I had bought candy, just in case any kids showed up, but I wasn't expecting any. We live on a busy State Road, with no sidewalks. Any parents inthe area would rather take their kids into town. However, our church does "Trunk or treating", where basically they line up about 8 or 9 cars, decorate them up, dress up, offer drinks, cake, and chili (dunn ask me why the last one) for the adults, and let the kids go down the line of cars where they literally get handfulls of candy. It's a safe environment, and Kidlet came home with a candy bag over half full, which is plenty for her. She was a pretty pink and white princess. *chuckles* Then, while we were there, we got a bonus of one of the neighbours driving his tractor over with a flatbed full of hay bales, and we all got to go on a nice long hay ride in the dark. Since one of the things kidlet had gotten was a glowstick, we lit that up for her, and she had a wonderful time playing with that on the ride... and howling at the moon, just like they do in the Backyardigans.
For me tho, the highlight of the night was, while I was talking with the grandparent of one little girl, who has leukemia, and was in the hospital again, and he was telling me how she wasn't going to be able to go trick or treating, suddenly she, and her parents, showed up. She had a dust mask on and was all bundled up. The hospital decided at the last minute she was healthy enough to be able to go home and go trick or treating. Her grandfather almost started crying and just looked up and said, "thank you God". I started crying. She went on the hay ride as well and had a wonderful time.
So anyway, now we have these BAGS of candy... gee..whatever shall we do with them...
