Every once in awhile I find something interesting going on in my hometown of Springfield, IL – whether it be a local event, local flavor or a local view. Each week I’ll bringing a piece of my life to the online world in a series called Let’s Get Local. I encourage anyone and everyone to join in and share a little bit of their own local flair to introduce us to people and places we may never visit.
Every year the Springfield Henson Robinson Zoo hosts a safe and fun trick-or-treating event for the kids. Over 20 candy stations are set up along the paths of the zoo where kids can stop and get a little treat while showing off their fun little costumes.
This is always one of my favorite events to attend because you get to see the creativity with homemade costumes. One we really loved in particular was the Dora family, dad was dressed in a big “Map” costume, daughter was Dora and their little boy was Boots. The poor little guy’s tail kept fall off everywhere he went.
But the real fun is in taking our own kids to the event and watching them have a great time. Even though Kaydee doesn’t look too thrilled here she really had a lot of fun.
The only problem with going to these extra events is the overload on candy we end up with. Twenty five stations plus 2-3 pieces of candy each and we ended up with nearly 100 pieces of candy between the two kids, most of which is now hiding in my sock drawer.
Do you let your kids keep all the candy they receive or distribute it in small batches?
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The kids all look so cute and so glad to see that there was a great event nearby for you to take part in
She is such a cutie