Batman & Dracula Do Halloween
I'm sitting here with Dracula and Batman. Dracula just told me that he's not tired because he doesn't sleep till the sun rises. Batman claims he's not tired because he's the Dark Knight and, "I prowl the streets protecting those who are in trouble... and then I sleep when the sun comes up."
Wow, who knew Batman and Dracula had so much in common?
SO, instead of sleeping, we're watching the movie "Gremlins' and inhaling the aroma of copious amounts of Halloween candy.
The former teacher in me assigned Dracula and Batman the task of sorting and counting all their Halloween candy. First we separated into two piles, chocolate and non-chocolate. Second, we sorted and counted according to specific types of candy.
They absolutely loved doing this, mainly because now they know exactly how many of each particular candy they managed to acquire.
Want to know what kind of haul a Dracula and Batman living in LA can come home with?
- 23 Snickers bars - and three are full sized
- 27 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
- 9 Three Musketeer's bars
- 6 Nestle Crunch bars
- 6 Twix
- 4 Kit Kat bars
- 2 100 Grand bars
- 12 Butterfinger bars
- 3 Milky Way bars
- 3 packets of skittles
- 16 packets of M & Ms
- 39 Tootsie Rolls
- 22 Tootsie Roll pops
- 28 other random suckers
- 34 rolls of smarties
- 2 Baby Ruth bars
- 2 Almond Joy bars
- 5 Hershey's chocolate bars
- 16 packets of Whoppers
- 7 boxes of Dots
- 2 Rice Krispy Treats
- 4 packets of Swedish Fish
As for Dracula and Batman, they each picked one piece to eat and then the rest went back into a big pot. I don't think they could eat all that candy in an entire year. At least, I hope not!
Dracula and Batman's momma is so tired I feel like I could fall over. Putting on Dracula's makeup, getting Batman all dressed and roaming the streets for an hour and a half with them wore me out. I'm supposed to go run 7 miles at 6:20 in the morning. But how can I not watch a scary movie with my boys on Halloween Night? I'm gonna be up for awhile longer!
Oh, and if you need a candy fix, clearly, you know who to ask, but you better ask quickly. Dracula just told me he might set up a store to re-sell the candy. "And then I can use the money to buy new videogames!"
Gosh, that Dracula sure is enterprising! Happy Halloween!
Comments
Halloween is such big business here in the States! It's a little crazy! I think my boys came home with such loads of candy because Halloween was on a Friday and there were not as many kids out. I don't know if the parents left them with babysitters in favor of going out to adult parties, but a lot of homes kept commenting that they had lots of candy left over because there were less kids.
Remnants,
Aww, you're welcome. I think a lot about how pretty soon my boys will be too "grown" to go trick-or-treating. It's so fun taking them out. I really look forward to it every year.
Sundry,
I wouldn't count on it! Batman was terrified of Dracula's fangs and wouldn't walk down the sidewalk next to him, so Dracula had to be fang-less and just wear his natural teeth.
The Joy,
I remember going out a few years but then the Atlanta Child Murders happened and folks started putting razor blades in candy so my mom pulled the plug on it. And it is a LOT of candy. I don't know what we're gonna do with all of it.
Oh and I actually did watch a REALLY scary movie on Halloween. Open Water is not your typical Halloween movie, but it still did the trick.
I first took my eldest when he was three. Before that, we just chilled at home and carved a pumpkin. I didn't make the Batman costume. That's a hand-me-down costume from my eldest. BUT, putting Dracula together was fun, especially doing the makeup!
Anali,
My youngest is CRAZY for the Peanut Butter Cups. He loves them. Open Water is a pretty frightening movie. When I first saw it I didn't feel so bad about my inability to get on boats without vomiting. I figured at least I won't be left anywhere like that.
The costumes are great.