This evening’s Halloween trick or treating was ‘way interesting! One of my kids sprained her foot in karate, necessitating her to be on crutches for the foreseeable future. So! Magnificent mom that I am, I offered to go in her place and bring her back her rightful share of candy.
Enter the MommyMobile – I packed in 5 kids (some friends of my children as well) and we drove to our hallowed stomping grounds. It’s a super neighborhood that has a high concentration of houses compared to landsize – it takes only an hour or so to hit the entire area! And all of the kids prefaced their bag-holding-out routine by saying, trick or treat! All, of course, except moi – I figured, why be boring, so I cheerfully chirped, Trick or Calculus! or hey! Trick or Differential Equations!
Obviously there were some enginners at the homes…I got a lot of positive comments from that. 
Anywhos, we TorTed for about 2 hours and came home quite exhausted but very happy indeed. I wore my camouflage karate gi (must! show! off! deltoids!) and blended in very well with the other kiddies there.
Speaking of karate, one of our beloved senseis gave our class an excellent overview on Halloween safety…about how parents should always check candies, kids should never step inside houses, what a bad guy looks like (answer: anyone), etc. Here are some more resources for that Halloween safety:
And that was the Ling Halloween,
Barbara
ps – obviously, the best costumes are really: