The Trick-or-Treaters are coming!

[mysteryowl]

The little darlings have started to arrive. We enjoy them coming all dressed up.
It is a fun tradition.

Any Trick-or-Treaters arriving at your home?

[dameatball]

1. Indeed they are. Many creative costumes. I have 230 pieces of candy. Hope it lasts.

[mysteryowl]

6. Good idea to count it,

but what if others in the house eat it too?

[dameatball]

9. Okay, it's just me and that takes us down to about 220 pieces.

[mysteryowl]

13. Ha! Caught you!

[dameatball]

18. I have a big black cat and when we are caught doing something bad we both just roll over and give up

But the almond joys and kit kats are already in the tummy.....mine, not his.

[mysteryowl]

22. Yum, two of my favorites

[Luciferous]

2. We are in a new neighborhood this year and we have had a lot of kids which is nice.

[mysteryowl]

7. Younger families then. Nice.

[Luciferous]

15. Yeah, most of my immediate neighbors are seniors but we do have a fairly

diverse group in the neighborhood. Actually, out of all the neighborhoods I've lived in this one is probably my favorite.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Haven't had one in over 15 years.

Still buy candy, just in case.

[mysteryowl]

8. Do you live on a farm? Or in the deep back woods?

[TheCowsCameHome]

35. Mmmm, somewhat.

No sidewalks, no steet lights, windy and narrow road. Any kids that used to be near grew up and are too old now, or just moved away.

[mysteryowl]

36. Well, that explains it.

The isolated house.

[TheCowsCameHome]

45. Approach at your own risk.

[mysteryowl]

47. Ha!

[Siwsan]

4. I've had less than a dozen, tonight!!

Glad I bought some good candy - and even more glad that I didn't second guess myself and buy more. Every single year I get fewer and fewer kids stopping by. I guess most are now going to parties. Yea, it's safer but I sure miss seeing the little ones in their cute costumes.

One of my neighbors brought her little girl, and she said I'm one of the few with my lights on and Jack O Lanterns in the window. This makes me very sad, indeed.

[mysteryowl]

10. Yep, here too. Less and less play along.

Some neighbors with the younger families are very active though.

When I was a child, our streets literally were full of children up and down the streets. It was like a block party!

[tymorial]

14. I know, it was like that when I was growing up too

The streets around my neighborhood were covered in kids and then I would head off to my grandmother's for round two. There would be lines up to each door. Driving around tonight with my 2 year old, there were very few children about. Kind of sad.

[Siwsan]

32. We would be out for hours

Always wore costumes - usually home made. And we carried the candy in pillow cases.

The best candy was handed out at the funeral home (at that time the family lived in the upstairs) - maybe because kids were afraid to go there so they really treated those of use brave enough to knock.

[mysteryowl]

33. Wow! the funeral home on halloween!

Well, I never --

Yes, a pillow case or a paper bag rolled down and we decorated it the day before.

[pamdb]

5. tricker treat

Yeah, the weather is so nice, in the 50's and no rain or snow. I love the little ones in their costumes. Driving the dogs nuts, but they'll survive.

my favorite holiday

And haven't seen a trump mask but got compliments on my signs for Gretchen Whitmer, Winnie Brinks and Rachel Hood (Grand Rapids Michigan).

[mysteryowl]

24. Yep, the dogs do bark with all the activity at the house.

It is a fun holiday.

I just had a young girl come, about 8 y/o, and she clearly had a seamstress parent put together her shinny purple witch outfit.

[tymorial]

11. I took my daughter out to see the family so I am afraid I missed all of them

My mother had some show up though including two teenage girls who were at least 15 wearing no costume at all. They held out a cvs bag for the candy. No trick or treat or thank you. Just the bag held out. I wasnt amused.

[Luciferous]

17. My daughter just had a couple of teenagers with no costumes. She's been giving most of the

kids multiple pieces but she only gave them one each, and only because they were with a group of younger kids.

[tymorial]

23. That probably wouldn't have bothered me

If they are chaperoning and no costume. We always offer the parents a piece of candy or two. These two knuckleheads were by themselves. First to show up at the house actually. My mother was a high school teacher so it was not uncommon to see teenagers show up at the house but they were always her students. Most of the time they had costumes or at least make an attempt. I think they got a kick out of seeing my mother outside of the school. My mother's long since retired though.

[Luciferous]

28. I don't know if they were with the kids or if they just came up around the same time. She

also had a mom come up who had her own bucket!

[Fla Dem]

12. It's almost 8:00 and we've had ONE little boy in a skeleton costume.

We’ll, that’s why I bought a bag of Skittles. I like Skittles. 👻 🎃

[mysteryowl]

16. Your neighborhood must be aging?

We have young ones and I like seeing the parent that stands at the end of the driveway. I had a couple boys about 11-12 and they had a parent with them too.

[dameatball]

19. I have had probably 60-80 so far. I think 90% had parents with them.

[mysteryowl]

25. The parent escort is reassuring to me. I like seeing the kids being supported.

[dameatball]

31. The entire population of my town is about 800. This is an area of Appalachia with many small towns.

Consequently we get many kids from neighboring towns that are driven here by their parents/grandparents.


which is a good thing. Safer. Kids have supervision. No problem as far as I am concerned.

[Fla Dem]

54. My particular development, yes. But overall lots of kids in area.

Several churches have Halloween events for the kids. Guess it keeps them off the streets.

[rurallib]

20. our part of town is no longer a place to go

used to be when our kids were young BUT ..................

our little town now has a trick or tweet trail on their fitness training. Started about 4 years ago and we have been going there the past two years.
Last year we ran out after20 minutes, but I was giving two pieces at a time. This year we had 4 bags @ 190/bag. Made it 50 minutes.

Next year 5 bags and we'll try to make the full hour.

Great costumes - lots of superheroes, witches and Wonder Women.

[mysteryowl]

27. That is a lot of kids!

Fun

[rurallib]

29. yes it is! We love it

[sakabatou]

21. None yet on my end

[mysteryowl]

26. Do you do anything to draw them in?

Decorations help.

[sakabatou]

43. Only a light.

We've had at least 20 as of now.

[mysteryowl]

44. 20 is nice. You got to play!

[sakabatou]

48. And we've run out of candy

So that means 250+ kids came to our door.

[blur256]

30. We have had 6 so far

We had 6 times as many last year. It makes me wonder if people are scared to let their kids out. Can't imagine why 😣. If so you know they are Trump supporters. And this is Connecticut. That being said I just had a very polite young lady dressed in a Wonder Woman costume. I love that.

[mysteryowl]

34. At a least a few are coming.

Wonder woman seems to be a big hit this year. That is fun!

[blur256]

38. Yes it was!

And it was an older kid which I totally appreciate even more. I hate when kids lose their innocence too soon.

[mysteryowl]

39. Good point.

I just had a group of 8 young women come. They were about 14 y/o and each one had some kind of costume. Good for them!

[bif]

37. We gave out 425 pieces of candy in about an hour and a half

They came in waves. Some by the carload.

[mysteryowl]

40. WOW!

What kind of neighborhood do you live in?

[Wolf Frankula]

41. We have some kids come.

The six packs of beer and fried eggs are ready.

Wolf

[mysteryowl]

42. Beer and eggs!

Those must be adult kids coming.

[orleans]

46. used to get about 200 kids

at my house.

i loved every minute of it.

last three halloweens at this condo: 0

pretty depressing.

[mysteryowl]

49. That is a big change.

Maybe, next year, you could go visit a friend that has a house with active trick or treaters and get in on the fun.

[orleans]

50. yeah, maybe

my daughter lives ten minutes away in a busy kid neighborhood.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

51. When we lived in San Francisco so many many years ago

All the kids wanted to go to Robin William's house. He ALWAYS dressed up and gave out the big candy bars.

Lordy, I miss him.

[Hassler]

52. About 40 so far, coming in groups of 5-6

[mysteryowl]

53. Good turn out!

Very fun!

[TomSlick]

55. Started raining buckets just before dark.

I'm stuck with one whole lot of candy.

Oh well, waste not want not. Guess I'll have to eat it - although it may take several weeks.

[woodsprite]

56. We do a yearly haunted house for our neighborhood

We had about 50 kids and their families this year. The theme was Disney's Haunted Mansion. We gave out glow in the dark rubber duckies, party-sized cans of play-doh, and a mix of chocolate and gummi candy. I had crock pots of dinner fixings in the house for our kids and their friends.

Next year, on to Pirates of the Caribbean!

[Olafjoy]

57. I had 85

It was really fun. I carved a pumpkin that said “VOTE”
Tiny ones and big ones. All very polite with lots of “Thank you” and “Happy Halloween”
A few of the tiny ones blew kisses and one said “I love you”. It makes me laugh when they
are so excited that they run in the house when you open the door😂😂
I have candy left and I will take it with me and distribute it when I am canvassing this
weekend.

[MissMillie]

58. We were out running errands...

...until there were only 30 minutes left for trick-or-treating.

Normally, we would light a fire in the fire pit, decorate the yard, prepare mulled cider and hot chocolate, pipe some scary Halloween sounds into the yard, get out the smoke machine, and dish out the treats.

This year, we just didn't have it in us. I'll bet the neighborhood was wondering what happened to us.

We did welcome Al's granddaughter and made sure we had a few treats for her.

[zanana1]

59. I bought seven big bags of candy.

During the first half hour, I had about 30 kids. Then nothing. Now I'm stuck with a big basket full of candy.
It's hard to get rid of after Halloween. Any suggestions?

[IrishEyes]

60. I wish I could but I live in an apartment in a big city.

My goal is to someday own a house. I would love to give out candy on Halloween. I have never done that. Growing up, my family lived in a rural area so there were no trick or treaters.