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I’ve decided I’m going to try to start doing more video blogs. That means it’s not an actual goal, but more of a wishful thought. I think a few a month would be fun. What do you all think?
Anyway, those of you who were following along in the early-days here will remember all the talk about M&Ms. When SDL was still small, I thought it’d be funny to charge people bags of M&Ms to be on my blogroll. There were a few takers, and then in the coming months when the blog got a lot bigger, the pile got out of control and I had to put an end to it.
And so for the last several months, I’ve had 250 lbs of M&Ms (at one point over 300 lbs.) to figure out what to do with. As fate would have it, the perfect holiday showed up yesterday, and I decided to unload my treasure on all the kids of the neighborhood. Plus, I’d be uber popular for at least a night.
It was a freaking blast. And the best part… the reactions of the kids. They had me rollin’ on the floor between knocks on the door. I’ve pasted my favorite quotes from the night on the next page. BE SURE TO READ THEM. You’ll laugh your face off. So, anyway… my first vlog in a long, long time.
As more kids came pounding on the door, it became apparent that word was spreading. Some began trying to burst in to grab candy. Others immediately asked for the big stuff when I opened the door. The best were the kids who didn’t know what they were in for when they showed up.
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I just wanted to mention... those kids will be really disappointed next year when you aren't there.. EBBily laughing at what I think their faces will look like when someone else answers the door lol
This one made us bust out all the M&Ms in our treat bowl. For some reason my kids and I were passing over these treats. I guess we were waiting for some much needed motivation.....
I think it's kids being kids, and personally I don't care how old you are or really even if you're wearing a costume, if you are brave enough to stick your hands out and beg for a piece of candy then I think you deserve it! I have to say my favorite quote you listed was the kid who didn't want any if he couldn't have the huge bag lol
Lol, def being "kids"!! Lol.
What's not greedy about knocking on door after door asking for food? It's a free for all, and it's once a year. Most of them return to their polite selves once the sugar high has worn off.
I think all the people who are disappointed in the lack of children's manners missed out on a good opportunity to put on a smile and remind them to say "trick or treat!" and "Thank you" i'm sure there would be NO arguments from the kids. As far as teenagers go, especially the ungrateful ones or the no costume wearers i have a "special" bowl just for them buahahahhaaha. I remember last year this teen girl came up to my door talking on her cell phone and gave me the hand pause, I closed the door. This year was really fun I decided to choose "trick" when kids said "trick or treat" the looks on some of the kids' faces was priceless, they were really confused! One little girl said "heyyyy your supposed to give me candy" and I said "heyyy you gave me the option! it was Trick orrrrr Trick remember???" It was a pretty fun night. I had a HUGE bowl of candy (skittles, twizzlers, sour stuff, laffy taffy, mini tootsie pops, etc) and I keep stickers on hand for little tiny ones, they enjoy stickers. If trick or treater's are not fun for you then it's probably a good idea to go out for the night or keep all your lights off, being rude to kids does the opposite of teaching them how to use their manners.
I told everyone who came along that they could pick out two pieces. The only ones who ignored me and grabbed an entire handful were the older kids. Good thing too, because we had a neverending stream of kiddies for 2 hours. I barely had enough, and didn't have to turn anyone away. I think manners should apply, even on Halloween.
I do however do a 'trunk or treat' at my local church where I give out candy and treats to the children there in a nice, controlled environment which doesn't lead to me opening my home to complete strangers who may or may not give me grief.
Perhaps my experience is not typical for the US as I grew up in England, but where I lived it was definitely the norm.
I think the kids are out on Hallowe'en to get candy - and who wouldn't want to go to the house where they're giving out the big stuff!!! No problems with the kids... The adult who came asking for it - not cool! lol
KIDS r KIDS, be polite, get some FREE candy and leave some for others! Let them have atleast one night of fun :)
I happen to be the lady who doesn't do trick or treaters. My reasoning? Growing up in a counsel estate where teenagers and older children don't even bother to dress up, and then ring your doorbell expecting to be fed candy, and if they're disappointed they start harassing you. I have an issue with that.
I have to say that YES I totally agree that a parent should encourage their kiddo to say the holiday door greeting "Trick or Treat"......but, I was part of a large group of parents and kids this year and some of the much younger kiddos (2 & 3) did take a handful or forgot to say the words, but I remember being so excited to be out after bedtime, dressed in costume and getting free candy from pple. IT WAS ADRENAL CENTRAL for all of us. Teenagers, well come on you still want candy, but sometimes no funds to dress up or feel to grownup....but, yes MANNERS ARE STILL IMPORTANT!!
Yes - kids are kids (fine even with teenagers) but what kinda freaked me out was the lady who looked to be in her mid 50's with a pillowcase & no costume actually saying "trick or treat" as she opened her pillowcase .... add to that going with several inappropriately dressed teenage girls. WEIRD!
this is hilarious! kids absolutely kill me with their awesomeness!! fabulous!!
not one beggar came knocking maybe this is the secret!
My Moms favorite holiday is Halloween. She usually goes all out on decorations and scares. Last year, she wasnt feeling up to it due to a surgery, and all night kids complained... "where is the fun stuff?"
So this year she made up for it. Full grave yard, spooky music, fog creeping over the yard, my father in a scary mask pretending to be a statue in the front, and my mom dressed as a great sorcerer. I had sooo much fun handing out candy with them. We went through 3 Costco bags, and only gave like 2 little candies a kid. The kids are so cute! Some were so scared to
When the older kids came up, that scary statue (My Dad) in the front yard, came after them. The screams, laughs and things that were said were so priceless. "Hurry Mom, lets get out of here!!!"
Happy Halloween!!
My husband and I gave out Reese's and M&M's. We literally only had 4 small groups come to our door. I have almost a whole bag of M&M's left, so if you want some more, let me know! HAHA.
Definitely kids being kids! Some people just always see the negative.
it's totally kids being kids!! it's the only night of the year where they get to go door to door asking strangers for candy *with their parents permission! We had a house in our neighborhood that gave out amazing caramel apples to the first 50 kids, and then gave out full size candy bars after that. Guess which house we hit first AND last?!?!? And they NEVER complained!!! If you want to teach your kids to not be greedy, then do it when they get home! Every year my boys get to keep 20 pieces of candy each and the rest goes away....usually to my work or my husband's firehouse for them to give out to the kids walking by. This year we are donating it ALL to the troops -- the BOYS choice, not mine! And for the second year in a row we are decorating our tree with red, white and blue lights and donating food to our local shelter. I say let kids be kids, and if you teach them right in the end they will surprise you!
My husband and I gave out Reese's and M&M's. We literally only had 4 small groups come to our door. I have almost a whole bag of M&M's left, so if you want some more, let me know! HAHA.
Ok, so that's awesome! We had a ton of kids this year, and got a lot of them coming for one thing. I gave out candy AND toothpaste. Who would've thought that we'd be the popular house. It's a good thing you and I don't live in the same neighborhood.
After 24 years of spending Halloween with my children, this was the first year I got to hand out candy - EVER. My daughter and I set up shop at her apartment where we were certain lots of kids would be trick or treating. She dressed as a pirate and I donned Halloween themed garb and we sat out between the jack o lanterns and greeted and chatted with every visitor. It was wonderful!. We had to offer every child to take what they wanted, they each held thier bags out politely and said "trick or treat". When given the go ahead to take what they wanted, some were a little enthusiastic.. lol, but only one kid - an older boy, maybe 12, really was greedy. Anna said, "hey, now, leave some for the rest of the kids" And he dropped a handful back into the bowl. Most kid still only took one or two peices, although they searched for the kind of candy they wanted. We handed out THE GOOD STUFF, chocolate candy bars ( fun size), starburst gummies, twizzlers, reeses, jolly ranchers, and whoopers. I think we probably had 100 kids come by. I can't wait til next year!
I have a toddler who can't wear a costume because of special needs. I made a box and wrote kisses on it and put a ribbon on it so he could carry it or wear it. I'd feel sad if someone denied him candy bc it wasn't a typical costume. Now this year he was only 2 and we only took him to a few houses but some kids can't wear costumes. I'm not talking teenage age, I personally think that "might" be a little to old to go but not every kid who doesn't wear a costume is doing it just cause. They r doing it for real reasons. His face lit up with each piece of candy he got. It made my night. And as soon as he realized the box got candy put in it, he continued to wear it. I would say thank you , he doesn't have many words and yes every piece he did get he will eat. The only thing I didn't like is how pushy kids would be and how the parents would be just as pushy.
This was great. Love your creative way of getting rid of 250 pounds of M&Ms!
yes I did laugh a lot :)
Just kids being kids BUT I kept reminding my 2 boys (5 and 7 years old) to ONLY take one piece unless someone said they could have more. And I don't'care if you are 50 years old, when you come to my house in a costume you get candy :) BUT you have to be in costume. I won't give candy to kids who aren't dressed up.
Who cares if they're being greedy? It's Halloween! The ONE night of the year where greedy is perfectly acceptable. Little monsters are greedy, it makes sense! People need to stop being STINGY.
I love seeing how happy kids get over something as simple a some candy and I alway used to LOVE handing out candy for that reason. Then I started working in a shopping mall that does a "mall trick or treat". Each store was given mall vouchers to buy candy and the stores were "strongly encouraged" to buy extra. My boss usually spent a few hundred as did most other stores. Every Halloween there would be a two hour period where people could make a donation and trick or treat at the stores. Great idea right? I thought so too. Until I saw how badly a lot of parents behaved. I saw adults encouraging their kids to push past other kids to get more/better candy. Although this event was for kids aged two to ten or something, we had a lot of people with babies (well under a year old) insisting that they get candy too. The worst was when a man screamed at me and told me that he hated my company and would never buy a thing from us because we had run out of candy and I could not close the store to go and buy more with five minutes left in the event. It's a toss up between that and the woman with a newborn who made me give her twice as much candy because she had left her newborn's twin at home and he needed candy too. I hated having to tell kids that we had run out of candy knowing that it was because the grownups got too greedy.
There was one comment on your blog page that really bothered me. To the woman who said that she doesn't "do" trick or treaters because knocking on a door doesn't "earn" you candy...are you kidding me?!?! It's Halloween for crying out loud. Yes, there are rude, disrespectful children in the world. It is because their parents did not teach them to be polite and respectful. For the most part, kids are kids and they deserve the excitement and innocent astonishment that comes from going door to door collecting free candy one night a year. Have a heart and buy some damn candy :)
Totally kids being kids. How could any child resist a giant case of M&M's? Ahhhhh heck, I'm an adult and I would probably go just as crazy;-)
I gave them candy too I also told them to wear one next year or else I wasn't going to give them any. When I was a teen which wasnt even that long ago lol you dressed up period, even if you just had to find something in the house to wear. Whenever you got to the point where you were too cool or old you just stayed home and ate the candy your parents had to give out lol.
I'd also rather give the little kids who made the effort all of the stash of candy than the older "cool" kid who didnt want to dress up. To me that's the whole fun and point of it!
We had some teens come without costumes, we didnt care, but one group went to our neighbor and when he said only one piece of candy because they did not have costumes, they got very confrontational and started yelling. That is not kids being kids, it's kids being ungrateful and disrespectful.
When I was a kid every year one of the teachers from my school would give out full size chocolate bars. Every kid in town would show up there. Everyone would tell everyone they saw to hit up that house. It's a kid thing :)
Kids are funny. I don't think they were being greedy. It's just how kids think.
i love that that there is a dentist in town that is paying $1/lb of candy to anyone who wants to bring it to him and then he is sending to our men and women in the military overseas. a great cause..
those quotes were perfect! I don't think it's kids being greedy - they probably don't even know greed yet :) - I think they were just in 'AWE' over such an awesome score; My kid would have been the 'mother load' kid had we hit your house! Great job making the night perfect for those children
•“My mom will hate you. But I love you.” <<< this one makes me SERIOUSLY lol
I think kids are just kid for the most part and normal kid behavior does not bother me at all. I also think it's important to teach your kids young and older some manners too. I know some older kids who dont deserve excuses made for them on halloween, and a couple came to my house. Every year I see kids on halloween with no costumes (older kids who obviously you know didnt sress up just because they think they are too cool lol but not too cool to take my candy of course!) there were even adults who came to my door getting candy for themselves umm yeah ok come on. sorry but when I was a kid NOONE did tha, yeah they really didnt do that OR act like so many kids do now. Also the older preteen/teen kids using racial slurs etc as terms of endearment, seriously it's almost shameful. I'm youngish and I have a bunch of small kids if some of my kids acted the way some peoples kids do, I would be seriously ashamed, seriously. ugh I also have the patience of a saint and can appreciate some honest typical normal kid behavior however I dont think all behavior is typical kid behavior I think it's parenting directed behavior ;-). Kids are so fun and excited on halloween though, they deserve to have a good time.
We had snow just a few days before Halloween and a lot of the kids avoided side streets with downed trees , so I was telling them who came to grab a hand full.
better not look for more then one egg on Easter, or ask Santa for anything either! Common! having cute "baby fat" and being "greedy" are two of the best things about being little!!! Let them be KIDS!
Dang. Send your kids my way!! I was begging every single child to come back and please take more!!! I got three kids who agreed and took one or two more pieces. Argh!! What's wrong with these kids today??? I even left my bowl full of chocolate candy bars out for two hours. Barely a dent. I really have way too much candy. What's wrong with these kids?!?
I was on the verge of grabbing their little bags and shoving fistfulls of candy in them!! But no one came after that :P
hahahahaha!!!
hahaha thats awesome!!! great video! i think its pretty awesome that people around the neighborhood spend money to make all the other kids happy!! thats awesome! it gets prettty expensive!! also the thought that some people can put things in the candy scares me into contemplating not letting my 2 year old.. ever go out trick or treating. lol.. but its a fun night ,full of unhealthiness:) and kids love it so i dno..
ep, kids being kids :)
No one came to my house for tick or treating :( If even one had come, I would have given that kid all of my candy.
what a great way to make so many kids happy!
I don't mind if they are greedy, as long as they say thank you! I had one kid who asked me how many he could have, I said as many as you want, and his face LIT up. He proceeded to take as many pieces as he could fit in his hand and he did say thank you with a huge smile on his face!! Its the little things with kids.
Kids LOVE candy!! If you dont want a greedy kiddo, dont put the bowl in their face to grab a handful. :)
But not cool when kids dump the whole bowl into their bags at a house that says take one..