By 8pm, I was searching for a way out. FAST. 

Last Saturday, I found myself bumper to bumper in a sea of people all vying for a view of the Rockefeller Tree and the Sax Fifth Avenue light and music show. 

There’s nothing like New York during the holidays and because it was a balmy 55 degrees, everyone and their mother, brother and sister were out trying to absorb some of the city’s magic. 

Thankfully, our stroller was a small buffer between us and the next person, otherwise it was body to body weaving through a narrow passageway bordered by metal barricades until you got your chance to take your picture and move on. Normally, I would balk at such a massive crowd, but It was warm and the three kids with me and my mom were willing to slog it out to experience some special holiday cheer. 

After a while, though, we were all done and needed to. Get. Out. We could only withstand that scene for so long before needing to find a less crowded street so our...

“Mom, did you get the candy yet?”

“Mom, where’s the candyyyy?”

Text message the next day,
"Moooommmmm, did you get it? Candy????"

Can you tell our kids are excited about candy? I wasn’t sure what door to door trick or treating would like this year, so I promised our kids to buy all their favorite candy so they could still enjoy part of the Halloween fun. I’m glad I did as I look outside at our blanket of snow today.
I’m not ready for snow. 

Some of you may not be ready for tomorrow. You might be dreading Halloween . Too many temptations, too much food, too many worries about being “bad”.

You might be tempted to say to your kids:

“Keep that stuff away from me.”

“Tonight we’ll be bad, but tomorrow we’ll eat healthy.”

“We’re being so naughty.”

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