As everyone in the world knows, Monday was HALLOWEEN!! I personally used to love this holiday. Mainly
because I got to dress us, and get drunk. Lots of laughs, and a lot of parties.
Ha! But, once you have a kid, even if you still get to attend those parties the
day of Halloween is all about the kids! You dress up with your child, and you go
trick or treating. Right?
Well, last year for Halloween we did nothing. Emery was still pretty much
crawling around. My husband had just gotten back from working in Oklahoma, and
we weren’t in that great of a place. This year, even though Emery is fully
capable of walking around and carrying a bucket for candy, we I opted out of
Halloween. My husband said he wanted to take her, but when I had said that I
didn’t think I was going to he decided to leave it at that. Lay on the guilt
trip why don’t ya?? And then when people would ask, and I’d tell them we
weren’t going, they looked at me as if I had “criminal” stamped on my forehead.
“Why not? How can you not take your daughter trick or
treating?”
Easy! She’s 20 months! Not even two years old yet. She can’t even say “Trick or Treat” herself! Seriously.
And we all know who would have ended up eating the candy *points at herself*
because Emery is not allowed to have any. So, I firmly believe she’s too young
still. Next year, it might be a different story. But see, I want her to be just
as excited about Halloween as my husband and I are. I want her to be able to
dress up and somewhat get the concept of how the whole thing works. This year,
she couldn’t care less. I cooked dinner, and we watched Casper. Then when her
dad got home, they stayed up playing and watching Sprout while eating ice cream
in their PJ’s. We allowed the ice cream because it was Halloween. She
was happier than a clam!
Now, I’m not saying it’s wrong to take your kids, that are pretty young,
out trick or treating. I think it’s really cool that parents do that. I just
didn’t think it was right for us. And despite the weird looks, and some “two
cents” opinions that I received on the matter, I completely stand by my
decision. Now let's just hope this isn't one of those things that my daughter tries to hold over my head later on, lol!
p.s. Surprisingly, my mother was completely
with me on this. LOL!
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