Originally Posted By debtee Ohhh we had such a GREAT Halloween! The kids all looked fab in their gory make-up and costumes. The adults had a fab time as well. I will have to load up my pix for you to see. Hope you are all having a great Halloween!
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle A belated Happy Halloween from me! Deb - it's funny how you mentioned about it not really being a big thing here, it was our first Halloween in our new house and we got a HUGE stream of kids all night - so either it's bigger in this area, or it's just getting to be a bigger celebration in general now, or maybe a bit of both!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo The trick-or-treating has just started here and we've already had 3x the number of kids of any other year. Maybe all the previous fears have subsided somewhat and the tradition is picking up. I'm worried I'm going to run out of candy. Now *that's* never happened before!
Originally Posted By goodgirl threeundertwo...here are some things you probably have around the house you can use in lieu of candy Get out your penny jar and let each kid reach in and grab as many as they can in one handful. Bags of microwave popcorn. Those little packets of ketchup from McDonalds takebout. Tell them its "fake blood"!
Originally Posted By chickendumpling ^^^OOoooo, TDG is gonna come knockin' on your door once he finds out you're handing out ketchup packets! LOL!
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Trick-or-treaters have just started to come. I LOVE THIS!!! LOL. I got all sorts of cool candies and I bought a couple of bags of plastic Halloween party favors (rings, tops, bats, scorpions, spiders - all the Halloween essentials)! I am having so much fun! Oh! And HOW adorable is this little kid? - I was in such a hurry to get in the house and get everybody and everything ready that I forgot to pick up the news ad flyer in my driveway so my 2nd trick-or-treater brought in in for me! LOL. What a little helper! Hope everyone is having fun!
Originally Posted By Stacers76 Awe sounds like everyone is having/had fun! We live off the street, down a dark driveway behind another house, so it's our first halloween here and NO trick or treaters yet..more candy for me!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo Thanks for the ideas Goodgirl, but it looks like we made it. I'm really happy there are more kids out in the neighborhood. The last few years I know a lot of them just went to the mall.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling A pack of bologna just came to my door. It looked about 16 or so. LOL! I am having so much fun BUT I'm almost out of candy and may have to bust out the Butterfingers! NOOOoooooo!
Originally Posted By RAM1984 We went out with the grandkids. We got a bit of a late start but there didn't seem to be a lot of trick-or-treaters. In the same neighborhood when my kids were young there were always kids everywhere. I said I want to rent a house in town next year so I can become famous for giving out full sized candy bars. It is about the only time I wish I lived in a neighborhood. I also miss Halloween in Hawaii. People would sit outside and it was like a big party. People would have their habachis out. There was often beer for the parents. Lots of fun and we usually had our five and several extras with us every year. (And we would dress up the dog.) Good night and happy Halloween all!!!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo chickendumpling, I'm concerned about your butterfinger situation. Bless my kids, as soon as they came home they dug into their bags and handed over their butterfingers to me.
Originally Posted By Mrs Nurmi We have a similar arrangement we call the "Hallowe'en tax". It is simply a pittance that we require to pay for years of trick-or-treat chaperoning. I get the tootsie rolls. Rob gets the Starburst. The tax base is diminishing, though, as I only have 1 trick or treater left, and I believe this may have been her last year. It was COLD last night!!
Originally Posted By chickendumpling <<chickendumpling, I'm concerned about your butterfinger situation.>> Yes, thank you for your concern. It was nearly a code red here last night but I found some peanut M & M's to sacrifice instead of my precious Butterfinger mini's. Though it wasn't easy parting with those M & M's either mind you. LOL. I love that your kids gave you all their butterfingers! Obviously you have much better candy connossieurs in your neighborhood...btwn the two of them my kids only got ONE butterfinger and it was a butterfinger crisp. The tax base is diminishing. LOL! I'm so sorry Mrs. Nurmi. You kn0w, so long as you are wearing a costume and have a good attitude, SuzieQ will give you candy if you knock on her door no matter how young or old you may be!
