Halloween

At our house we don't typically celebrate Halloween in a fashion that anyone else would recognize.  We turn off all extra lights, curl up on the couch/floor with popcorn, and watch movies like Nightmare Before Christmas.  It's one on one time for Munchkin and I.

Now the reasons behind this are all related to Munchkin's food allergies and autism.  Almost all of the candies given out, he is allergic to.  He doesn't understand knocking on someone's door, and saying "hi" but not going into the house.  When kids came by our house, he didn't understand why they weren't coming in and playing.  All things which just led to elevated stress levels so we went with our current method of "celebration".

Each year I keep an eye out to see if there is a community event that he could participate in but I hadn't found any since most events focus on giving out candy and sharing food.  This year though, well this year the local botanical gardens are holding an event that doesn't involve any candy giving.  The kids will have mazes to play in, hayrides, and crafts.  So we are going with a friend and her son.  Just to be on the safe side, I will have a small bag of safe candy with us.  If they do give out candy then we will do some candy swapping.  But it looks like he will be able to participate in most of the event.

And on Halloween night, we will celebrate our way and have lots of silly fun.