Halloween is a double edged sword Halloween is upon us and while it's a lot of fun for kids, I sometimes think the ghosts of Halloweens past are playing tricks on parents. While the kids get to revel in the joy of costumes and candy, it's up to the parents to juggle holiday fun with logistics.
"What logistics?" you ask. Lets start with the sheer number of events involved in celebrating Halloween. I have two kids who go to two different schools. That is, Munchkin attends a day school three days a week and while Monkey attends that day school those same three days, he also goes to public kindergarten in the afternoons. That means that I have one Trick-or-Trunk night, two different Halloween parades and three class parties. As a parent, that means dressing the kids in a variety of layers under and over costumes multiple times, various snacks to provide, cash to give for the school pumpkin patch and the never ending search for facility-wide-nut-free-candy kids actually want to eat.
"What logistics?" you ask. Lets start with the sheer number of events involved in celebrating Halloween. I have two kids who go to two different schools. That is, Munchkin attends a day school three days a week and while Monkey attends that day school those same three days, he also goes to public kindergarten in the afternoons. That means that I have one Trick-or-Trunk night, two different Halloween parades and three class parties. As a parent, that means dressing the kids in a variety of layers under and over costumes multiple times, various snacks to provide, cash to give for the school pumpkin patch and the never ending search for facility-wide-nut-free-candy kids actually want to eat.
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