Trick or Treating NYC Style

from Nov 1st - love that with the new laptop I can finally get these up!!!

What a fun night - my favorite of all the Halloween things we have done this year!!!   Last night, we took the boys trick or treating and we had a great time.  Like I mentioned last year, we always trick or treat in our building but that is not the fun part - the neighborhood trick-or-treating is.   This year, we met up with Ryan's school friend Jack and his family and off we went on the hunt for some candy. 

It is great because Jack has a brother and sister around the same age as Dylan so everyone has a buddy.  First stop on our route: 

(the first stop really was the gym right next to our building)

Almost every single store (probably stopped at about 50 stores) had something for the kids and those that didn't had run out before we got there.  The only placed that we stopped at that said they were not participating in Halloween:  Our building complex security office - figures.





(love how Dylan is not even paying attention because he is too busy seeing what is already in his bag)

In a perfect example of "It could only happen in New York", the kids got not only a ton of candy but also many other "goodies" from the stores - some of the most unique: a fortune cookie, 2 donuts and a munchkin, a bagel and a falafel croquette lol.   (which all the kids yelled "ew, they gave us a meatball").


It was really amazing how generous the stores were - most gave out handfuls of candy to each kid.   That didn't stop Dylan though from trying to take more - at one point, I turned around to see him bite and apple and put it back in the grocery store and somehow, he ended up with a full pack of Starburst and a pack of Halls in his bag by the time we got home.

Every time I turned around, each boy had some candy in their mouth and usually it was before they even were out of the store where they got it.   Some of the time, Dylan tried to eat the candy with the wrapper still on so I wouldn't catch him eating it.

After hitting up all the stores on 1st Avenue, we headed back to the apartment to drop off our candy and then the boys decided they wanted to trick-or-treat in the building.   Not too many people answered the door (thank you 5th floor, every apartment had something), but the ones that did got a real treat in the form of my children.   The first apartment that had candy also had a dog - at every apartment after that, Dylan said "Trick or treat, you have a doggie in there?" as he pushed his way past them to check out their apartment.   Ryan then told everyone that one day he was going to get a dog, just not yet - not sure where he got that from.

When we got home, both boys sat on their floor and dumped their bags out to figure out which two pieces they could have (after who knows how much they ate while we were out, we told them they could only have 2 more that night) - Ryan picked out two kit-kats and Dylan picked two boxes of Nerds lol.

We have enough candy to get us until next Halloween I think.