Halloween-a-Thon

Candy overload? Not us!

This has been the busiest Halloween season EVER. After going on approximately 1 billion trick-or-treating excursions, the children are hyped up on enough high fructose corn syrup to cause them to actually vibrate.

It all started with the Zoo Boo event at the Erie Zoo. Who can resist zoo animals coupled with candy?

Even Spiderman has use for a light saber.

The weather cooperated nicely, and held off raining until we were safely back in the car. We're not sure if Nolan will ever recover from receiving a toothbrush from the booth the dentist's office set up. Everyone knows that giving toothbrushes away for Halloween is just plain wrong.

A toothbrush?! Who let the dentists in?

After the Zoo Boo event, I was informed of a "Spooktacular" Halloween event at the new Children's Safety Village. I'm really glad we got there early, since only 200 people were expected and 4000 ended up attending. The early bird gets the Snickers bar!

Then Matt's class had a "reverse trick-or-treat" at the local nursing home- instead of receiving candy, they handed out artwork to the residents. Of course, the nurses decided to give the preschoolers candy on the way out the door. Sidenote: nurses give away awesome candy- full sized Reese's and Snickers. Yum! I have no pictures from that event, since I was at home preparing for the next event: Treat Street.

Cutest. Kids. Ever.

The next day, Nolan's preschool had its annual "Treat Street" event. Parents choose a room on the third floor of the church and decorate it. The kids go trick-or-treating in the hallway, and we enable their sugar-loving ways. Our door looked pretty awesome.

We rock.

The only negative about our door was that it led to the supply closet. We hunched in the dim light among all the Christmas decorations, feeling very conflicted. The Baby Jesus simply glared from His manger. Awkward.

Not My holiday.

Matthew's pre-K class had its Halloween party on Friday. Fifteen four year olds, assorted siblings, and sugar. Enough said.

The Monster Sugar Rush Mash.

Then, of course, there was the trick-or-treating at the local mall. Getting candy from scantily clad goth-women at Hot Topic was definitely a new experience. On the plus side, the kids did learn some new vocabulary: "fish net hose" and "lip ring." Thankfully, Victoria's Secret was not handing out candy.

Fish net hose not included.

The actual trick-or-treat event isn't until tomorrow. I'm pretty sure we'll have enough candy to open up our own Sweet Shoppe by then. If we're not all hospitalized for diabetic coma, that is.

I hear Hershey and Nestle calling my name. Time to raid the kid's treat bags have a little chocolate break. Peace out.