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I think it's hard to decide when its the right time to tell your child their to old especially if they are still acting as a child should act at the age of 10 and 11, and believe me I am very thankful for that. I didn't think my daughter was too old to go trick or treating seeing some of the other kids in the neighborhoods trick or treating until this past Halloween. We had so much fun I took both my daughter and little sister out trick or treating it was the last house that we decided to stop at considering it was getting late. The young woman answered the door and took a good look at my girls and stated "No, you guys are too old to be trick or treating." then she shut the door in their faces. I was in total shock. Of course it's her right to decline to give her candy away, it just really made my girls feel bad, they didn't understand and it left them feeling a bit angry. I sat and talked with them about maybe having that halloween night be the last time they did trick or treating, and that they could do parties instead. They were happy in the end and it didn't seem to matter much, even though they still talk about it.

I went trick-or-treating this year, and I'm 20. I put a fair amount of effort into my costume, and we drove 45 minutes to get to the nearest town that wasn't my college. Trick-or-treating is more fun than illegal boozing, and we're not really in it for the candy, just for entertainment. After three neighborhoods, no one said no to us. We might have gotten less candy than the little ones, but that's fine with us.

No age limit but put some effort into the costume. If I think you are a little too old to be out, I might insist on a little entertainment before I hand out a treat, sing me a song, dance a couple of steps, tell me a joke. The first of the group usually balks, but by the time the 2nd or 3rd starts they are all into and laughing. And if they don't want to play - go home.

Tiramisu. I got some "to go" last night and had it for breakfast. Do I feel guilty? Yes. Will I do it again, first chance I get? Yes.

Peanut butter on a slice of white chocolate banana bread

Chocolate Chip Cookies at City Bakery (or Jacques Torres)

My guilty pleasure is that I can't pass up a piece of cheescake. Any kind! Plain, fancy - as long as it is cheescake...new york style, any style - love it. Thanks for this opportunity!

Cheesecake.........ummmmmm!

This is kind of embarassing, but we're supposed to be honest here right? Just to be clear, these are *guilty* pleasures...

1. Butterscotch Krimpets (eat them quickly so no one notices and then lick off any icing stuck to the plastic)
2. Real whipped cream straight...a little dash of vanilla, high peaks, and then into my mouth!
3. Swedish fish (wow...I don't think I've ever told anyone how I feel about swedish fish)

Desserts I would not mind being caught with and would like in front of me this instant:
Sprungli
warm chocolate chip cookies
hot fresh Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
mint chocolate chip ice cream

Dark chocolate toffee - Yummy

Chocolate covered pretzels - love them!

Plain cheesecake with tiramisu on top. yummmmm!