We’ve lived in this house for seven years, and we never get trick-or-treaters. The first year we put out lights and a jack-o-lantern and bought candy and were so excited, and then only three kids came to the door. No one else on our street even had their lights on, and we found out all the kids go to another part of the neighborhood. After that, I’d still buy candy but then no one would come and we’d be stuck with a bag of candy I really didn’t want to eat. We never had anyone knock on the door after that first year, and I stopped buying candy altogether.
Last night I was talking to my friend on the phone and she was saying they had way too much candy because they hadn’t gotten any trick-or-treaters and it was almost 7pm. When I told her no one comes to our house on Halloween, she asked if I’d bought candy “just in case.” Then she said someone was knocking on their door, and AT THE EXACT SAME TIME I heard a knock on our door.
I answered the door to find two little girls dressed as corpse brides, calling out “Trick or Treat!” I felt awful. I knew there was no candy in the house. I told them to wait a minute and I scrounged through the pantry and found some fruit leathers and in the refrigerator I found two juice paks that had been left in there by friends. I came back and said, “I’m so sorry to be the lame lady who’s giving you juice and fruit leather” and they actually squealed. “I LOVE fruit leather!” and “I LOVE apple juice!” Hysterical. Then while I was talking to their father about where to go from there since our whole area was dark, they had already broken into the juice paks.
Sometimes I regret not having children. They can be so cute. I love their enthusiasm, and the way they can make the best of things. And the way it really doesn’t take that much to make them happy. We can all learn a lot from kids.
Did you go trick-or-treating with your kids last night or hand out candy? What were some of the most creative or funny costumes you saw?
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