Mmm... Mommy's Milk... and the goodness in others

Jonathan had a bit of a cold this week. So here he is with a stuffy nose. :) Looks like the kid in the Similac ads, eh? We did not do much for J for Halloween. We are not huge fans of the holidays given all of the demons and witches and the like, but we do pass out candy. J and D has been under the weather off and on for the past week (probably caught a cold some place last weekend), so we had a chill evening. We had to run to the pharmacy for a flu shot for D and me tonight, so we missed a few of the trick or treaters. To make up for it, we put out our stash of candy in a glass bowl outside. I had a friend whose family did this as a kid, and parents and kids were always polite and only took a few. Anyhow, we walked back from the pharmacy and passed our house on the way to a church down the street to check out their small Halloween event. I heard a parent say "Oh they left some candy out. You should only take one or two." I thought that was nice. Anyhow, we get back to our house maybe 20 mins later, and lo and behold, someone stole ALL of the candy and the BOWL too! I guess I am lucky they left the car in the driveway... :) I mean, who steals a bowl from the front of someone's house? I am imagining that some child goes home and says, "Look, I got all this candy and a great bowl too! Mom, here is a birthday present." Anyhow, I guess one Pyrex bowl should not ruin my faith in humanity, but it is sad. It made me think of what happened to my aunt and uncle in New York. They had a ceramic donkey planter (it is like 3 feet tall) in their front yard for my entire childhood. Everytime I went to their house, I would glance at it. So one year, when I was about 16 or so, I go to their house and their donkey is missing. I asked about it, and my aunt said someone stole it. It is a 3' donkey that has lived outside of their house for over a decade. I cannot believe it would fetch much money, and I am sure whoever took it was not thinking, "Wow, what a great lawn ornament. I need this for my house!" as they hauled the very heavy and large donkey into their car trunk. I guess you have to nail things down, nowadays, eh? Have a great night! Hope your kiddos got a good candy haul, because I am sure someone in my neighborhood did! :)