Trick or (Healthy) Treat ?

Halloween. Admittedly one of my least favorite holidays. Perhaps it’s the sinister imagery that goes along with the day, or maybe it’s the fact that I am dressing my child up to go door to door begging for over processed, over sugared, over packaged treats (which inherently goes against everything else I have taught him about accepting things from strangers). Regardless, I try to lose myself in the excited energy of my son and experience Halloween through the eyes of a child. However, once I snap back into ‘Mommy’ mode I am reminded of the Halloween dilemmas that plague me year to year:












