Trick or Treat

Halloween this year was a blast!! It started off with Zach’s school parade and Ty’s classroom party on Friday; last night we went to a Halloween party; and tonight it was, of course, trick-or-treating with the kids. My boys stayed at Paul’s last night so they could go trick-or-treating with him, but Dolly stayed with me. So Kara and I got her kids and Dolly ready around 3:00 and headed out for the fun. Her ex was along to go with their kids so with three kids and three adults the kid/adult ratio was pretty great.

We rode in the car to different areas of the neighborhood since some of the places are extremely busy with traffic or have lots of hills. We avoided many of them and found some decent places for the kids to walk without any problems. We three adults were having fun walking and talking but after the second section we visited Kara got cold and decided to just stay in the car and follow us up the streets. Her ex and I chatted as we walked and the kids ran from house to house; and we’d occasionally fish a treat out of one of the kids’ bags. Heaven help us if we got caught.

In the next-to-last neighborhood we visited an SUV stopped near the house we were standing in front of and Kara’s ex and I just figured he was waiting to get into the driveway after our kids left the porch. Much to my surprise, it was my ex delivering my boys back to me. They’d stopped at our house and were told, by Kara’s current, which street we were on so he came and found us. That was a nice surprise. They boys got to finish trick-or-treating with us and we all got to enjoy the day together. We went to one last neighborhood and then headed home, tired but happy.

The kids were all anxious to dip into their bags but we made them wait until after dinner so they all played a video game until it was time to eat. Afterward it was time for jammies and then bed but everyone had to have a treat first. It’s Halloween, how could we deny them? So they had a little snack and it was off to sleep to get rested for school tomorrow.

Kara and I ended our evening as usual, playing Bananagrams with the added bonus of getting to dip into the candy that didn’t get handed out to trick-or-treaters. She won a couple of games, I won a couple and we both got to relax. Now I’m sitting here reflecting on the days’ events and I don’t think I would change anything. All of the kids got to enjoy both of their parents today, and everyone, children and adults included, had a great holiday. That’s as it should be, and I can’t wait for all the other wonderful holidays to come.

Until next time…peace to all.