Trunk or Treat..Smell my Feet!

What is up with this TRUNK-or-treat phenomenon? Is this one more way to make Halloween a bigger event than it already is? As someone who spends hours creating costumes from scratch I will admit that it is nice to have more than just one night to show them off. (All of the "OMG They are SO cute!?" comments from strangers make all of the second degree burns from the glue gun worth it!!)

This year we decided to participate in two (very different) Trunk or Treats. The first (on Oct 20? just a little early don'tcha think?) was at Grammy's High School and it was an interesting experience. Lots and lots of scary teenagers everywhere! The boys were totally overwhelmed and made it to maybe 6 or 7 trunks before they shut down. Pnut went mute after the third trunk and let Spud get all the candy. Let's talk about the candy... lots of blow pops, pixie sticks and sweet tarts. In other words, NOTHING I would allow my children to consume. Luckily the two trunks with the good candy (M&Ms and dumdum pops) really liked the boys and gave them extra helpings so they didn't notice when Mom confiscated and disposed of most of what was in their pumpkins.  Grammy had to work the gate at the JV football game so she missed the festivities but we did walk allllllll the way around the school to find her so she at least got to see her two little rescue swimmers.

Fast forward to tonight...there is a children's interactive museum on the island called The Sandbox and we LOVE it! (It has a pirate ship, an airplane cockpit, two craft rooms, etc.) It was a LOT smaller than the high schools and much more creative (with fewer scary teenagers! and lots of good candy!) Grammy got to go this time and the boys were excited to show her their favorite play place.