I Has a Tummy Ache
Posted by in hullabalooHalloween depressed me this year. First off, we only had six kids come by. Two groups of three. Six kids! Now, I know for a fact that at least a dozen kids live on my block in Uptown. Factor in the kids within, say a four-block radius, and I should have run out of candy by 7 PM. Instead, there’s a whole bowl full of the stuff left. Hence the tummy ache. Someone’s gotta eat it, right?
Second, the first group of kids didn’t even say “trick or treat.” I had to stand there and wait. No talkie, no candy, them’s the rules. Eventually I said, “What do you say?” like I’m their dad or something. They said it, they got candy, I sulked back inside. Their costumes were lame too. Just things on their heads with normal clothes. Don’t kids like Halloween anymore?! I mean, free candy people! Let’s put some effort into it!
Then Drew came home and explained where all the kids were. At the mall. These kids are trick-or-treating at the mall. What. I already thought the country was headed for the crapper, but now I know it to be true.
Halloween at the Hays/Brockman House’s saving grace? Ghost Hunters Live. OMG so awesome. You wouldn’t think that six hours of walking around an abandoned sanitorium in the dark could be suspenseful, but it is.
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I sound like such a geezer
wow. you seriously made them say, “what do you say?” GOD JACK.
i can actually understand the mall thing now. especially these days when it’s cold and dark outside, parents feel safer having their kids in flourescent lights inside trick or treating.
there was an abduction the other day in PA and so the papd left voicemails on answering machines warning parents to be safe about trick or treating.
it ain’t what it used to be…that’s for sure.
yes, I made them say “trick or treat.” that’s how it works! you won’t get away with that kind of laziness at my doorstep. they’re lucky i didn’t make them do a trick.
that would’ve been mean, i wouldn’t have done that.
it’s not that it’s any less safe today than it was when we were kids, it’s just the same. there are abductions all the time, from streets, from malls even. it’s sad and scary. i understand it must be really difficult and disconcerting sometimes being a parent. it doesn’t mean your kid should cooped up inside all day long, or be shuffled from one “inside” to another “inside.” i think you’re depriving the kid of essential experiences. if you’re worried about your kids, go trick-or-treating with them, or teach them how to respond properly to strangers. personally, i never liked malls. we were really the first mall generation, but i never got into the whole thing. give me a blustery sidewalk any day.
‘course, i don’t have kids, so i dunno. i’m gonna eat another reese’s.