Hallowe'en 2022

I love my kids
I love my grandkids
I like non-related kids, but not when they are little 'monsters' (not meaning costumes) or hang around for a long time.
Kids at Hallowe'en are generally happy, and are here then gone quickly.

This is just an example of why I 'over treat' kids at Hallowe'en....

Took the grandkids to a baseball game. We're sitting in our seats, eating, most of the time. Back row, just below the concourse (makes it easier to get more food!). Grandkids stayed with us pretty much through the first 4 innings. Then they both went down to the rail just beyond the end of the home-team dugout. Not many people at this end of the park due to sunlight RIGHT IN your eyes during most of the game (I didn't pick the seats, little brother did, but then he had to cancel, so we used his tickets for the kids). So, not many people there, but there was a group of 16-22 YO kids that came over and down to try to get balls from the players. They were getting balls, and this is what made the grandkids go down and stand at the bottom of the aisle of our section. Grandson is 12, granddaughter is 9 1/2.

This little boy (5 or 6 YO), at the right-end of the next section to the right had gotten a ball from the players early in the game. When my granddaughter got to the bottom of the aisle, he quit watching the players and just watched my granddaughter. After a bit, as the grandkids were standing there, he came over and gave the ball he got to my granddaughter. I didn't see his parents say anything to him, he just got up and brought her the ball, then went and sat back down. As the warmups ended, a player tossed a ball to my grandson. He then went over to that little boy and gave him the ball he just got, then my grandkids came back up to sit with us.

I love my kids
I love my grandkids
I like non-related kids, but not when they are little 'monsters' (not meaning costumes) or hang around for a long time.
Kids at Hallowe'en are generally happy, and are here then gone quickly.

This is just an example of why I 'over treat' kids at Hallowe'en....

Took the grandkids to a baseball game. We're sitting in our seats, eating, most of the time. Back row, just below the concourse (makes it easier to get more food!). Grandkids stayed with us pretty much through the first 4 innings. Then they both went down to the rail just beyond the end of the home-team dugout. Not many people at this end of the park due to sunlight RIGHT IN your eyes during most of the game (I didn't pick the seats, little brother did, but then he had to cancel, so we used his tickets for the kids). So, not many people there, but there was a group of 16-22 YO kids that came over and down to try to get balls from the players. They were getting balls, and this is what made the grandkids go down and stand at the bottom of the aisle of our section. Grandson is 12, granddaughter is 9 1/2.

This little boy (5 or 6 YO), at the right-end of the next section to the right had gotten a ball from the players early in the game. When my granddaughter got to the bottom of the aisle, he quit watching the players and just watched my granddaughter. After a bit, as the grandkids were standing there, he came over and gave the ball he got to my granddaughter. I didn't see his parents say anything to him, he just got up and brought her the ball, then went and sat back down. As the warmups ended, a player tossed a ball to my grandson. He then went over to that little boy and gave him the ball he just got, then my grandkids came back up to sit with us.