Sunday, November 2, 2008

Trick-or-Treating' Best Kept Secret!


We live in an apartment complex across the street from a well known neighborhood filled with big expensive houses. It seems like everyone in town drops their kids off there to go trick-or-treating because people assume that the bigger the house, the better the candy. The first year we lived here a neighbor told me about it so first we took Nicholas trick-or-treating to our apartments, which are mostly filled with retired people, or college kids. Then we headed over to the big houses. The apartments rarely get trick or treaters, so they went all out with the candy. Handfuls of little candy bars, and some older ladies even made little bags filled with candy. His bucket was mostly full after only 10 houses. Then we went across the street to the big houses, and boy were we surprised! The people were giving 1 tiny candy per house! A tootsie roll, or a pack of smarties. Since the houses and yards were so big, it was a lot of walking in between and we finally decided it just wasn't worth it. So every year since, we just hit our apartments and it only takes us about 20 minutes to fill the buckets! This year we went out with our friends who also live in our apartments and it was so fun to see the little ones! We had 5 kids ages 4 and under. Their Chorus or "trick or treats!" Started way before the door even opened as all of them pounded on it and sometimes tried to open it themselves. When the people opened it, they all ran in and bombarded the person holding treat bowl as they each tried to get to it first. Then of course there was a chorus of 'thank you's as they ran to the next door. They were adorable!

2 comments:

Lisa/Scott said...

I totally agree with this one...the richies are usually the cheapies too LOL. My parents neighborhood is the same, though if they recognize you from the ward they sometimes have a "different bowl" of better candy for the kids they know personally.

Julene said...

lol! What stingies!