<p>My dad eats the snickers, I eat the reeces, everything else sits. At this past Easter we threw away all of the uneaten candy from Halloween… and just now threw away all of the uneaten candy from Easter. After we pick out the snickers and the reeces, it just sits and sits and sits.</p>
<p>We are the only black people in our mostly white subdivision. About 6 houses per cul. 1/2 acre lots, long, uphill driveways. We didn’t go out this year ( well, d went to a party; she’s pretty much the diversity) but as a younger family, we were the “flock”. Later, our kids went with their mostly white friends ( actually the friends went with them; lots of parents dropped off kids in this neighborhood). If there is only one black family per cul, did they flock aone or with the other culs?</p>
<p>Well, I saw same-race family groups, but when it was kids together it was mixed. It was windy but otherwise nice for the T&Ters.</p>
<p>I’m so thankful to be raising my kids in this area. Our neighborhood is middle class, and very diverse. A lot of our families are affiliated with one or another branch of the military. Every conceivable stripe of race/ethnicity/religion resides in our sub-divison, and it’s a safe and quiet neighborhood. My kids have always had a diverse group of friends. Many of my D’s friends from high school were like her—half one thing and half another. And it looked like the United Nations at my son’s last birthday party. Both kids have said that, if they had a choice, they would never live in a place where everyone was the same race or religion–it would be way too boring!</p>
<p>We must have had over 100 kids! I love it! We have a relatively new, very diverse (many South Asian and East Asian families) neighborhood that suddenly seems to have lots of under-12s. Kids of all backgrounds love to go door to door for candy – we almost ran out, which hasn’t happened in years.</p>