The week leading to halloween was filled with a different party every night. Carolyn took advantage of all the parties and wore a different costume to every one.
First, she was Dorothy. She wore this costume to the Red Butte Garden's "After Dark" party.
Next, she was Raggedy Anne. This was for her school's carnival.
At the next party, she was Glinda the Good Witch (
you better not mistaken her for a princess! She was offended when people did not know that she was Glinda). She wanted me to be the Wicked Witch of the West. Steve was a hot dog vendor. We tried to convince him to be the Tin Man, but he did not want to be wrapped in foil and duct tape.
On Halloween (trick or treat), she did not really know which costume to pick. I think she wanted to be the Wicked Witch, but a girl at school told her that witches are too scary, so she hesitated wearing that costume. She finally settled on a yellow gown with a blue cape. I asked her if she was Belle, and she said no. She made up some other name - I forget - and went with daddy to go trick-or-treating. She came back home a few minutes later with four pieces of candy in her bag. She was so excited to have gotten four pieces of candy. We told her that she could go back out and get more, but she was content with her loot. Later in the evening, Steve did get her to go back to a few more houses on the other side of the street, but still her bag was not all that full. After the first day or two, she completely forgot about the candy and never asked for any of it.
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Another funny story about trick or treat ... we were at the grocery store and I told her that she could pick out the treats to give to the kids that came to our house. She walked up and down the candy aisle a couple of times, only stopping at the pretzels. She said, "I think I want to give the other kids pretzels." OK. Then, I told her she could pick something else out too. She kept searching the aisle, up and down. Then, she said, "I think I would like to give out jelly beans. Can you help me find jelly beans? I have never had one."
It was only then that I realized why this was such a drawn-out and difficuult process for her. I gave her the opportunity to pick out anything she wanted, but as she walked up and down the aisle, she did not know what any of the candy was. She only recognized the pretzels.
We do not necessarily deny her candy, but we definitely never have bags of candy in the house.
I felt kind of like a bad parent at that moment ... or does that make me a good parent. I do not know.
One more ... we watched "Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin" during Halloween season.
Before going trick-or-treating she asked us several times whether she would be like Charlie Brown, who only got rocks and no treats.
Maybe this is why she was so stoked when she filled her bag with just four pieces of candy. At least there were no rocks.
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