The Halloween that wasn't

Well... Charleigh's 2nd Halloween was a bust! She did get to have a party at daycare and Greg and I went to that. We walked with her to each classroom and trick-or-treated. It was adorable to see all of the little ones in their costumes.

So here is where the bust comes in. Back in April, we moved to a little house. It's a wonderful house, but the area is a bit... ghetto (for lack of a better word) Everyone around keeps to themselves. Sure we wave and say hello to our neighbors, but that is the extent of it. Last night at around 6pm, Charleigh and I set out to go to a few houses. I was thinking we would stop at maybe 5 houses tops. She doesn't eat candy and goes to bed early, so I simply wanted her to have the experience. We went only to the houses that had their porch lights on because I thought that that meant they were ready for trick-or-treaters... nope. Not in the ghetto. We knocked on a bunch of doors and not one person opened up for us. Not one. Lesson learned. Charleigh could have cared less. She simply LOVES to go for a walk. (Plus, she got to eat Fig Newton Thins and that is like her most favorite thing in the world!)

"Mo coke-e Mama?" Greg did snap this adorable shot of her with her "coke-e."

A blurry action shot. I basically just let her run along the sidewalk. She made a very cute little lion.

This is also the first year that we would get to hand out candy! When I was little Halloween was a big deal! I have the best memories and wanted to have the full experience this year of taking my kid out and then passing out candy. We didn't have one trick-or-treater. Not one. I kept peaking out the window looking for the kids, but the streets were empty. Boo!

Halloween is about Charleigh and she did have fun. That should be all that matters. It's really not a big deal, but at the same time, I am still bummed about it all. Next year, we will know. Until then, we have 50 full size Hershey bars to drown our sorrows.

And lastly, here is something crazy for ya! I read this in an article, "All candy corn was manufactured in 1917."

Excuse me?

"Candy corn is the unwanted byproduct of a failed wartime manufacturing experiment that extruded a food-like substance to make flotation devices for U.S. troops. (But there was a war on, and few noticed this failed experiment). The Defence Department was literally stuck with tons of excess sugary material. It was briefly used as ballast for the U.S. Navy during World War II, but when the sugary substance began rotting the hulls of warships, the government quietly sold its stockpiles of the yellow-and-white goo to candy purveyors, who didn't care about its limited shelf life. Candy companies now sell their extra yearly inventory to Third World Countries, who use it to pave roads."

Float on...