Every parents knows that there is no better time to restock candy supplies than the Trick or Treat season of Halloween.
“Honey, I’m simply buying this candy for the kids at Halloween! No! I am not going to eat all by myself.”
Every year, Sophie and Dominic get excited to don a costume and walk the neighborhood collecting every type of highly sugared candy that will leave them hyper up until Christmas. Nadine and I just get excited to just see them dressed up and knowing we will burn tons of calories chasing them around from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m.
Ninja Bunny and Her Faithful Sidekick
Over previous Halloweens, one of us would just sit back at the house, pass out candy and the other parent would accompany the kids. This year, we joined a friend, Gigi, in her neighborhood where all the kids and parents walked together from house to house to experience a Grand Cayman Halloween.
Yet this year, there was one big difference. Homes had kindly thought about the adult chaperones. In addition to Kit Kats and Hershey Kisses, there were coolers of beer in the “big kid” section. So while Sophie and Dominic yelled “Trick or Treat”, I decided between a cold Heineken or Corona in the hot, humid Caribbean air.
This is a tradition I can throughly support and hope to import to other countries. What better way, and I am positive that there aren’t any better ways, to get more fathers spending quality time with their kids and not watching t.v. And think of the fun that everyone would have – kids running around on a sugar high and their fathers chasing them with a little a liquid courage.
Happy Halloween!
It’s a Cold Halloween in Grand Cayman
