ costumes. to be honest, it made it not fun. we just pushed through, but i feel like that was just desensitizing them. i know at some point they need to be not scared, but when?
even more fun info... i tried something i don't remember, but i've heard my mother did for/to us. on november 1st i let the kids have their candy. we talked about getting a stomach ache from too much candy and then i let them have at it. it was an incredible evening! at least i knew their excuse for being insane! grandma thought i was crazy. i think she was right. but then they picked a couple pieces each to keep for the coming days and threw the rest "out" (this means mommy ate it for a while - "waste" not? - i think i NEED to waste this stuff). in any case, they were happy with their couple pieces and i was happy not to deal with them asking for candy until christmas.
WHY do we celebrate halloween again?
idk... I don't do halloween... I learned it was a pagan holiday and the reason for costumes is b/c they would kill animals and use their face as masks and a lot of other stuff i won't get in to but yah.... it's fun to dress up but I'd rather dress up for something non halloween related
ReplyDeletebut they were super cute :)