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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 16:43:28 GMT
What is one of your best memories of taking your youngsters Trick or Treating?
Mine is when we took my 3 grand nieces out. We came up to this house and a couple was sitting outside. As the the girls walked to the couple to get their treat they were told one of them had to sing a song before they would get their treat. We all kind of looked at beach other then all of a sudden the youngest Sarah, age 5, started to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. The girls got their treat.
Sarah is now in college but I often think of her singing that song around this time of the year.
So what is your favorite memory from taking your kids trick or treating?
By the way. I thought that couple's idea of asking the kids to sing a song before getting their treat was great.
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Post by padresfan619 on Oct 23, 2014 16:51:29 GMT
Well I don't have any kids to take out ToTing, but I have a great memory from my own childhood. I was 3 or 4 and dressed up as a princess. I really took the princess role seriously. We also went out with my 1 year old cousin, so her dad brought his jogging stroller in because she wasn't steady on her feet yet. My dad also came with us and the moms stayed home to keep the chili warm and to hand out candy.
I promptly took the stroller as my "carriage" while we walked between houses. I also insisted that my dad carry my bag of candy as I walked up to each door. By the end of the night I had somehow convinced him to go up to the door for me as I waved my gloved hand from my "carriage."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 16:56:40 GMT
One Hallowe'en when our first DD was about 3, it was beautiful perfect night... amazing weather. She was so excited and sweet and eager. She complimented EVERY house we stopped at on their "beautiful pumpkins"... and as we were walking she stopped and said "This is the best night of my life". So so cute.
My other favourite Hallowe'en Trick-or-Treat story was again with our first DD... she was maybe 4?? Every year we go to my parents' house for Hallowe'en so they can see the girls and go T-or-Ting with us. My dad stays at home for a bit, my mom and Paul and I go out with the girls, and then we switch up so there's someone at home to give out candy. We asked Summer Lily if she wanted to go home to get Grumpy Pa so he could take her Trick-or-Treating.. and she said, "OK, I guess so.. but only if there's an adult with us!".
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Post by auntkelly on Oct 23, 2014 17:05:34 GMT
I guess my favorite memory was when my kids were about 4 and 2 and went dressed as Peter Pan and Wendy. Our next door neighbors' kids were the same ages and we went trick or treating together. Our neighborhood was full of kids, but our kids were the only kids on our street. Practically everyone on our street was a senior citizen and most of the kids in the neighborhood skipped our street when they were out trick or treating. Our neighbors seemed so happy to see our kids and give them candy. Since our kids were so young, they were happy to spend some time visiting with the neighbors and after they hit about ten houses, they were ready to go home.
Now that I don't have small kids any more I understand why the neighbors were so happy to see our kids.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 17:09:59 GMT
I made my daughter a costume that was a box of McDs fries. It was adorable....ketchup hat, red tights....and a box with a yellow M on the front. We filled it with strips of foam cut and dyed to resemble fries...well she was so little she was "scattering" fries behind her as she walked...we spent the whole night picking up "fries"...   |
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Oct 23, 2014 17:14:28 GMT
When Alison was little, it was pretty stressful taking her trick-or-treating. Until she was 10, she was afraid of dogs (that is when she got brave and agreed to meet a puppy; she very quickly overcame her fear and is now besties with an 83 pound golden lab). Seriously terrified of every dog. Anyway, before she overcame her fear, she wanted to trick-or-treat, but she didn't want to go up to doors until she knew it was safe.
Now, I have a fun memory from my own trick-or-treat experience. Our next door neighbor always dressed as a witch and made a large steaming caldron of hot chocolate. That was always a fun stop, especially during cold years.
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Post by littlemama on Oct 23, 2014 17:53:58 GMT
DS was probably around 9 and was dressed as Jack Sparrow. After much persuasion, he went up to the very last house, and said "Arrrr, I'm here for yer wenches!" The teenage boy who answered the door turned to a teen girl sitting on the couch and said, "Hey, it's for you!"
Or, when he was about 3 or 4, and someone had their candy in a big stockpot and he struck up a lengthy conversation about what they cooked in that pot. He ended up with an invitation to a spaghetti dinner (this was not in our neighborhood, nor was it someone we knew) LOL
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Post by littlemama on Oct 23, 2014 17:56:09 GMT
Oh, thought of another, although I wasn't with him. Last year, he went with a group of friends, and he was dressed as a penguin. They went up to one door, and the guy told DS that if he "did the Chilly Willy" thing, he would give him extra candy - Pretty sure he did not expect a 15 year old boy to know what that was, or be willing to do it, but clearly he had never met my son before. LOL He did it, and got the candy!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 18:06:25 GMT
When DD was about 3, we went to a house down the street that had a fog machine. As the mist swirled around her feet and then up past the hem of her princess dress, she yelled, "Help, I'm sinking!"
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Post by peajays on Oct 23, 2014 18:09:50 GMT
When DD was about 3, her Nana had made her the cutest bumblebee costume, and it had a big stinger on the back, and she got the biggest kick out of running up to people, pressing the stinger on their legs and yelling "sting!"
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Post by cyndijane on Oct 23, 2014 18:13:40 GMT
My boys are 7 and 4, we've never taken them trick or treating. None of my family lives in an area where there are neighbors, so up until last year, my little sister just had a Halloween party and we just went to that- costumes, games, candy- they didn't seem to miss out. This year, we had friends ask if we'd like to go with them (since they realized we may not go), so my boys will get to go for the first time.
I guess we'll have to practice the whole "say Trick or Treat!" routine.
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Post by rainangel on Oct 23, 2014 18:40:32 GMT
I love this thread! So many adorable stories! In Norway Halloween is a fairly new tradition that we have adopted, so we didn't go Trick or Treating when I was little. We did however have a different tradition that is kinda similar! In the days between Christmas and New Years we used to dress up as little Santas or other Christmasrelated costumes, and go door to door singing Christmas carols and getting goodies in return. Traditionally this was so that people could get rid of left over cookies or other goodies from Christmas, so we got a LOT of gingerbreadcookies and quite a bit of fruit. If we got actual candy from a house, we'd tell the other kids which house to hit for REAL candy The older neighbours really enjoyed getting carolers come sing for them. This tradition is very quickly disappearing and is being taken over by Halloween instead. I took my own kids singing after Christmas a few years ago, but we only hit houses where we knew the owners. I love that we celebrate Halloween now, but it's sort of sad to see a 100-year tradition being replaced. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 20:51:38 GMT
I made my daughter( I think she was 3or4 ) a PO costume and she was just so cute. Well we stop at one house and the little boy there almost fainted because PO was at his front door. The dad gave daughter some sort of cd and we started leave , but the little boy got out of the house running after us screaming. " Po don't leave me!" Poor boy was just a wreck. They ended up turning their light off.
My son (4) got so scared at a house that he ran down the driveway , he threw the bucket to me and screamed you go get my candy. OMG. Hilarious. The way he was running, like out of a stooges movie. The people in house were all laughing so hard. I couldn't breathe. The dad came out and gave him several full size candy bars.
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Post by lbp on Oct 24, 2014 12:47:47 GMT
Hands down the year my son was Elvis. He was 6 years old and I made him a gold lame jacket with silver trimming, painted his hair dark, and he carried a toy guitar with him. He got a lot of attention because every time someone would give him candy he would say in his Elvis voice " Thank you, Thank you very much" and then strum his guitar a little for them and twist his hips around. People were yelling through the neighborhood that the "King" was headed their way!. He had so much fun that year!
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