Halloween Die Hard

Happy Halloween everyone!  As I mentioned in my post yesterday, our town does things a bit differently.  We Trick or Treat the night before in order to allow Halloween night to put on the best parade ever. 

Last night I discovered that I have a Trick-or-Treat die hard among my offspring.  We planned our route so that we circled back around by our house so that if anyone was tired or needed to use the bathroom we could stop.  On our first loop back my eldest, the hippie, dropped out.  I couldn't believe he was the first to admit defeat.  After a quick bathroom break for Darth Vader and mom and a drink for the Fairy Princess we headed back out.  The Fairy Princess held in there a while longer before declaring she had enough candy and climbing into the wagon.  Darth Vader on the other hand was determined to hit every house in the neighborhood.  At one point Darth Vader said he thought his candy was falling out of his bag.  I just laughed and swapped it for an empty one.  Heaven forbid I suggest that he had enough and called it quits. 

Now to deal with all the candy.  Its a challenge to keep them from diving head first.  Never mind that I'm on a diet and this temptation is driving me crazy.  My WW leader had a great idea the other day when I told her I was stressing out about the halloween candy...after all I probably eat more of the kids candy then they do.  She suggested chopping it up and using it in cookies and freezing them for the holidays.  What a great idea!  However, I'm a little domestically challenged, especially in the kitchen.  Anyone have any good cookie recipes????

Okay, I need to finish recovering from all that walking before I head back out tonight.  I"ll be walking a few miles down Main Street tonight in the parade!  (as long as the weather cooperates!!)